Jordan Staal scored twice to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a hard-fought 4-3 road win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.

The Jets' day started sour when it was announced that goaltender Connor Hellebuyck would miss four to six weeks due to knee surgery, and things worsened once the puck dropped.

Brandon Bussi earned his fifth win of the season with 24 saves. Seth Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov both scored in the win, while Sebastian Aho collected two assists.

Gabriel Vilardi buried a pair and Josh Morrissey rounded out the scoring for the Jets.

The Hurricanes struck early as Staal stunned the home crowd with some slick stickhandling before sending his wrist shot into the back of the net just 16 seconds into the contest.

Morrissey swiftly evened up the scoring at 16:23 of the first peri

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