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Rask scores again, Hurricanes beat Flames for 1st win
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Rask scores again, Hurricanes beat Flames for 1st win

Published Oct. 21, 2016 2:35 a.m. ET

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Victor Rask scored his third goal of the season to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Rask's power-play goal with 3:48 left in the first period made it 2-0 as the Hurricanes built up a lead and never gave it up to pick up their first win of the season. Rask, who played two years of junior hockey with the WHL's Calgary Hitmen, leads the team with five points.

Teuvo Teravainen, Viktor Stalberg and Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, playing its fourth straight road game to start the season. Noah Hanifin had a career-high three assists.

It was the Hurricanes' first win at the Saddledome in eight tries, dating back to Dec. 12, 2002.

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Troy Brouwer and Johnny Gaudreau scored for Calgary.

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