Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) Carolina Hurricanes' Nicolas Deslauriers, center, celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with his teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) stops Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov (37) as Vancouver's Elias Pettersson (25) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki (88) scores on Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) as Sebastian Aho (20) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers (front left) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) as Tom Willander (5) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) 1 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) 1 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) 2 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Carolina Hurricanes' Nicolas Deslauriers, center, celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks with his teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) 3 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) stops Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov (37) as Vancouver's Elias Pettersson (25) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) 4 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Vancouver Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki (88) scores on Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) as Sebastian Aho (20) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) 5 / 5 Hurricanes Canucks Hockey Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers (front left) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Leevi Merilainen (31) as Tom Willander (5) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press via AP) Associated Press Wed, October 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC · 1 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat Vancouver 6-3 on Tuesday night to take the NHL points lead and hand the Canucks their eighth straight loss.
Nicolas Deslauriers also had two goals for the defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes (8-2-1). Jackson Blake added three assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 14 shots, They rebounded from a 3-2 loss at Calgary on Sunday night.
Linus Karlsson, Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Max Sasson scored for the Canucks (2-8-1).
Leevi Merilainen provided a bright spot for Vancouver with 38 saves. He stopped Sebastian Aho on a penalty shot in the second period after Canucks center Elias Pettersson was caught throwing his stick.
Hurricanes: At Edmonton on Thursday night.
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