Aho Double Sends Kraken Home Chasing Shadows, Hurricanes Win 4-1
This was a road game that Carolina controlled from start to finish, and the 4-1 final against Seattle almost undersells it. The Hurricanes had the puck and the shots nearly all night: they outshot the Kraken 30-13 and won the shot-attempt battle 86-37, more than two attempts for every one Seattle managed.
The chances leaned Carolina's way too. By expected goals, a measure of how many goals a team's chances were worth, the Hurricanes created about 4.2 to Seattle's 2.47. They scored four, which is about what their chances deserved.
Sebastian Aho buried two goals, playing alongside Andrei Svechnikov, who added an assist. Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist, while Logan Stankoven and K'Andre Miller each set up two. Defenceman Juuso Välimäki chipped in a goal on four shots.
Seattle's lone strike came from Frederick Gaudreau. It was the exception on a night when Brandon Bussi stopped 12 of 13 and turned aside every one of Seattle's best chances. Carolina even rang two posts, through Ehlers and Shayne Gostisbehere, so it could have been wider still.
