Kochetkov Perfect, Hurricanes Savage Jets 7-0 in Complete Demolition

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 26 shots he faced and Carolina scored seven unanswered goals to shut out Winnipeg 7-0 on November 1, 2026. The story of the night was a second period so lopsided it effectively ended the game before the third period even began.

Sean Walker got Carolina started at 5:16 of the first, snapping one past Clay Stevenson with Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho picking up the assists. That goal — the one that shifted the margin from 0 to 1 — turned out to be the only nudge this game needed. Winnipeg never answered, and what followed was a systematic dismantling. The second period was where the Jets were buried alive. Juuso Valimaki made it 2-0 at 1:55 with a slap shot, assisted by Shayne Gostisbehere and Logan Stankoven. Twenty-four seconds later — 2:19 — Sebastian Aho wired a wrist shot past Stevenson to make it 3-0, with Andrei Svechnikov and Nikolaj Ehlers assisting. Winnipeg pulled Stevenson after that, turning to Stuart Skinner, but it didn't matter. Walker struck again at 7:41 on a wrist shot, his second of the night, pushing it to 4-0. Then Stankoven buried his 10th of the season at 9:09 — a snap shot set up by Jackson Blake and Ehlers — and just like that, Carolina had five goals in a single period. Skinner faced 17 shots and allowed 5 of them. Stevenson faced 15 and allowed 2. Between the two of them, Winnipeg's goaltending was a wreck.

The third period was a formality. Mark Jankowski scored his 8th of the season at 6:53, assisted by Stankoven, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi capped the night at 8:38 with a snap shot off feeds from Eric Robinson and Gostisbehere. Final: 7-0. Stankoven finished with 1 goal and 2 assists for 3 points. Walker had 2 goals. Aho added 1 goal and 1 assist. This looks like a Carolina team operating at a different level than the Jets right now — the depth of the scoring, with seven different goal-scorers, appears to signal that this isn't a one-line offense carrying the load.

Kochetkov's shutout — 26 saves on 26 shots, zero goals allowed — was the exclamation point. He was never seriously tested, which is its own kind of statement about how thoroughly Carolina controlled this game from the opening period forward. Winnipeg generated almost nothing offensively, and what little they did generate, Kochetkov handled cleanly. For the Jets, this is the kind of result that demands answers — not just about goaltending, but about whether this team can generate consistent offensive pressure against a structured Carolina defense. Tonight, they couldn't.