The Carolina Hurricanes swept the season series against the Vegas Golden Knights with a 3-2 win at Lenovo Center on Friday night. The Canes survived an early push from Vegas and stormed back in the second and third periods to take and lead and hold it. Here are three takeaways from the win:

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Rod Brind'Amour On Jordan Martinook's shift leading to the game-winning goal: It's Jordan Martinook. I'm glad you mentioned it because that was the play of the game. They literally would have had a tap-in backdoor and then he makes a play and then obviously also puts it up to Jordo and that was a nice play too.

Pyotr Kochetkov has now stopped all three penalty shots he has faced with Carolina – tied for the second-most penalty shot saves in franchise history behind only Cam Ward (8). Jackson Blake following the win...

Roslovic surprisingly leads the Hurricanes in goals (17), despite a -4 rating and just over 14:00 minutes of ice time per game. Linemates Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis certainly play a factor in this. The former first-round pick had a productive December, when he recorded 10 points on 25.0% shooting in 13 games.

Well it looks like Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour is giving rookie Jackson Blake a shot to make his mark as he's seemingly been moved up to the team's top line before Carolina's Friday night match against the Vegas Golden Knights.

The Carolina Hurricanes are known for being a team that outworks and overwhelms opponents with relentless pressure and an unwavering compete level. They create chaos in front of the net, hound pucks and their aggressive systems keep opposing players on their toes all over the ice.

Keep an eye on Martin Necas and Tage Thompson in particular on Wednesday, when the Carolina Hurricanes play the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center, starting at 6:00 PM ET. Purchase tickets for this game at StubHub!

Brock Nelson is also likely to be moved after spending the first decade-plus of his NHL career with the Islanders. Even though Carolina owns the draft capital to splurge, Nelson offers the most affordable price as a rental becoming an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season.

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