nhl Game Recap
Carolina Ices Arizona 5-3 - Recap
The Coyotes came up short Monday against the Hurricanes, falling 5-3.
Bettors who backed the Hurricanes were rewarded as -420 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.0.
Carolina got goals from Nino Niederreiter, Max Domi, Vincent Trocheck, Jesper Fast, and Sebastian Aho in the victory. Trocheck opened the scoring at 4:01 of the first period.
Antti Raanta turned in a 23-save effort for the Hurricanes.
Arizona got goals from Loui Eriksson, Alex Galchenyuk, and Nick Ritchie in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 46 of 51 shots for the Coyotes, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Carolina went 0-for-1, while the Coyotes were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Arizona lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 51-26.
Carolina heads into a battle against the Jets. Arizona, meanwhile, will have their next action against Chicago.