Hurricanes strike early, never look back to blank Blackhawks
Antti Raanta registered his first shutout of the season, and the Carolina Hurricanes used a strong opening period to set the tone to stretch their franchise-record point streak to 15 games by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Martin Necas, Jesper Fast and Jordan Martinook scored goals for Carolina, which won its ninth game in a row.
Raanta's 24 saves got the job done, seeing seven sh