Aho has three-point night to lead Hurricanes to 4-1 victory over Senators

The Senators opened the scoring seven minutes into the game when Norris tipped an Erik Brannstrom shot.

Carolina tied the game with a power-play goal with 1:11 left in the period. Brady Skeji made a great pass to Necas, who beat Korpisalo on the short side.

Aho gave Carolina the lead with a power-play goal on a shot from the point at 12:18 of the second period. He picked up an assist 81 seconds later when Jarvis beat Korpisalo.

Aho added another goal at 17:19 by taking advantage of some poor defensive coverage to go in uncontested for his 10th goal of the season.

Down by three to start the third period, Ottawa pressed to get back in the game but Kochetkov was solid. He stopped Drake Batherson on a breakaway midway through the period and also stopped Brady Tkachuk on a penalty shot late in the game.

Tkachuk was awarded the penalty shot after officials felt Kochetkov threw his stick to make a save.

Ottawa was 0-for-4 with the man advantage and is now 0-for-18 on the power play over its last five home games.

NOTES

Batherson played in his 250th career game … Zack MacEwen was a healthy scratch for the Senators … The Hurricanes said forward Andrei Svechnikov will be sidelined for the foreseeable future due to an upper-body injury. Tony DeAngelo returned to the lineup for the first time since Nov. 18 and Brendan Lemieux was a healthy scratch.

UP NEXT

Ottawa: Takes on the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.

Carolina: Heads to Detroit to take on the Red Wings on Thursday night.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2023.

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

Aho has three-point night to lead Hurricanes to 4-1 victory over Senators

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