LAS VEGAS -- Pyotr Kochetkov made 31 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 5-2 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Monday. Jordan Staal, Eric Robinson and Jasperi Kotkaniemi each had a goal and an assist, and Jaccob Slavin had two assists for Carolina (11-3-0), which has won nine of its last 10.

About eight minutes later, Jesperi Kotkaniemi knocked in his own rebound to make it 2-0 and the Canes were cooking. The visitors outshot the home team in that period, 16-4. Jordan Staal would score a shortie early in the second and Tyson Jost would get on the scoresheet when a Jaccob Slavin shot glanced in off his leg while he was crashing the net.

Adin Hill's night came to an early end as the Golden Knights pulled him after allowing four goals on 21 shots. Carolina found the back of the net two more times in the second period to bump its lead to 4-0

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On Monday night, the Vegas Golden Knights fell 5-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes at T-Mobile Arena. Let’s take a look at five takeaways from the loss. There’s no way around it, that was an ugly performance by Vegas.