{"id":515511,"date":"2026-03-05T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515511\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:36:09","slug":"ehlers-scores-hat-trick-carolina-hurricanes-hold-off-vancouver-canucks-for-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515511\/","title":{"rendered":"Ehlers scores hat trick, Carolina Hurricanes hold off Vancouver Canucks for win"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER \u2014 Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> sealed his hat trick with an empty-net strike and the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> held off the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> for a 6-4 victory on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Sean Walker<\/a>, Andrei Svechnikov<\/a> and Sebastian Aho<\/a> each added a goal and an assist for the Canes (39-16-6), while Seth Jarvis<\/a> contributed a pair of helpers and Brandon Bussi<\/a> stopped 18 of the 22 shots he faced. <\/p>\n

The Canucks (18-36-7) showed signs of life in the first period, taking a 2-1 lead with goals 44 seconds apart, then made it close with a late goal in the second and another midway through the third before Ehlers sealed the win with 14 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n

Filip Hronek<\/a> registered a goal and two assists for Vancouver, while Marco Rossi<\/a> notched one of each. Brock Boeser<\/a> and Nils Hoglander<\/a> also scored and Elias Pettersson<\/a> had two helpers. <\/p>\n

Kevin Lankinen<\/a> allowed four goals on 22 shots before getting the hook midway through the second. He was replaced by Nikita Tolopilo<\/a>, who made nine saves in relief. <\/p>\n

The result stretched Vancouver\u2019s losing skid to seven games (0-5-2). The team has two wins in its last 23 outings (2-17-4). <\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Canucks: Took advantage of an extended stretch of 5-on-3 play late in the second period to cut the deficit to 5-3. \u2026 Played without bruising winger Evander Kane<\/a>, who general manager Patrik Allvin said was recovering from the flu. \u2026 Dealt veteran defenceman Tyler Myers<\/a> to the Dallas Stars<\/a> for a pair of future draft picks earlier in the day. <\/p>\n

Hurricanes: Dominated from the outset, drawing a penalty in the opening minute and scoring a power-play goal 1:17 into the game. \u2026 Outshot Vancouver 12-1 over the opening nine minutes.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes retook the lead at the 4:19 mark of the second when Ehlers collected a stretch pass from Jordan Staal<\/a>, faked a shot from the top of the circle, then skated in and fired the puck in past Tolopilo to make it 3-2. <\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

The Canucks went 2-for-4 with the man advantage Wednesday after going eight games without a power-play goal. <\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Canucks: Visit the Blackhawks in Chicago on Friday. <\/p>\n

Hurricanes: Face the Oilers in Edmonton on Friday. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2026. <\/p>\n

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 Nikolaj Ehlers sealed his hat trick with an empty-net strike and the Carolina Hurricanes held off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,82,55],"class_list":["post-515511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}