Lack, Hurricanes blank Senators
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Goalie Eddie Lack recorded his first victory since October by stopping 34 shots as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-0 on Friday night at PNC Arena.
Several individual scoring droughts were snapped as Carolina won for the first time in six games (1-4-1).
Jordan Staal, Elias Lindholm and Viktor Stalberg scored for the Hurricanes, who finished with exactly three goals in a game for the first time in 2017. Phil Di Giuseppe picked up two assists.
Lack, who made his sixth start of the season, improved to 2-3-1. He has nine career shutouts.
The Senators, who would have pulled into the top spot in the Atlantic Division with a victory, were shut out for the third time this month.
The Hurricanes weren't called for a penalty until more than 44 minutes into the game.
Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson made 41 saves.
The Hurricanes led 3-0 after two periods, their largest goal output in any of their previous five games.
Carolina opened the scoring 79 seconds into the game on Staal's wrap-around goal. It was his first goal in seven games.
Lindholm snapped a 13-game streak without a goal with his score with 4:44 left in the second period.
Stalberg halted his 11-game goal-less streak by scoring with 42 seconds to play in the period. That was accompanied by an assist from Victor Rask, who had gone 14 games without a point.
NOTES: Ottawa won the first two meetings against the Hurricanes this season by 2-1 scores, so there were three goals scored in each meeting. ... The Hurricanes were charted for 19 first-period shots, matching their season high for any period. ... With Carolina going with G Eddie Lack, it meant that G Cam Ward will have to wait to appear in his 600th career game. He's at 599. ... The Senators were without two of their top scorers for the second game in a row with RW Mark Stone (neck) and C Mike Hoffman (groin) sitting out. ... The Senators play the third game of a four-game road swing Sunday at Florida. ... The Hurricanes wrap up a five-game homestand Sunday against Calgary.