The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t just beat the Winnipeg Jets on the way out of their homestand. They buried them.
Sean Walker was one goal shy of a hat trick, Pyotr Kochetkov picked up yet another shutout, and Carolina rolled to a 7-0 win after chasing Stuart Skinner early in the second period. From the opening puck drop, the Hurricanes looked like the only team fully engaged.
Carolina set the tone right away in the first period, controlling shots on goal 10-3 and making life miserable whenever Winnipeg tried to build anything through the zone. The Hurricanes also drew two power plays in the frame, including about 30 seconds of five-on-three time, but their first goal actually came while they were killing a penalty.
During Winnipeg’s opening power play, Carolina’s penalty kill turned defense into offense. After one missed shot, the rebound kicked out to Sean Walker, and he finished to put the Hurricanes in front 1-0.
The second period is where the game blew open.
Carolina killed off the rest of the penalty to start the frame, then kept pressing. The Hurricanes won an offensive-zone faceoff, and Juuso Vallimaki took a pass from Shayne Gostisbehere before firing from the blue line. Skinner never had a chance to settle in, and Carolina was up 2-0.
Just 16 seconds later, the Hurricanes struck again on the power play. Eight seconds into the advantage, Winnipeg lost Sebastian Aho on one side of the net, and Andrei Svechnikov slid the puck across to him for an easy finish and a 3-0 lead.
Walker wasn’t finished. About five minutes later, Seth Jarvis gathered a rebound and worked the puck into the corner, drawing multiple Jets defenders with him. He then slipped a perfect pass to Walker, who wasted no time and buried his second of the night to make it 4-0.
Before the halfway point of the game had even passed, Carolina added another. Jackson Blake drove the net and pulled the defense toward him before feeding Logan Stankoven, who was left alone and snapped it past Skinner for a 5-0 cushion.
That was the end of Skinner’s night. He was pulled for the second straight game, though the damage was hardly on him alone.
Winnipeg had been overwhelmed from the start. Clay Stevenson entered in relief, and the Jets at least looked a bit more competitive after that.
At the time of the change, Carolina had as many goals as Winnipeg had shots. The Jets would finish the second with 12 shots as the Hurricanes eased off a bit and tried to set Walker up for the hat trick.
By the third period, the only real questions were whether Walker would get his third goal and whether Kochetkov would keep the shutout intact. Carolina kept feeding Walker chances, but the goals kept coming elsewhere too.
Another quick power-play strike made it 6-0. Right off the faceoff, Stankoven controlled the puck and found an open Mark Jankowski, who blasted it past Stevenson.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi added the final blow, continuing to step up beyond expectations with injuries hitting the forward group. Gostisbehere sent the puck up to Kotkaniemi, who moved it to Robinson. Robinson drew the Jets defenders in before sending it back in front, where Kotkaniemi finished to make it 7-0.
Winnipeg tried to stir things up late, but it didn’t amount to much. Vallimaki responded by pointing to the scoreboard.
Stankoven finished with three points for Carolina, while Aho, Jarvis, and Ehlers each had two.
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