Kochetkov Wins 10th Straight as Hurricanes Rout Jets 7-0

Pyotr Kochetkov made 26 saves for his 10th straight win to open the season and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Winnipeg Jets 7-0 at Lenovo Center on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2026. Sean Walker scored twice and six Carolina players had more than one point as the Hurricanes won their fourth straight game and handed Winnipeg its ninth straight loss.

Kochetkov is the third goaltender in NHL history to win each of his first 10 games of a season. Jack Campbell won 11 straight to open the 2020-21 season and Carey Price won 10 straight to open 2016-17. The win also set a franchise record: no Carolina goaltender had ever won 10 in a row at any point of a season. Cam Ward and Brandon Bussi held the old mark at nine. It was Kochetkov's second shutout of the season and the 13th of his career, tying Mike Liut for third in franchise history. He is 10-0-0 with a 1.49 goals against average and a .929 save percentage. During the first intermission, the league announced its three stars for October, with Kochetkov named the third star behind Connor McDavid and Kirill Kaprizov.

Seven goals from six scorers

Walker opened the scoring short handed at 5:16 of the first period after a penalty kill sequence by Jaccob Slavin and Jalen Chatfield, and he scored again later in the game. Juuso Valimaki made it 2-0 at 1:55 of the second period with a one timer from inside the blue line. Sebastian Aho scored on the power play 24 seconds later, at 2:19, for a 3-0 lead. Logan Stankoven finished with a goal and two assists and Aho had a goal and an assist. Mark Jankowski scored on the power play at 6:53 of the third period to make it 6-0, his eighth goal in nine games. Jesperi Kotkaniemi took a return pass from Eric Robinson and scored from close range at 8:38 of the third for the 7-0 final, his fourth goal of the season. Twelve Carolina players recorded a point. Slavin played his 800th career NHL game.

Carolina is 12-2-2, has won 12 of its last 14 games, and tied an NHL record with 11 wins in October. Aho reached 20 points in 16 games, the fastest he has ever reached that mark.

Jets slide reaches nine games

Winnipeg is 4-8-3 and 0-7-2 in its last nine games. The Jets gave up a short handed goal, two power play goals and seven goals in total, and their goaltenders faced a Carolina team that scored in every period. The road does not ease up: Winnipeg finishes a four game road trip at Montreal on Tuesday night. Carolina plays at Nashville on Tuesday night, where Kochetkov can tie Campbell's league record of 11 straight wins to open a season.