In Raleigh, Antti Raanta made 20 saves on Friday to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-0 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks.
For the Sharks, it was their second straight shutout loss, after losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-0, on Thursday.
San Jose dropped to 0-7-1.
Teuvo Teravainen hit for a pair of goals in the opening frame.
“It’s a little bit weird, I’m not used to (scoring) that much,” Teravainen said. “I guess, I’ve just got to keep going. Right now, it feels pretty good.”
His first goal came at 6:10 of the first period.
Teravainen made it 2-0 at 15:10 of the first.
He then completed a hat trick in the third at 6:06.
“He’s got a great shot. Over the years, we have wanted him to shoot more,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “You can see tonight; he had a couple really nice ones.”
Carolina moved to 5-4-0 on the season.
“[Thursday] wasn’t good enough, and we had to put our better foot forward today,” San Jose defenseman Kyle Burroughs said. “It’s disappointing the result that came in, and obviously, we need to find something offensively. But the effort was there, and you can’t fault the guys for that.”
Andrei Svechnikov made his season debut for Carolina.
“First couple shifts, I was nervous, excited and all that stuff,” Svechnikov said. “But after a couple shifts, I was fine.”
Kaapo Kahkonen made 37 saves in the loss.
“How you get out of it is you stick together,” San Jose forward Mike Hoffman said. “The players in that locker room, we’re the ones that have to do it. There’s no one coming to help us. It’s not like the teams we’re going up against are going to take it easy on us.
“It’s the National Hockey League, and everyone’s competing for jobs and positions every night. We have to take it upon ourselves to continue to improve in practice, watch some video and get better as the season rolls along.”
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