Aho notched a goal and added an assist in Monday's 5-3 win over the Islanders in Game 2.
Aho tied the game 3-3 with 2:15 remaining in the third period, deflecting an Andrei Svechnikov shot past Semyon Varlamov, before adding a second point with an assist on Jake Guentzel's empty-netter later in the frame. The 26-year-old Aho was red hot down the stretch in Carolina, tallying 11 goals and 21 points in his final 15 regular-season contests. He posted a career-high 89 points (36 goals, 53 assists) across 78 games.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Back at practice
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Aho (rest) returned to practice Friday ahead of Saturday's clash with the Islanders, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.
Aho went on a heater in his last 15 outings of the regular season, racking up 11 goals and 10 assists, including seven power-play points. After sitting out one game to prepare for the playoffs, Aho will rejoin Jake Guentzel and Seth Jarvis on the first line in addition to linking up with the No. 1 power-play unit against the Islanders on Saturday.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Sitting Tuesday
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Aho (rest) won't be in the lineup Tuesday against Columbus, per Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site.
Aho will get Carolina's regular-season finale off to rest before the start of the playoffs. He racked up 36 goals and 89 points in 78 games this season.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Puts away empty-netter
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Aho scored an empty-net goal on three shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks.
Aho tallied for the ninth time in the last 11 games when he deposited an empty-netter to secure the Hurricanes' lead. The 26-year-old center is up to 36 goals, matching his total from last season, and he's added 53 assists, 216 shots on net and a plus-34 rating through 78 appearances in what's been a career year. Aho continues to excel on the Hurricanes' top line.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Storming into postseason
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Aho earned an assist and a plus-4 rating in Friday's 5-2 win over the Blues.
Aho tied a career high in assists (53) with the latest apple, and the playoff-bound Hurricanes, winners of four straight contests, are looking very sharp with a pair of games remaining in the regular season. This has been Aho's best NHL campaign, as the prolific eighth-year forward is sporting 88 points -- including 32 power-play points and a whopping 10 game-winning goals -- through 77 contests. The Finn will be a popular target in playoff pools since he's playing so well, plus this will mark Aho's sixth straight postseason showing as the Hurricanes have been quite competitive over that span. He has 23 goals and 35 assists through 63 postseason games.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Three assists in win
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Aho recorded three assists in Sunday's 7-2 victory over the Senators.
It's the second straight three-point performance from Aho and his third in five games. The 26-year-old forward has been hot recently, tallying 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in his last 14 contests. Aho's up to 74 points (27 goals, 47 assists) through 65 games this season, eight shy of his career high set in 2018-19.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Comeback king carries team
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Aho scored two goals in the final 1:32 of the third period to force overtime in a 5-4 shootout win over Toronto. He also had an assist.
Aho has 27 goals this season in 64 games and is just three away from his fifth 30-goal campaign. He's also on track for close to 90 points, which would surpass his career high of 83 points (2018-19). His 71 points this year lead the Canes in scoring by a wide margin. Jake Guentzel sits second (55), though most of his production came as a member of the Penguins before being acquired by Carolina. Seth Jarvis is third among all skaters in Raleigh with 52.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Three points in win
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Aho tallied a goal and added two assists in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Flames.
Aho set up Jordan Martinook's opening goal in the first period before extending Carolina's lead to 2-0 later in the frame, finishing a give-and-go from Teuvo Teravainen in the slot for his 25th goal of the year. Aho would then add a third point with another assist on Andrei Svechnikov's goal in the second. The 26-year-old Aho has three goals and seven points in his last five contests. He's on pace to reach the 30-goal threshold for the fifth time in his eight-year career.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Two points against Jets
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Aho scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist in Saturday's 5-3 loss to Winnipeg.
Both points came in the second period as the Hurricanes surged out to a 3-0 lead, but the third frame belonged to the Jets. It's only Aho's second multi-point performance in the last 15 games, but he's stayed productive with eight goals and 11 points over that stretch. Saturday's goal was the 24th of the season for the 26-year-old winger, a mark he's reached in each of his eight NHL campaigns.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Pots seventh game-winner
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Aho scored his 21st goal of the season in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Panthers.
The 26-year-old didn't wait for overtime to deliver his seventh game-winning goal of 2023-24, but he maintained his flair for the dramatic -- Aho jumped on a loose puck in the slot, spun around and went top shelf past Sergei Bobrovsky with only 19 seconds left in the third period. Aho is up to 21 goals and 60 points through 53 games this season, and Thursday's tally was the 52nd GWG of his career, putting him only five back of Hall of Famer Ron Francis for the all-time franchise lead. Francis needed 1,186 career games in a Whalers or Hurricanes sweater to accumulate his 57 winners, while Aho's racked up his in less than half that time (573 games).
