RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist, while Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Martinook and Tyson Jost also scored. Shayne Gostisbehere provided two assists.
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Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) and Shayne Gostisbehere (4) blocks the shot of New York Islanders' Bo Horvat (14) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes' Shayne Gostisbehere (4) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20) is pinched along the boards by New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) and Kyle MacLean (32) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) celebrates his goal against the New York Islanders during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov sends the shot of New York Islanders' Hudson Fasching (20) wide of the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
New York Islanders' Anders Lee (27) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
The Hurricanes won back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 25 and 27.
With the loss, the Islanders have their second three-game stretch of the season without a point. Goalie Ilya Sorokin was pulled after allowing four goals on 23 shots through two periods, with Marcus Hogberg finishing with six saves in the third.
Kochetkov stopped 13 first-period shots, but faced only nine in the third to pick up his ninth career shutout. Carolina needed only one penalty kill in the team’s second shutout of the season.
Islanders: They’ve been shut out five times this season, but this was the first time since October. Allowing 13 goals across the past three games might be a bigger concern.
Hurricanes: They finished a 3-1-0 homestand with signs that a slump with four losses in a five-game stretch beginning in late November might have come and gone. They avenged a 4-3 loss Dec. 7 at New York.
The Hurricanes scored twice in a stretch of less than three minutes early in the first period, pushing their first-period goals total to 34 across their 31 games.
Three of Svechnikov’s 12 goals this season have come on power plays vs. the Islanders.
The Hurricanes go to Washington on Thursday night, while the Islanders complete a three-game road stretch Saturday at Toronto.
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Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) and Shayne Gostisbehere (4) blocks the shot of New York Islanders' Bo Horvat (14) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes' Shayne Gostisbehere (4) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20) is pinched along the boards by New York Islanders' Casey Cizikas (53) and Kyle MacLean (32) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) celebrates his goal against the New York Islanders during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov sends the shot of New York Islanders' Hudson Fasching (20) wide of the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
New York Islanders' Anders Lee (27) has his shot blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is ready to make her return to World Cup skiing at age 40 in a super-G on Saturday in St. Moritz.
The American standout inspected the Corviglia course before the race and will start No. 31.
It's Vonn's first World Cup race after nearly six years of retirement.
Vonn had to cut her career short in 2019 due to a series of crashes and injuries, but then she had knee replacement surgery in April and had two titanium pieces inserted into her right knee. Her knee feels better than it has in years, so she decided to come back.
Vonn left the tour with 82 World Cup wins — the record for a woman at the time and within reach of the then all-time Alpine mark of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s record held by Vonn was eclipsed in January 2023 by American teammate Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has an outright record 99 wins.
Shiffrin, who shares the record of five wins in St. Moritz with Vonn, isn’t racing this weekend as she recovers from abdominal surgery to clean out a puncture wound she sustained in a crash last month.
Vonn is planning to race another super-G in St. Moritz on Sunday.
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United States' Lindsey Vonn looks on before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
United States' Lindsey Vonn looks on before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
United States' Lindsey Vonn looks on before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
United States' Lindsey Vonn does a course inspection before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates during the course inspection before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates during the course inspection before competing in an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)