Hurricanes Rout Blackhawks, NHL News

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Published on January 27 2016 6:27 am
Last Updated on January 27 2016 6:27 am

The Carolina Hurricanes showed off their impressive turnaround against the reigning Stanley Cup champions in their final game before the All-Star break.

Riley Nash scored two goals, Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist and the Hurricanes routed the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Tuesday night.

Carolina improved to 15-7-4 since a listless 5-1 home loss to New Jersey on Dec. 3. Nash said the Hurricanes haven't dwelled on that Devils loss, but it might have been a turning point.

"That game, we didn't play hard, we gave up too much, and we weren't strong on the puck," Nash said. "So that was kind of a kick in the butt to say, `We better get in gear, or we're going to be on the outside looking in again."

Carolina (23-20-8) outshot Western Conference-leading Chicago 16-5 in the first period, taking a 3-0 lead and chasing goalie Corey Crawford.

Eddie Lack made 26 saves to improve to 4-1 in his career against the Blackhawks. Crawford, replaced by Scott Darling, made 13 stops.

Chicago (33-16-4) has lost three of four after winning 12 in a row. The Hurricanes improved to 7-2-1 in their last 10 games and completed a season sweep of the Blackhawks.


Tuesday, January 26 Scoreboard

Anaheim 6, Boston 2

Pittsburgh 2, New Jersey 0

Carolina 5, Chicago 0

Columbus 5, Montreal 2

Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2

Florida 5, Toronto 1

Winnipeg 5, Arizona 2

Nashville 2, Vancouver 1

San Jose 6, Colorado 1


Wednesday, January 27 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.


Thursday, January 28

No Games Scheduled


Friday, January 29

No Games Scheduled


Saturday, January 30

No Games Scheduled