Raanta, Hurricanes shut out Panthers for franchise-best 10th win in row

The Carolina Hurricanes won a franchise-record 10th straight game Anti Ranta 19 saves in Friday’s 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Raanta has shutouts in consecutive games, including 24 saves in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

“I think we took a little something from the last game against Chicago,” said Raanta. “When the game started today, you just felt like you were in it. Even if not many shots were fired in the first third (3), you could get into the game well.”

Stefan Noesen, Andrei Shchnikov and Teuvo Teravainen Each scored a power play goal for the Hurricanes (24-6-6), who extended their scoring streak to 16 games (14-0-2), the longest in the NHL this season.

Carolina, who started Friday ranked 27th in the NHL on power play (17.5 percent), went 3-on-5 with a man advantage. It finished 10th in penalty shootouts (80.7 percent), going 6-on-6.

“We really haven’t had one all year where we capitalized on the power play,” said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour. “The penalty was good too, so special teams won the game for us. This is the game now. You have to have that click because it wins your games.

“I think we’ve been solid the whole track and, to be honest, all year. What I really liked about this track is that we didn’t have any dips in our game.”

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Spencer Knight made 30 saves in his first start since Dec. 19 for the Panthers (16-17-4), who were ruled out for the first time this season and have lost four of their last five games.

“They’re playing a tough gap game,” said Florida coach Paul Maurice. “They don’t give you a lot of light ice cream, so there’s not a lot of inside play. But we tried to find her.”

Noesen gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 7:05 of the first period and then tapped the puck Sebastian AhThe wrist shot went off the left post on a power play between Knight’s pads.

“It’s great, especially at home to get the crowd going right away,” Hurricanes said Jesperi Kotkaniemi said. “It’s good to build confidence. All teams need that.”

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Svechnikov extended the lead to 2-0 on a power play at 4:58 of the second period, scoring with a shot from the left circle that went wide of the left post.

Teravainen made it 3-0 over the man lead at 11:55 Seth Jarvis received the puck at the left post from Kotkaniemi, turned and puffed so the puck skidded to Teravainen at the right post.

“Obviously special teams played a pretty big role,” said the Panthers forward Eric Staal said. “They were good and that’s where we need to get better. It was a tough night for us.”

Kotkaniemi made it 4-0 at 3:50 of the third period with a wrist shot five seconds after the end of a power play between circles.

Florida was held to a season-low with 19 shots and was overshot 12-3 in the first third, including a 14-15 stretch without a shot on target. Raanta made 11 saves in the second round, including a glove save in the forward Sam Bennettwill be shot at 6:24 between the circles.

“‘Rants’ had some tough saves tonight,” said Brind’Amour. “It just calms the whole group when you’re out there and you screw it up and the goalie saves. you don’t talk about it He was good tonight.”

REMARKS: Raanta has 17 NHL shutouts and two this season. … Carolina is the fifth team in NHL history to have at least four shutouts in a 10-plus game winning streak, joining the 1926-27 Montreal Canadiens (five shutouts in 11 games), the 1972 New York Rangers -73 (four in 10 games), 2012-13 Pittsburgh Penguins (four in 15 games), and 2018-19 St. Louis Blues (four in 11 games). … The Hurricanes have 25 points (12-0-1) in December, the second-highest ranking in a calendar month in Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers history (10-2-5 in March 2017). … Defender of Hurricanes Brent Burns had two assists and 25 points (four goals, 21 assists) in 36 games, the fewest games needed by a defender aged 37 or older since Brian Rafalski (27 games in 2010-11). …Raanta and Pyotr Kochetkov Both have shutouts in back-to-back games this season, becoming the third team in NHL history to do so in a team’s first 36 games, alongside the 1932-33 Montreal Maroons and the 2013-14 Los Angeles Kings.