RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jack Eichel scored two goals in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 at Lenovo Center on Tuesday.

After a turnover at Carolina’s offensive blue line, Eichel took a short pass from Ivan Barbashev and scored on a breakaway to give the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead at 15:01.

Then, Barbashev circled the net and found Eichel again, this time alone in front for a one-timer that made it 5-3 at 17:36 for his second goal of the night.

Tomas Hertl added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds left for the 6-3 final.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals and Akira Schmid made 21 saves for the Golden Knights (6-1-3), who are 5-1-1 in the past seven games.

Andrei Svechnikov, Jordan Martinook and Logan Stankoven scored for the Hurricanes (6-3-0), w

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