"Marcus Pettersson, for me, he's a Jaccob Slavin-like," Rupp said ... Canucks received from the New York Rangers when they dealt J.T. Miller earlier that same day. The 6-foot-5, 175-lb.

The Chicago Blackhawks were one of the busy teams in the past offseason and adding veteran blueliners was a part of that as they acquired both Alec Martinez and T.J. Brodie. The moves backfired ...

Manages assist Saturday ...

Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slavin also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves.

New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (13) fights for the puck against Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin (74) and right wing Jackson Blake (53) during the first period at UBS Arena.

Playing in his first NHL game after 199 in the American Hockey League ... Rantanen's first in Raleigh to light and just 67 seconds later, Jaccob Slavin doubled the team's insurance.

The Carolina Hurricanes mustered about 15 minutes of good hockey Wednesday night and it ... Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour along with Jaccob Slavin spoke with the media (Walt Ruff) in Buffalo.

Seth Jarvis made his 20th goal of the season, a short-handed strike in the first period, and Jaccob Slavin scored in the ... he has known since their junior hockey days in Finland a decade ago ...