Sebastian Aho plays OT hero again, lifts Canes over Blackhawks

Sebastian Aho scored the game-winning goal in overtime and Jaccob Slavin collected three assists as the visiting Carolina Hurricanes notched a 4-3 comeback victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.

Seth Jarvis, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four of their last six games.

Frederik Andersen, playing in his 500th career game and his first since Oct. 26 (knee surgery), made 22 saves for Carolina.

Aho rocketed a one-timer from the right circle to net his 15th career overtime winning goal 59 seconds into the extra period. Aho has netted all four of Carolina's overtime winning goals this season.

Philipp Kurashev and Ryan Donato both collected one goal and one assist while Tyler Bertuzzi added a goal for the Blackhawks, who are 1-3-2 over their last six games. Petr Mrazek tallied a season-high 44 saves.

Kurashev opened the scoring just before the midway point of the first period when he neatly redirected Donato's crossing pass to snap his 16-game goal-scoring drought.

Bertuzzi doubled the lead at 16:55 of the opening frame when he gained the puck near the end boards and sent it off Andersen's back and into the cage for his third goal and fifth point in three games.

Jarvis put the visitors on the board 1:25 into the second period by completing a deke to his backhand on a short-handed breakaway. Kotkaniemi tied the clash six minutes later when he converted Eric Robinson's cross-crease pass while at the doorstep.

Donato restored the Chicago lead with 19 seconds remaining in the second period, burying a golden chance set up when Taylor Hall slipped a pass to the front of the net.

Staal tied the game with his 700th point in his 1,300th regular-season game at 13:37 of the third when he found the loose puck in a scramble.

--Field Level Media