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The Carolina Hurricanes hung on for a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Friday night, going into the Christmas break on an 8-game winning streak and boasting a franchise best 14 game point streak. The Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook and Jesper Fast line was the Hurricanes' best -- again -- combining for 3 goals and 5 assists as Carolina built a 6-2 lead through two periods. What happened in the 3rd period is easily flushed because it didn't cost the team anything. But, allowing two shorthanded goals as Philly made the Canes sweat out the finish wasn't ideal. Antti Raanta won his second game in as many nights as Pyotr Kochetkov was nursing a lower body injury. Carolina is off until Tuesday night when they host the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Hurricanes stretched their point streak to 13 games with a 4-3 OT win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Jordan Staal's wrap around goal with less than five minutes left in regulation helped send the game into OT. And, once there, Jaccob Slavin finished off a great pass from Seth Jarvis for the win. On the play, Brent Burns recorded the 800th point in his career. In all, Carolina got two goals and four assists from the blue line including Jalen Chatfield's first. Chatfield was bumped up in the lineup due to the absence of Brady Skjei who missed the game for personal reasons. That also allowed Dylan Coghlan to jump back into the team and he posted a pair of assists. The Hurricanes will host the Flyers Friday night at PNC Arena.

Pyotr Kochetkov makes 37 saves, Jordan Staal scored his 9th of the season -- and the 5th time in the last 9 games -- and the Carolina Hurricanes reclaimed the top spot in the Metropolitan Division with a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. Jesperi Kotkaniemi opened the scoring just 20 seconds into the opening period winning a couple of net-front battles en route to his 4th goal of the year. Staal and Teuvo Teravainen would score twice in a 2:04 span of the 2nd period, the latter coming while shorthanded, as Carolina led 3-0 after 40 minutes. Stefan Noesen's 6th of the season, late in the 3rd period closed out the scoring. Canes will next play on Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Jordan Staal, Brady Skjei and Derek Stepan each had a goal and an assist to support Pyotr Kochetkov's 9th win as the Canes knocked off the Penguins, 3-2. The win was Carolina's 5th in a row and extends their point streak to 11 straight games (9-0-2). In addition, the two points drags them into a tie with the Devils on 44 points atop the Metropolitan Division with New Jersey coming to PNC Arena on Tuesday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes got goals from Andrei Svechnikov, Derek Stepan and Stefan Noesen in a 3-2 win over the Seattle Kraken in their return to PNC Arena for the first time in 19 days. Svechnikov's 16th of the year came off a turnover midway through the first period. Then another forced mistake led to Stepan's 1st, a whistling wrist shot just below the crossbar that beat Seattle's Philipp Grubauer. Stefan Noesen's penal;ty shot goal 2 minutes into the 3rd closed out their scoring. It was the first penalty shot goal Carolina's scored since January of 2016 (Elias Lindholm). Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 15 of the 17 shots he saw for his 8th win (8-1-4). It was his 11th appearance in the last 12 games for the Canes. Carolina is now 4 points behind the Devils in the Metropolitan Division after New Jersey lost at home to the Flyers.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves, Brady Skjei scored the lone goal of the game and the Canes beat the Red Wings, 1-0 in Detroit. Carolina closes out their longest road trip of the season 5-0-1 and have now extracted at least one point from 10 consecutive road games (6-0-4). The win, coupled with the Devils loss to the Stars (Saturday's opponent at PNC Arena) narrows New Jersey's lead in the Metro to 6 points over the Hurricanes and Penguins. Carolina is 6-0-2 in their last 8 and will host Seattle on Thursday as they open a 4-game home stand.

On a night when Carolina was down to 11 healthy forwards the Hurricanes thoroughly dominated the Islanders in a 3-0 win. Pyotr Kochetkov turned aside 16 shots, Paul Stastny scored his first goal of the season and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal added 3rd period goals in the win. The captain's line, with Jordan Martinook and Stefan Noesen, was dominant -- again. Carolina is 4-0-1 on this 6-game road trip that ends Tuesday night in Detroit. In all, the Canes have gone 5-0-4 in their last 9 on the road and are 5-0-2 in their last 7 games.

The Hurricanes chased the game all night in Anaheim, yielding the 1st score, and was never able to get their nose in front. The result was an OT loss to the Ducks. Three times Carolina tied the score. Three times the Ducks had an answer. Carolina has the rest of the week off as they're playing at the Islanders on Saturday night. Brady Skjei, Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal each scored in the loss and Seth Jarvis extended his point streak to 6 games.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 31 saves, Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas and Andrei Svechnikov each scored as the Hurricanes beat the Kings, 4-2 in Los Angeles. Brent Burns registered a couple of assists and two stellar defensive plays in the win which also marked the return of Teuvo Teravainen. Turbo returned after missing the last 10 games with an upper body injury and played just under 16 minutes. The Hurricanes kept pace with the Devils who won in Philadelphia. Carolina sits second in the Metropolitan Division, 8 points behind New Jersey. The Canes are on the ice next in Anaheim on Tuesday night.

The Hurricanes spotted the Blues 2 goals, lost the battle of starting goaltenders and gave up a pair of power play goals. But, when you have Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal and Jesper Fast on your side, that makes up for a lot of mistakes. The Captain's line was as dominant as ever, Martinook registered his first hat trick since November of 2018 and the Canes won their 3rd in a row.