"Nikolaj Ehlers notched a hat trick and added an assist; Taylor Hall scored twice; and Mark Jankowski lit the lamp and had a pair of helpers in the rout. Andrei Svechnikov, Eric Robinson and Alexander Nikishin also lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who went 4-for-5 on the power play to empathetically ended a two-game losing streak."
"After Ehlers opened the scoring late in the first, the Panthers evened the game 1:19 into second when Uvis Balinskis, who inked a two-year contract extension earlier in the day, blasted a one-timer past Brandon Bussi after the puck slipped off the stick of Mackie Samoskevich. Sandis Vilmanis drew the secondary assist on the goal to collect his first NHL point."
"The Panthers' collective heads must've still been in D.C. as they were honored at the White House on Thursday. While the score (3-1) was close after forty minutes, they were getting thoroughly outplayed with the shot count (23-8) firmly in favor of the Metropolitan Division-leaders. They'll have to quickly turn the page with the Washington Capitals up tonight in the road trip finale."
Carolina Hurricanes routed the Florida Panthers 9-1 in Raleigh, propelled by Nikolaj Ehlers' hat trick and multi-goal efforts from Taylor Hall and Mark Jankowski. Andrei Svechnikov, Eric Robinson and Alexander Nikishin also scored while Carolina converted four of five power-play opportunities to end a two-game skid. Uvis Balinskis scored early in the second after signing a two-year extension, and Sandis Vilmanis recorded his first NHL point. Jankowski's midway second-period goal and Nikishin's power-play tally swung momentum. Carolina dominated the third period and outshot Florida, leaving the Panthers to regroup before facing Washington.
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