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Necas gets 4 points, Hurricanes sail past Bruins for the 5th win in a row
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Necas gets 4 points, Hurricanes sail past Bruins for the 5th win in a row

Andrei Svechnikov had three points, Jack Roslovic scored two goals and Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves for the Hurricanes (7-2-0), who have won five in a row. Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis each had two assists.

Hampus Lindholm and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins (4-6-1), who are 1-4-1 in their past six. Joonas Korpisalo made 13 saves in relief of Jeremy Swayman, who allowed six goals on 22 shots.

Roslovic gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 6:28 of the first period. After a delayed penalty, Sebastian Aho passed to Roslovic, who scored via a wrist shot from the slot.

Marchand scored with a 5-on-3 lead to tie the score at 1-1 at 13:11. Marchand’s pass, intended for Pastrnak, was deflected off Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin’s right skate and into the net.

The Hurricanes answered with three goals in 54 seconds.

Svechnikov tipped in Gostisbehere’s shot from the left point for a power-play goal and a 2-1 lead at 17:14.

Jackson Blake pushed the lead to 3-1 at 17:52.

Necas scored on the power play to make it 4-1 at 18:06, when his pass over the slot was deflected off the skate of Boston defenseman Brandon Carlo.

Lindholm made it 4-2 with a wrist shot from the slot at 3:38 of the second period.

Svechnikov scored his own rebound for his second power play goal of the game and a 5-2 lead at 8:51.

Jordan Martinook forced a turnover behind the Boston net before passing to Roslovic, who scored from the slot to make it 6-2 at 9:32 of the second. Martinook recorded his 200th NHL point.

Sean Walker scored to extend the lead to 7-2 at 7:36 of the third period, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s first goal of the season made it 8-2 at 12:13.