The Canes beat the Sens 4-0 Saturday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Spencer Martin shutout the Ottawa Senators in a 4-0 win Saturday night at Lenovo Center.

Jordan Martinook, Sebastian Aho, Jackson Blake and William Carrier all scored while Martin stopped 24 shots in the victory.

Here are my three takeaways from last night's victory:

Strong Special Teams

Since the start of last season, the Canes have had 38 different regular season games in which they've scored at least one power play goal without allowing one against and this season alone they've done that six times.

Last night was the sixth time as they scored two power play goals while killing off all four Ottawa power plays.

Let's start with the penalty kill.

The Hurricanes have allowed just nine power play goals against all season, with four of those having come at 5v3 and two coming in the first game of the season.

So in the last 15 games, the Canes have allowed just three 5v4 goals.

The power play has also continued to be productive clicking at 25% this season (9th in the league).

Carolina also scored its first 5v3 goal of the year last night as Sebastian Aho beat the clock.

Carolina had just eight seconds with a two-man advantage, but Martin Necas (who has a faceoff win percentage of just 30.8% this year) won the key draw and then ended up making the cross-ice pass to Sebastian Aho.

"We did that one right," Brind'Amour said. "It was a good play, good execution. Started with the faceoff. The key was that we said, 'Okay, we have eight seconds. We have to get something quick.' And we were able to do that. Power play got two. It wasn't great tonight. It might have been better the other night when we didn't get anything, but it's weird how it goes."

Carolina then followed that up with a goal on the continued power play as Jackson Blake scored his first career power play goal.

Speaking of Blake...

Jackson Blake Continues to Impress

With his fifth goal of the season, Blake is now in sole possession for second in rookie scoring (5th overall in points with seven) behind Philadelphia Flyers Matvei Michkov.

"There were like three guys and Svech there and he was batting at it and I was just like, 'Okay, maybe he's going to do something cool here,' but then it just popped out for me right there, so I was like, 'Okay, I'll take it,'" Blake said.

With Seth Jarvis out with injury, Blake has been promoted to PP1 and he's been making the most of his opportunity.

"Obviously with Jarvy out, I think I just have to bring everything I can to the unit," Blake said. "I'm super fortunate, super grateful to be in that spot, but if I want to be there, I have to produce so happy to get that one tonight."

In those three games, Blake leads the team in individual power play chances (11) and high-danger chances (7) and last night he finally got rewarded.

"He probably should have a lot more," Brind'Amour said. "If you look at all the missed opportunities that we've had on the power play, he's had a bunch right there on the doorstep kind of similar to the one he scored. He's had a bunch of those where you're like, 'How did that not go in?' It's not just about getting rewarded, the other parts of his game have been good too. I guess that is why you reward him, but he's got the skill and talent and understanding to play that position and I think he'll get better as we move along."

Plug and Play Goaltending

The Hurricanes are really proving the theory that they can have success with just about anyone in net.

This is no knock against Spencer Martin, who did a great job last night saving 2.38 goals above expected, and did an especially in the third period, but to be fair, he was playing in the AHL just a few weeks ago.

This is more so a statement on the last five or so years where the Canes have just had a consistent rotating cast of netminders yet have been able to have sustained success.

Since Rod Brind'Amour became the head coach, the Hurricanes have utilized 14 different netminders with seven of those playing in at least 20 games each.

And those seven goalies have all been successful with Carolina, having won nearly twice as many games as they've lost.

With Frederik Andersen out long-term, the Hurricanes need Pyotr Kochetkov and Martin to step up and so far, they have which is par for the course historically.

Goaltending is the backbone of any team and you won't go anywhere if your team can't stop the puck, but the Hurricanes' system certainly makes a goalie's job easier.