Oliver Moore scores in shootout on 21st birthday, leads Blackhawks to
4-3 win over Hurricanes
[January 23, 2026]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Oliver Moore scored in the shootout on his 21st
birthday and Spencer Knight stopped five of six shots by Carolina to
give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 shootout win over the Hurricanes on
Thursday night.
Connor Murphy, Ilya Mikheyev and Nick Lardis scored in regulation for
the Blackhawks. Knight, who shut out Winnipeg on Monday night, made 28
saves in regulation and overtime for his second straight win. |
Chicago Blackhawks' Oliver Moore (11) skates with the puck during a
shootout in an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in
Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker) |
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Joel Nystrom, Jordan Staal and Jackson Blake scored for the
Hurricanes, whose five-game home winning streak ended. Frederik
Andersen stopped 18 shots and four more in the shootout.
The win capped an eventful night for Moore, who celebrated a
milestone birthday. He was on the wrong side of a fight with
Alexander Nikishin in the second period and then nearly won the
game in overtime but was robbed by Andersen.
Chicago led 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, but couldn’t put the Hurricanes
away in regulation. Carolina has yet to lose in regulation with
top defenseman Jaccob Slavin in the lineup (8-0-3).
Murphy and Blake traded goals 82 seconds apart near in the back
half of the third period to send it to overtime.
Andersen came up with a pair saves — on Moore and Frank Nazar —
in the third period to keep the game tied at 2 . He made two
bigger saves — on Wyatt Kaiser and Moore — in overtime.
The Hurricanes tied it at 2 on Staal’s first goal since Dec. 19
at 9:16 of the second. Chicago had taken a 2-1 advantage after
Lardis’ goal at 4:35 in the second.
Mikheyev swatted in his own rebound at 11:12 in the first to
give the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead. It was Mikheyev’s first
short-handed goal of the season.
Nystrom tied it with his first NHL goal at 12:50 in the first.
The rookie defenseman has nine points in 36 games.
Up next
Blackhawks: Host Tampa Bay on Friday night.
Hurricanes: Travel to Ottawa on Saturday night.
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