In Raleigh, the Edmonton Oilers’ woes continued on Friday as they limped into a game with the Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
They didn’t fair any better, surrendering four goals to the Hurricanes in the first period en route to 6-3 loss.
Carolina took a 4-0 lead in the first period.
Carolina’s Jesper Fast got the offense in gear at 9:17 of the first to give the Canes a 1-0 lead
Jack Drury followed up with a goal at 9:52 for a 2-0 lead to Carolina.
Teuvo Teravainen stretched the lead to 3-0 at 11:23.
Seth ballooned the advantage to 4-0 at 14:48.
Antti Raanta made seven saves), as the starter, but left the game in the fist intermission, for what was reported be precautionary reasons.
Pyotr Kochetkov finished the game with 13 saves, yielding two goals.
Carolina improved to 11-7-0.
Zach Hyman stopped the Canes run with a power play strike at 17:13 of the first to make it 4-1 after 20 minutes.
In the middle frame, Martin Necas scored at 2:13Â to give the Canes a 5-1 advantage.
Edmonton got that goal back on a shorthanded strike by Mattias Ekholm at 17:48 of the second to make it 5-2.
Hyman hit for his double at 3:43 of the third to trim the deficit to 5-3, but Brent Burns added a shorthanded marker with 64 seconds left on the game clock for the 6-3 final.
Stuart Skinner got the start for the Oilers, and surrendered the four first period goals before getting the hook. He made eight saves.
Calvin Pickard made 13 saves in a mop up role.
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