Carolina Hurricanes beat Winnipeg Jets on Nikolaj Ehlers's power-play winner

Winnipeg opens with a shot advantage

Winnipeg outshot Carolina 10-8 in the opening period, with the Hurricanes waiting until 5:26 for their first shot. Neither team scored before a second period that produced four goals, two for each side.

Jankowski answers Scheifele

Mark Scheifele opened the scoring with a backhand at 4:23 on Winnipeg's first shot of the second period. Mark Jankowski answered on the power play at 8:19, with Logan Stankoven setting up the equalizer.

Bradly Nadeau earned a secondary assist on Jankowski's goal in his first appearance of the season. Jankowski extended his scoring streak to six games, contributing one of Carolina's two power-play goals.

Kotkaniemi supplies another equalizer

Alex Iafallo restored Winnipeg's lead at 10:59, converting Adam Lowry's setup. Jesperi Kotkaniemi brought Carolina level again at 16:50, redirecting Shayne Gostisbehere's blue-line shot to make it 2-2 before the second intermission.

The equalizer was Kotkaniemi's first goal of the season for Carolina. Ehlers would also score his first of the season when he supplied the decisive third-period goal.

Ehlers delivers the winner

Ehlers scored with a power-play slap shot at 6:43 of the third. Pyotr Kochetkov finished with 21 saves, while Gostisbehere collected two assists.

Carolina converted both power-play opportunities, receiving a goal from each unit. Its special teams contributed at both ends: two goals with the advantage and no goals allowed during Winnipeg's only power-play opportunity. Carolina killed that penalty while Sebastian Aho was penalized and Jordan Staal was absent. The victory gave Carolina wins in its first five road games for the first time in franchise history. Aho's seven-game point streak ended.

Carolina's winning streak reached seven games.