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Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal, center, celebrates after his goal with teammates Jaccob Slavin, left, and Jordan Martinook (48) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal (11) celebrates after his goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews (34) controls the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ William Nylander (88) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal, center, celebrates after his goal with teammates Jaccob Slavin, left, and Jordan Martinook (48) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal (11) celebrates after his goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews (34) controls the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ William Nylander (88) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate a goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
Eric Robinson, Jackson Blake and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 30 shots for his first home win since Dec. 17.
Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander and Auston Matthews scored for Toronto, which had won five in a row. Joseph Woll made 28 saves.
The Maple Leafs took an early 2-0 lead but the Hurricanes evened it at 2-all with Staal’s first goal with 5:45 left in the first period. Staal scored 35 seconds into the second period for a 3-2 lead and 20 seconds into the third period to extend Carolina’s lead to 5-3.
Maple Leafs: The Leafs were running hot but without much recent scoring help from Nylander, who leads the team with 24 goals. He had two breakaway chances in the first and scored on one, his first goal since Dec. 21, a span of eight games.
Hurricanes: The Hurricanes will retire Eric Staal’s number (12) on Sunday. His younger brother, Jordan, took the spotlight on Thursday with his fourth career hat trick. The first of his career, when he was 18 and playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, also came against the Maple Leafs on Feb. 10, 2007.
After trading special-teams goals in the first two minutes of the second period, the Hurricanes took a 4-3 lead on rookie Blake’s goal at 4:58 in the second. With the assist, Juha Jaaska recorded his first career NHL point.
Martin Necas began the season as Carolina’s top scoring option with 14 goals in the first 25 games. Necas has cooled off from his hot start with only one goal in the past 16 games.
The Hurricanes host Vancouver on Friday night while the Maple Leafs get Vancouver at home on Saturday night.
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