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Goal, assist in win
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Aho scored a goal on three shots, dished a power-play assist and went plus-2 in Monday's 6-3 win over the Blackhawks.
Aho entered Monday on a three-game drought, one contest shy of matching his longest of the season. He avoided that by scoring in the second period, and he set up a Brent Burns tally in the third. Aho is up to 20 goals this season, six of which have been game-winners, and he's added 39 assists, 149 shots on net and a plus-10 rating through 52 appearances. He continues to center the Hurricanes' top line to great success.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Scores in overtime
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Aho potted the only goal of the game in Saturday's 1-0 overtime win over the Devils.
It was a classic goaltending duel all night between Pyotr Kochetkov and Vitek Vanecek, one that seemed destined for a shootout until Aho decided to change that. After dropping the puck for Martin Necas, he cut across the grain and fired a shot on Vanecek. The puck rebounded off the netminder's shoulder and sat floating until Aho batted out of the air and into the net. Aho added three shots on goal, and a plus-1 rating in 22:40 TOI to lead all forwards. The 26-year old center is now on a modest three-game point streak.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Point streak hits seven games
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Aho found the back of the net in a 3-2 win over New Jersey on Thursday.
Aho opened the scoring just 1:30 into the game. It was his 17th goal and 54th point in 44 contests this season. Aho is on a seven-game scoring streak in which he's supplied two goals and eight points. The 26-year-old has also recorded at least a point in 13 of his last 14 appearances while supplying five goals and 24 points, which makes him one of the hottest forwards in the league.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Stretches point streak to six games
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Aho supplied three assists, including two on the power play, in Friday's 6-2 win over the Capitals.
Aho has a six-game point streak comprised of a whopping 13 assists and three goals. The Finn is playing so well that he finds himself on pace to reach the 100-point mark for the first time in his career. Aho could also easily surpass his previous personal best of 28 power-play points from 2021-22, as he has already cashed in on 20 man-advantage points (four goals, 16 assists) through 36 contests this season.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Remains white-hot Saturday
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Aho scored an empty-net goal on four shots and added two power-play assists in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs.
The only reason Aho didn't record a third straight four-point game was that the Hurricanes didn't score four goals. He ends December with nine goals and 13 assists over 15 appearances, getting back to the high-end level that has made him a consistent fantasy option for years. Overall, the center is up to 15 tallies, 42 points, 103 shots on net and a plus-7 rating through 34 appearances, with 17 of his points coming on the power play.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Another four-point night
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Aho recorded four assists in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Canadiens.
The 26-year-old helped set up Andrei Svechnikov for all three tallies in his hat trick, plus one of Jesper Fast's two scores on the night. Aho has erupted for eight points in the last two games and has four multi-point performances in the last nine, piling up six goals and 17 points over that blistering stretch. On the season, Aho's delivered 14 goals and 39 points through 33 contests.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Four points in win
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Aho tallied a goal and four assists in Wednesday's 5-2 win over Nashville.
Aho opened the scoring on a power play midway through the first period, firing a wrister that banked off a Nashville defender and past Juuse Saros to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead. Aho would add an assist on Brent Burns' goal later in the frame before adding another two helpers in the second. With his four-point effort Wednesday, Aho now has three games with three or more points in his last eight contests -- he has six goals and eight assists in that span. The 26-year-old forward is up to 14 goals and 35 points through 32 games this season.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Big night on man advantage
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Aho notched three power-play assists while adding a game-high seven shots on net in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Golden Knights.
The Hurricanes' special teams were the difference in the game, as they went 3-for-3 with the man advantage while killing all four Knights' power plays. Aho has produced two three-point efforts in the last five games, and over the last 20 contests he's piled up 10 goals and 22 points
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Lone tally in shootout loss
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Aho scored a goal on three shots in Sunday's 2-1 shootout loss to the Capitals.
Aho broke a scoreless tie midway through the second period, one-timing a fortuitous bounce in the slot to put Carolina ahead 1-0. The 26-year-old Aho now has four goals and five points in his last four contests following a stretch of four games without a point. He's up to 12 goals and 15 assists through 28 games this season.
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Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho: Three-point night against Sens
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Aho scored two goals, one of them the game-winner on the power play, and added an even-strength assist in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Senators.
All three points came in the second period as Carolina blew open a 1-1 contest. Aho snapped a four-game point drought with the performance, but the multi-point effort was his sixth in the last 16 contests, a stretch in which he's racked up eight goals and 17 points.
