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Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal scored first-period goals as the Carolina Hurricanes topped the Utah Mammoth 4-1 on Saturday in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

With the victory, Carolina (52-22-6, 110 points) moved four points up on the idle Buffalo Sabres for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Carolina and Buffalo each have two games remaining.<\/p>\n

Sebastian Aho and Sean Walker also tallied while Nikolaj Ehlers, Jordan Martinook and Shayne Gostisbehere added a pair of assists each for the Hurricanes, which have won three straight and improved to 23-12-4 on the road this season.<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen made 26 saves in his first career appearance and win against the Mammoth.<\/p>\n

Dylan Guenther scored for the Mammoth (42-31-6, 90 points), and Karel Vejmelka stopped 26 shots as Utah\u2019s five-game win streak ended. The Mammoth hold the top wild-card spot in the Western Conference, leading the Kings by three points. Both teams have three games to play.<\/p>\n

Utah cut Carolina\u2019s lead to 2-1 on a power play at 2:42 of the third as Guenther one-timed a cross-ice feed from Clayton Keller for his team-leading 40th of the season.<\/p>\n

The assist extended Keller\u2019s point streak to seven games (four goals, 12 assists), while Guenther has six goals and seven assists in his last seven contests.<\/p>\n

Carolina took a 3-1 lead at 15:30 of the third as Aho redirected a Gostisbehere point shot past Vejmelka for his 27th of the season.<\/p>\n

Walker added an empty-netter for the Hurricanes at 19:37 of the third.<\/p>\n

Svechnikov opened the scoring at 4:15 on a power play, backhanding the rebound off Ehlers\u2019 shot past Vejmelka for his 31st of the season.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes doubled its lead at 13:23 of the first as Staal one-timed an Ehlers\u2019 feed past Vejmelka for his 20th of the season.<\/p>\n

Utah defenseman John Marino sat out with an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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