RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist, Dustin Tokarski got his first shutout since 2022 and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-0 on Friday night.Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won three straight at home. Tokarski stopped 15 shots for his third career shutout and improved to 4-1-0 since signing with Carolina last month.Staal, the Hurricanes' captain, has been on a scoring spree with five goals in the past three games. He had a hat trick in Thursday’s win over Toronto. The 36-year-old centre scored three goals in the first 40 games of the season.Thatcher Demko made 18 saves for the Canucks, who have lost four straight (0-2-2) and been shut out twice in that span.TAKEAWAYSCanucks: Vancouver got three chances on the power play, including two in the third period, but couldn't do anything with them. The Canucks have converted on only two of their last 15 power-play opportunities. It did not help that they equalled their season low with 15 shots on …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.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 and 20 seconds into the third period to extend Carolina's lead to 5-3.TakeawaysMaple Leafs: The Leafs were running hot but without much recent scoring help from Nylander, who leads the team with 24 goals. He had two breakaway chances in the first and scored on one, his first goal since Dec. 21, a span of eight games.Hurricanes: The Hurricanes will retire Eric Staal's number (12) on Sunday. His…