Sebastian Aho has 20 goals in his rookie season and Valentin Zykov his first, and their scores Thursday keyed the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
Aho scored twice on the power play in the third period as the Canes rallied. Zykov, in his NHL debut, had a first-period goal – and later collected the puck as a keepsake – to make the night memorable at PNC Arena.
Goaltender Cam Ward had a season-high 40 saves for the Canes in earning his 22nd win of the season.
Aho scored on a big outside slapshot at 9:04 of the third to tie the score 3-3, then rifled a shot from the right circle past goalie Antti Raanta at 12:28 to push the Canes in front.