The Carolina Hurricanes scored twice in less than 90 seconds in the third period to break a tie and defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday night.
Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist, Sebastian Aho a goal and an assist and Dmitri Orlov and Jackson Blake also scored for Carolina.
Seth Jarvis had three assists, Sean Walker added two and Dustin Tokarski stopped 21 shots as the Hurricanes avenged a 4-2 loss to the Devils on Friday night in Newark, N.J.
Paul Cotter and Ondrej Palat scored for New Jersey, which had its three-game winning streak halted. Jake Allen made 36 saves.
Blake’s power-play goal with 9:17 left gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead and proved to be the winner. He tipped in a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi after the Devils’ Timo Maier was penalized for kneeing Martin Necas. Maier also received a game misconduct.
Roslovic made it 4-2 when he converted a pass by Jarvis from the bottom edge of the right circle 1:32 later.
Roslovic added an empty-net goal, his team-leading 16th tally of the season.
Palat and Aho scored less than a minute apart early in the third period to keep the score tied.
Palat put in a cross-crease pass from Jesper Bratt 1:05 into the third and Aho’s wrist shot from the left circle went in off Allen 51 seconds later.
Cotter gave the Devils a 1-0 lead 2:56 into the second period. He picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, broke in alone and beat Tokarski with a snap shot. It was Cotter’s first goal since Nov. 12, breaking his 19-game drought.
Orlov tied the game with 30 seconds remaining in the middle period with a one-time slap shot from the right circle.
Allen denied Aho on two short-handed opportunities seconds apart late in the second. The New Jersey goalie foiled Aho on a breakaway attempt with about 3:30 left and then on a one-timer from the right circle on a two-on-one rush.
–Field Level Media
