The Carolina Hurricanes made quick work of the Ottawa Senators in Raleigh on Saturday night.
The Carolina Hurricanes returned to the win column on Saturday night in Raleigh with a 4-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
The story of the night was a shutout by Spencer Martin, who turned aside 25 Ottawa shots to blank the Sens while filling in for the injured Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov.
The outcome was not in doubt for long as Jordan Martinook scored his sixth of the season eight minutes into the game to give Carolina a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Sebastian Aho broke out of his goalscoring slump with a power play goal to make it 2-0 late in the second, as Martin Necas extended his point streak with a primary assist while Shayne Gostisbehere added the secondary.
It was more of the same in the third period, as the power play struck again just 43 seconds into the stanza when Jackson Blake scored his fifth of the year from Andrei Svechnikov and Gostisbehere.
Down by three, Ottawa finally mounted its strongest run of pressure on the night, peppering Martin with several high-quality shots while stressing the Carolina defense for a solid run of play.
They never broke through, though , and Carolina was able to salt the game with an empty net goal by William Carrier for his second of the season.
The Hurricanes will have a quick turnaround before they take the ice again in Raleigh tomorrow against the St. Louis Blues, to whom they lost in an earlier meeting in the Show-Me State.