Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
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.
Hurricanes: The Hurricanes will retire Eric Staal's number 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 theAfter 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,began the season as Carolina's top scoring option with 14 goals in the first 25 games.
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