RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina’s win over the New York Islanders showed the Hurricanes they have a team worthy of the best start in franchise history.
Dougie Hamilton and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and an assist as the Hurricanes improved to 5-0-0 for the first time with a 5-2 win over the Islanders on Friday night.
Carolina outshot the Islanders 40-19.
Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce and Eric Haula also scored, and Nino Neiderreiter added a pair of assists for the Hurricanes, whose previous best start was 4-0-0 in 1995-96. Peter Mrazek stopped 17 of 19 shots in goal.