Sebastian Aho had a goal and two assists and Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes (14-3-2), who have won six of their past seven games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves.

Carolina defenseman Alexander Nikishin also had a goal and an assist in his season debut after signing a one-year, $3 million contract on Oct. 25.

It was the Hurricanes’ final game before they leave for the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland in Helsinki, where they will face the Seattle Kraken at Veikkaus Arena on Nov. 12 and 14.

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks (4-13-1), who are 0-5-1 during the skid. Spencer Knight allowed six goals on 17 shots before he was replaced by Arvid Soderblom, who made 12 saves.

Jarvis gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 1:34 of the first period. K’Andre Miller’s shot redirected of Bedard and came to Jarvis, who scored on a short-side wrist shot from the left face-off circle. 

Jackson Blake extended the lead 2-0 at 3:21. He stickhandled past two defenders in the neutral zone and passed to Nikolaj Ehlers before tipping a return pass past Knight.

The Hurricanes scored off the rush for a 3-0 lead at 10:54. Martinook scored top shelf off a no-look pass from Jesper Kotkaniemi.

Martinook made it 4-0 at 19:27 when he popped in a rebound after Knight made a left-pad save on Kotkaniemi.

Svechnikov hit the right post from between the hash marks before scoring on the rebound to push the lead to 5-0 at 4:43 of the second period.

Aho made it 6-0 at 10:36. William Carrier blocked a shot in Carolina’s defensive zone before Sean Walker skated the puck through the neutral zone and passed to Aho for a one-timer into an open net. 

Nikishin pushed the lead to 7-0 at 18:06 when his one-timer redirected off the stick of Chicago forward Oliver Moore and the leg of defenseman Kevin Korchinski.

Bedard set up Roman Kantserov below the left has marks for a goal that made it 7-1 at 5:56 of the third period. Kantserov has scored in four straight games and leads NHL rookies with nine goals.

Bedard scored on a long rebound off the glass to cut the lead to 7-2 at 13:41.

Gostisbehere scored on a wrist shot to make it 8-2 at 16:18.

Svechnikov made it 9-2 with 13 seconds remaining.