Hurricanes Beat Avalanche 5-4 in Shootout

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 in a shootout in Denver on a throwback night honoring the Whalers and Nordiques and with a pregame ceremony for Brent Burns' 1,500th game. Frederik Andersen made 44 saves through overtime and stopped three in the shootout, while Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist and scored the lone shootout goal. Sebastian Aho, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina; Robinson and William Carrier left during the game and are expected to be out “for a while,” coach Rod Brind'Amour said, and K'Andre Miller was a late scratch. Valeri Nichushkin scored twice for Colorado, including a power-play goal at 14:09 of the third that erased a 4-1 deficit, and Parker Kelly and Martin Necas also tallied; Scott Wedgewood was pulled and Trent Miner finished in relief. Special teams were poor for both clubs — Colorado went 1-for-8 on the power play and Carolina 0-for-5 — and the game featured multiple penalties, controversial goals and challenges.