RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jalen Chatfield’s first goal of the season was a tiebreaker and goalie Frederik Andersen snapped a personal nine-game losing streak as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Thursday night.
Chatfield, a defenseman playing in his 300th career game, scored during the Hurricanes’ three-goal second period. He also had an assist.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Mark Jankowski (77) slips the puck past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ville Husso (33) with Ducks' Ryan Poehling (25) and Drew Helleson (14) nearby during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Logan Stankoven (22) redirects a pass from Taylor Hall (71) past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ville Husso (33) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) watches the puck against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Logan Stankoven (22) celebrates his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Logan Stankoven and Taylor Hall each had a goal and an assist, and Mark Jankowski and Jackson Blake also scored for the Hurricanes, who won their third straight. Andersen made 11 saves for his first victory since Nov. 6. He had gone 0-7-2 during his winless stretch.
Ryan Poehling and Mikael Granlund scored for the Ducks, who have an eight-game losing streak (0-7-1). Ville Husso stopped 30 shots.
The Ducks had leads in each of the first two periods.
Poehling scored with 6:42 left in the first period. Jankowski tied the score on Carolina’s 17th shot of the game at 8:56 of the second period, with the puck swept into the goal by Anaheim defenseman Drew Helleson’s skate.
Granlund shot wide through the crease on an open net, but pretty much stayed in the same position and then tapped in a pass from Mason McTavish for the Ducks’ 2-1 lead with 6:42 left in the second. Stankoven scored for the third game in a row, taking a pass from Taylor Hall on a two-man rush to pull the Hurricanes even.
Chatfield’s goal came with 3:52 remaining in the second period. Carolina outshot the Ducks 18-3 in the period.
Blake and Hall scored in the third period, with Hall’s goal into an empty net.
Winger Troy Terry, who co-leads the Ducks with 42 points, missed a game for the first time this season because of an upper-body injury.
Ducks: Close out a four-game trip at Buffalo on Saturday.
Hurricanes: Host the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Mark Jankowski (77) slips the puck past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ville Husso (33) with Ducks' Ryan Poehling (25) and Drew Helleson (14) nearby during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Logan Stankoven (22) redirects a pass from Taylor Hall (71) past Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ville Husso (33) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) watches the puck against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Carolina Hurricanes' Logan Stankoven (22) celebrates his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market, one that may delay another cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve but does not slam the door on it.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in morning trading and was on track to top its all-time high set earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 182 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.6% higher.
The quiet trading came after the U.S. Labor Department said employers hired fewer workers in total during December than economists expected, though the unemployment rate improved and was better than expected. It reinforced how the U.S. job market may be in a “ low-hire, low-fire” state.
The improvement in the unemployment rate was enough to get traders to ratchet back expectations for a cut to interest rates at the Fed's next meeting, which is scheduled for later this month. Traders are now forecasting just a 5% chance of that, down from 11% a day before, according to data from CME Group.
But traders nevertheless still largely expect the Fed to cut rates at least twice this upcoming year. Whether they’re correct carries high stakes for financial markets. Lower interest rates can goose the economy and push up prices for investments, though they can also worsen inflation at the same time. And inflation has stubbornly remained above the Fed's 2% target.
“Until the data provide a clearer direction, a divided Fed is likely to stay that way,” according to Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. “Lower rates are likely coming this year, but the markets may have to be patient.”
After the report, Treasury yields were mixed in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury eased to 4.17% from 4.19% late Thursday. It tends to track expectations for longer-term economic growth and inflation.
The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks forecasts for what the Fed will do with short-term interest rates in the near term, ticked up to 3.51% from 3.49%.
A separate report released Friday morning suggested sentiment among U.S. consumers is strengthening, particularly among lower-income households. Perhaps more importantly for the Fed, the preliminary report from the University of Michigan also said expectations for inflation in the coming 12 months may be at their lowest level in a year. That could prevent a vicious cycle where worsening expectations lead to behaviors that accelerate inflation further.
On Wall Street, power company Vistra soared 14% to help lead the market after signing a 20-year deal to provide electricity to Meta Platforms from three of its nuclear plants. Big Tech companies have been signing a string of such deals to electrify the data centers powering their moves into artificial-intelligence technology.
Oklo jumped 15.2% after saying it also signed a deal with Meta Platforms that will help it secure nuclear fuel and advance its project to build a facility in Pike County, Ohio.
They helped offset a 3.6% drop for General Motors. The auto giant said it will take a $6 billion hit to its results for the last three months of 2025 related to its pullback from electric vehicles. That’s on top of the $1.6 billion in charges GM took in the prior quarter. Fewer tax incentives and easier fuel-emission regulations have been eating into demand for EVs.
WD-40 tumbled 7.3% after reporting a weaker profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Chief Financial Officer Sara Hyzer said the soft numbers were primarily because of timing issues, not weaker demand from end customers, and the company stood by its financial forecasts for the upcoming year.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia.
The French CAC 40 rose 1%, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6% for two of the world’s bigger gains. In Tokyo, Fast Retailing, the fashion company behind Uniqlo, jumped 10.6% after its quarterly operating profit surged about 34% year-on-year. It revised its full-year forecasts upward.
AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Matt Ott contributed.
Christopher Lagana and James Denaro work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Aman Patel works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Daniel Kryger works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Anthony Confusione works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A dealer walks past near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A dealer walks past near the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
