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11/05 20:52 CST Carrier's goal snaps 3rd-period tie as Hurricanes beat
Islanders 5-3
Carrier's goal snaps 3rd-period tie as Hurricanes beat Islanders 5-3
By SCOTT CHARLES
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- William Carrier scored the go-ahead goal in the third period
and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Thursday night.
Logan Stankoven, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Andrei Svechnikov also scored for
Carolina, which won for the fourth time in five games. Sebastian Aho had two
assists, and Brandon Bussi finished with 24 saves. Jalen Chatfield added an
empty-net goal in the final minute of the third.
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist, and Mitchell Chaffee and Viktor Eklund
also scored for the Islanders, who lost their second straight game. Semyon
Varlamov made 34 saves.
Aho fired a shot from the left wall, and Carrier buried the rebound with 5:08
remaining in regulation.
The Hurricanes jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first 3:20, scoring on two
of their first three shots.
Carolina took advantage of a New York miscue when forwards Anthony Duclair and
Jean-Gabriel Pageau over-skated a bouncing puck, and Stankoven sent a wrist
shot between Varlamov's pads. Jackson Blake extended his point streak to eight
games with the primary assist on the opening goal.
Matthew Schaefer tried to keep a play alive in the offensive zone late in a
shift and was caught up ice. Jordan Martinook found Kotkaniemi behind the
Islanders defense for an easy redirection 3:20 into the first to give Carolina
a 2-0 lead.
New York responded with two goals in the first 5:44 of the second, tying the
game.
Chaffee redirected Schaefer's shot from the point for his first of the season,
and Schenn converted a wraparound just over two minutes later to tie it.
Sixty seconds later, Svechnikov finished a feed from Aho to put Carolina in
front.
Eklund answered with a one-timer from the slot with less than three minutes
remaining in the period to even the score at 3.
The Islanders signed veteran defenseman Ben Hutton to a one-year contract
Thursday. Hutton, 33, had joined New York on a professional tryout Monday after
recording 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in 55 games with the Vegas Golden
Knights last season.
Up next
Hurricanes: Host Chicago on Saturday.
Islanders: Host New Jersey on Saturday.
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