RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Sebastian Aho and Victor Rask scored in the third period, helping the Carolina Hurricanes top the slumping Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Cam Ward made 29 saves for Carolina in the opener of a season-long eight-game homestand. The Hurricanes returned from the All-Star break with their second straight win after dropping six of eight.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored and Craig Anderson made 37 saves for the Senators, who have lost six in a row.
Pageau put Ottawa in front with his seventh goal in the second, but Carolina responded with a big rally in the final period.
Aho took a drop pass from Teuvo Teravainen at the blue line and fired a slap shot that deflected off the stick of Ottawa defenseman Thomas Chabot and past Anderson at 1:49. Aho had missed four straight games with a concussion after a collision with Calgary's Marc Giordano on Jan. 14.
The Hurricanes kept the momentum and Rask fired a power-play wrist shot from the left faceoff circle past Anderson on the goaltender's stick side at 11:32.
Ward finished it off, making two stops in the final seconds to secure the victory.
NOTES: Aho had no apparent issues in his return, playing 19:03. ... Ottawa D Erik Karlsson reached 300 career penalty minutes when he was called for hooking in the first period. ... The Senators scratched D Erik Burgdoerfer and C Filip Chlapik. ... The Hurricanes scratched D Klas Dahlbeck, F Josh Jooris and F Phillip Di Giuseppe.
UP NEXT
Senators: Return home to host the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday.
Hurricanes: Continue their homestand against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
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