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Carolina Hurricanes

7-4-0

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Boston Bruins

7-7-0

Bruins extend win streak to 3 with 2-1 victory over the Hurricanes

Alexander Nikishin lights the lamp for Hurricanes

The Bruins opened the season with three consecutive wins, then lost six in a row and have now won four of five overall.

Mittelstadt opened the scoring at 1:27 of the third when he got his fourth of the season off a pass from Charlie McAvoy.

Arvidsson added his third of the season at 5:05, sneaking the puck over the right shoulder of Frederik Andersen on a break. Mittelstadt and McAvoy assisted on the goal.

Hurricanes defenseman Alexander Nikishin ripped a slap shot past Jeremy Swayman with 2:49 to go to make it a one-goal game. Mark Jankowski and Jordan Martinook had the assists.

Swayman made 28 saves in a bounce-back performance after giving up seven goals against the Ottawa Senators in his previous start on Monday.

Andersen had 20 saves for the Hurricanes, who have lost three of four.

Up next The Hurricanes visit the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

The Bruins visit the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

BOS leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	3rd Period 1:27	Casey Mittelstadt Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie McAvoy (9), Pavel Zacha (10)
Goal	3rd Period 5:05	Viktor Arvidsson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Casey Mittelstadt (4), Charlie McAvoy (10)
Goal	3rd Period 17:11	Alexander Nikishin Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Mark Jankowski (1), Jordan Martinook (5)

Statistics

CAR		BOS
11	Blocked Shots	21
21	Hits	26
6	Takeaways	2
29	Shots	22
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	20
53.5	Faceoff Win Percent	46.5
14	Giveaways	9
1	Total Penalties	1
2	Penalty Minutes	2