Jordan Staal scores hat trick to lead Hurricanes to 6-3 win over Maple Leafs

Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal, center, celebrates after his goal with teammates Jaccob Slavin, left, and Jordan Martinook (48) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal, center, celebrates after his goal with teammates Jaccob Slavin, left, and Jordan Martinook (48) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)


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RALEIGH, N.C. — Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Eric Robinson, Jackson Blake and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 30 shots for his first home win since Dec. 17. Nicholas Robertson, William Nylander and Auston Matthews scored for Toronto, which had won five in a row. Joseph Woll made 28 saves. The Maple Leafs took an early 2-0 lead but the Hurricanes evened it at 2-all with Staal's first goal with 5:45 left in the first period. Staal scored 35 seconds into the second period for a 3-2 lead.

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