Hurricanes at Jets
The Carolina Hurricanes have yet to come away without a point this season and hope to continue that trend when they visit the Winnipeg Jets Sunday night. Carolina, which began the campaign with an overtime loss, opened its three-game trek by edging Minnesota 5-4 in the extra session on Saturday for its fourth consecutive victory.
Sebastian Aho capped a four-point effort 2:57 into overtime with his second goal of the contest as the Hurricanes improved to 2-0-0 on the road. The 21-year-old Finn has landed on the scoresheet in each of Carolina's five games, registering three multi-point performances as he shares the team lead in tallies (four) and assists (six) while topping the club in points. Winnipeg has alternated wins and losses in the early going as it kicks off a six-game homestand. The Jets, who are coming off a 3-0 setback in Nashville, have scored a total of three goals in as many contests since posting a 5-1 victory at St. Louis in their season opener.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, NHL Network, FS Carolinas, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 (Winnipeg)
ABOUT THE HURRICANES (4-0-1): Captain Justin Williams notched a pair of assists versus the Wild to remain even with Aho for the team lead and scored his first goal of the season with 69 seconds left in the third period to forge a tie. The 37-year-old right wing recorded his second three-point performance of the campaign on Saturday and has collected all seven of his points over the last three contests. Veteran center Jordan Staal also is off to a strong start as he has scored a goal in four of his first five games.
ABOUT THE JETS (2-2-0): Kyle Connor has picked up where he left off last season, scoring a goal in each of his first three games to lead the team. The 21-year-old left wing, who was the 17th overall pick in the 2015 draft, netted 31 tallies in 76 games in 2017-18 - his first full campaign in the NHL. Patrik Laine, a 20-year-old Finn who was drafted second overall in 2016, has been kept off the scoresheet in three straight games after notching a goal and an assist in the season opener.
OVERTIME
1. The Hurricanes have matched the best start in franchise history - which was recorded in 1995-96, when the Hartford Whalers collected four wins and a tie over their first five games.
2. Winnipeg has gone 11-for-11 on the penalty kill over two games since allowing three goals in five short-handed situations at Dallas on Oct. 6.
3. Aho and 18-year-old RW Andrei Svechnikov, who was the second overall pick in last June's draft, have registered two game-winning goals apiece for Carolina.