The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting, which took place at the PCN Arena in Raleigh, ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of the Hurricanes.
Russian forward of the winning team, Andrei Svechnikov, scored a hat-trick and three points in this match. Svechnikov was born in Barnaul in 2000. He has been playing for the Carolina Hurricanes since 2018. He was selected second overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Jesper Fast also scored for Carolina, scoring a double in the game. Mitchell Stevens, Mike Matheson and Josh Anderson scored the goals for the Canadians.
The Hurricanes won their second straight game. Montreal suffered its second defeat in its last three games. Carolina ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference standings with 42 points from 36 games. Montreal sits 13th in the East. The team has 35 points in 34 matches.
In the next match, Carolina will face Toronto and Montreal will face Florida.
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