Sebastian Aho scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Thursday at Veikkaus Arena.
Nikolaj Ehlers opened the scoring at 11:44 of the first period, with assists from K'Andre Miller and Logan Stankoven. Aho made it 2-0 on the power play at 12:50 of the first period. Juuso Valimaki made it 3-0 at 9:34 of the second period.
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Aho made it 4-0 at 11:41 of the third period. Freddy Gaudreau pulled the Kraken within 4-1 at 13:15 of the third period.
For Carolina, Aho had two goals, Ehlers had a goal and an assist, Miller had two assists, Valimaki scored, and Brandon Bussi stopped 12 of 13 shots.
For Seattle, Gaudreau scored, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 of 30 shots.
Carolina outshot Seattle 30-13. Carolina went 1 for 3 on the power play, and Seattle went 0 for 2. The Hurricanes improved to 15-3-2. The Kraken dropped to 9-7-1.
The Hurricanes sit first in the Eastern Conference and have won three straight. The Kraken are ninth in the Western Conference and have lost two straight.
The Hurricanes are back in action when they host the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:00 p.m. ET. The Kraken next visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
