Hurricanes beat Kraken 4-1 in Global Series behind Aho's two goals

The Hurricanes scored twice in 66 seconds late in the first period and cruised past the Kraken 4-1 at Veikkaus Arena. Carolina improved to 15-3-2 and 32 points.

Nikolaj Ehlers broke the game open at 11:44 of the first with a wrist shot, assisted by K'Andre Miller and Logan Stankoven. Sebastian Aho tipped one in at 12:50 to make it 2-0. Juuso Valimaki added a snap shot at 9:34 of the second for a 3-0 lead.

Aho, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.3, finished with two goals on two shots. His second came on a slap shot at 11:41 of the third and made it 4-0. Miller had two assists. Freddy Gaudreau spoiled the shutout at 13:15 with a wrist shot, set up by Mackie Samoskevich, to make it 4-1. Seattle fell to 9-7-1 and 19 points.

Chirp's Sim had Carolina winning 63% of the time over 10,000 simulations.