Aho, Slavin each has goal, assist in Hurricanes victory against Jets

WINNIPEG --Jaccob Slavin and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.

"It is always nice to start the road trip with the win," Aho said. "It really doesn't matter if you are up two goals, a tie game, or down two, we kind of grind the same way. We just trust that when we have a chance we are skilled enough to put the puck in the net. Nothing really changed when they tied the game."
Martin Necas and Vincent Trocheck scored, and Frederik Andersen made 16 saves for the Hurricanes (17-6-1), who had lost three of four.
"We haven't had the best stretch over the last couple weeks so we wanted to start the [five-game] trip off right," Slavin said. "It's huge going forward. We just need to start games on time. That's something that we struggle with sometimes. If we can start a game on time, it makes for a huge success later on."

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Nikolaj Ehlers scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for the Jets (12-9-4), who had won three of four.
"Ebbs and flows -- a roller coaster," Hellebuyck said of the Jets' 2-2-0 homestand. "We played some good hockey. We can't let this beat us up. It's still a long season ahead of us. We have to keep growing and building our game and building our details."
Necas put Carolina in front 3-2 with a power-play goal at 19:40 of the second period.
Trocheck scored on the power play at 3:04 of the third period for the 4-2 final.
Carolina went 2-for-3 on the power play after going 1-for-21 (4.8 percent) in the past nine games.
"It was a solid game right from start to finish," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We had a couple hiccups there in the second and that's pretty much it for the whole game. It was a solid game. I think we've played like this for the last couple weeks. We weren't able to score in a couple of those other games, but I thought the penalty kill was great tonight, obviously. That was a huge part of the game."
The Hurricanes killed a five-minute power play beginning at 7:39 of the third period after defenseman Ian Cole was penalized for kneeing Jets forward Mark Scheifele. Cole was also given a game misconduct.
"That could have been real crucial," Brind'Amour said. "If they get one they get momentum, who know what happens. We didn't give them anything. Like I said, that was one of the big keys of the game, for sure."

Slavin scored 30 seconds into the first period to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead. It was his first goal since Feb. 19 (34 games).
Aho made it 2-0 at 1:12 of the second period. Jets coach Paul Maurice challenged for goaltender interference, but the goal was upheld on video review and the Jets were penalized two minutes for delay of game.
"I make that call, not based on whether I think there was goalie interference, it's do I think there is enough goalie interference there to get it overturned, and I think it is," Maurice said. "I make that same call, regardless of what the reason [from] the referees would be. To me, there's enough goaltending interference on that play to make that call and make it every single time it comes like that again."
Ehlers scored a 4-on-4 goal to cut it to 2-1 at 2:18.

Dubois tied it 2-2 with a deflection between his legs on the power play at 16:06.
"We did score a power-play goal today, but obviously when you're behind 4-2 and you get a five-minute power play, you want to at least get some momentum going," Ehlers said. "And we weren't able to do that. We'll be better next game."
NOTES:Aho has scored seven points (one goal, six assists) in a three-game point streak. … Trochek has scored four points (two goals, two assists) in his past two games. … Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter has scored four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games. … Jets defenseman Neal Pionk served the first of a two-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Rasmus Sandin on Sunday. … Jets forward Blake Wheeler had an assist to give him six in his past three games. … Ehlers has scored four goals in a three-game goal streak. … Scheifele had an assist and has scored seven points (four goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak. … Dubois has scored five points (two goals, three assists) in a three-game point streak.