Sebastian Aho of the Hurricanes battles for the puck with Arizona’s Phil Kessel during Carolina’s 2-1 win Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. Karl B DeBlaker/Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Defenseman Brett Pesce scored a power-play goal with 2:27 left in regulation Sunday to keep the Carolina Hurricanes undefeated with a 2-1 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes.
The Hurricanes are the last unbeaten team in the NHL at 8-0-0, extending the best start to a season in franchise history. Carolina’s winning streak is also tied for the fourth-longest to begin a season in NHL history.
Martin Necas scored the Hurricanes’ other goal and set up Pesce’s winner. Frederik Andersen stopped 22 shots for his seventh win.
“We’re oozing confidence. We believe that we can win every game we’re in,” Pesce said. “The biggest thing for us was just sticking to our game plan. I thought it was a gutsy win for us.”
Rookie Karel Vejmelka made 37 saves for the Coyotes, who are 0-8-1. Christian Fischer had the team’s lone goal.
It was the first game in NHL history between an undefeated team having played seven or more games against a winless team with at least seven games, according to NHL Stats.
KINGS 3, SABRES 2: Alex Iafallo scored with 6:19 to play as Los Angeles rallied to beat visiting Buffalo.
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, Carl Grundstrom scored and the Kings won consecutive games for the first time this season. Jonathan Quick made 22 saves.
Rasmus Asplund and Victor Olofsson scored for the Sabres. Dustin Tokarski stopped 31 shots.
DUCKS 4, CANADIENS 2: Ryan Getzlaf broke a tie with Teemu Selanne for Anaheim’s career points record, assisting on Troy Terry’s third-period goal in a victory at home against Montreal.
Getzlaf, 36, has 989 points in 1,111 games, all with the Ducks, on 279 goals and 710 assists. Selanne had 457 goals and 531 assists in 966 games with Anaheim.
Adam Henrique, Vinni Lettieri and Sam Carrick also had power-play goals for Anaheim, and John Gibson made 16 saves.
Mike Hoffman and Jake Evans scored for Montreal, and Sam Montembeault stopped 22 shots.
BLUE JACKETS 4, DEVILS 3: Jakub Voracek scored the lone goal in a shootout and Joonas Korpisalo made 39 saves for Columbus in its win at New Jersey.
Oliver Bjorkstrand, Patrik Laine and Boone Jenner scored in regulation for Columbus, which got its first road victory.
Andreas Johnsson, Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton scored for the Devils, and Scott Wedgewood had 23 saves.
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