RALEIGH, N.C.
Dougie Hamilton figured he’d already shot — and missed — enough.
So with the game on the line and the puck on his stick, the rookie defenseman deferred to one of the Boston Bruins’ veterans.
David Krejci scored the tiebreaking goal off a pretty pass from Hamilton with 1:50 left to help the Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Monday night.
“I figured I’d already taken enough shots where I didn’t score, so I saw (Krejci) open backdoor and I just put it over to him,” Hamilton said. “And he put it home.”
Zdeno Chara had a powerplay goal and two assists, Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist, Tyler Seguin had an empty-net goal and an assist and Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal for the Bruins.
The Northeast Division leaders remained unbeaten in regulation and opened the season by earning points in five straight games for the first time since 1990-91.
Eric Staal had a goal and an assist, and he and Jeff Skinner scored 50 seconds apart late in the second period to help the Hurricanes erase a two-goal deficit.
Anton Khudobin stopped 29 shots in his first start of the season for the Bruins.
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