Jack Eichel scored twice in the final 4:59 to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Tuesday night.
First, Eichel forced a turnover on Taylor Hall’s pass near the blue line, then took Ivan Barbashev’s pass and went the other way to beat Frederik Andersen for a 4-3 lead. Minutes later, celebrating his 29th birthday, Eichel finished another feed from Barbashev to make it 5-3 with roughly 2 1/2 minutes left. Tomas Hertl added an empty-net clincher as Vegas closed out a second win against Carolina in nine days.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice in the first period for Vegas, with the second coming on the power play. Brett Howden had a backhand-forehand finish on Andersen to tie it at 3 early in the third. Meanwhile, Akira Schmid recorded 21 saves for Vegas.
For Carolina, Andrei Svechnikov broke through in the opening minutes with a one-timer off a power-play faceoff win, marking his first goal of the season. This goal also represented Carolina’s third power-play goal after a rough start to the season. Jordan Martinook and Logan Stankoven also scored for the Hurricanes, while Andersen finished with 29 saves.
The Hurricanes entered the game as the NHL’s last unbeaten team after starting 5-0, including wins in the first three games of their initial road trip. However, the Golden Knights handed Carolina a 4-1 defeat in last week’s first meeting. That game was part of a tough 4-2-0 swing on the road for the Hurricanes, who have been impacted by a series of injuries that forced younger or unproven talent into the lineup.
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