In Raleigh, Martin Necas scored what proved to be the game-winner on Sunday in a 3-2 victory for the Carolina Hurricanes over the Seattle Kraken.
“I was trying to not count the games I haven’t scored, but of course, it’s a little bit in your head,” Necas said. “Through my career, I’ve never really waited that long for a goal, but it happens. The last few games I started feeling a little better, and today it finally went in.”
Antti Raanta made 28 saves in the Carolina win.
“I give the guys credit. It’s not easy to play hard like we have every night,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Guys keep finding ways to do it. It’s a good two points. I’m happy that we’re able to win and getting everyone leaving the building feeling good.”
Calle Jarnkrok and Alex Wennberg scored for the Kraken.
“I just tried to get it as quick as possible,” Wennberg said. “There’s a little bit of luck involved in it too, but you need that too to score some goals.”
had a goal and an assist, and Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves for the Kraken (17-36-5), who have lost nine of their past 10.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead at 3:12 of the second period with a power-play goal. Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the Canes, both goals came off the power play.
The Hurricanes moved to 39-12-5.
Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves in the Kraken loss.
“It shows the confidence in the group too, because maybe early in the year we didn’t score that goal,” Grubauer said. “It was a great pass up to ‘Jarny’ and he capitalized on it.”
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