NEW YORK — Sebastian Aho scored 1:14 into overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from 3 targets down to overcome the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night time.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a target and an help, Jalen Chatfield and Dmitry Orlov additionally scored and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists for Carolina, which has gained 4 of 5. Antti Raanta had 22 saves.
Aho scored in the additional length simply after Raanta denied Ryan Pulock’s point-blank shot.
“They had one chance and we had one chance in overtime,” Aho mentioned. “Good thing I was able to bury that one.”
Mathew Barzal had a target and an help, and Noah Dobson and Simon Holmstrom additionally scored for the Islanders, who’re 3-0-2 in their closing 5 video games. Bo Horvat had two assists, and Ilya Sorokin completed with 43 saves.
“They come hard and we just didn’t make enough plays in the third,” Islanders trainer Lane Lambert mentioned. “We turned it over and they continued to come back.”
Dobson opened the scoring with 2:20 left in the primary length with the groups skating 4-on-4. The defenseman skated in shut on Raanta ahead of flipping a backhand past the goalie for his 3rd target of the season. Dobson leads the Islanders with 10 issues (3 targets, seven assists).
Holmstrom made it 2-0 with a short-handed target at 4:11 of the second one, finishing a give-and-go with Jean-Gabriel Pageau for his 3rd.
Barzal prolonged the result in 3-0 along with his 2d target of the season at 7:46 as his prime shot from the appropriate wing eluded Raanta.
It used to be all Hurricanes after that as Carolina fired 32 photographs at Sorokin in the overall two classes.
Chatfield broke thru simply 32 seconds after Barzal’s target along with his first of the season at 8:18 of the second one.
“We got to our game of getting pucks to the net,” Chatfield said.
Orlov narrowed the gap to 3-2 with 7:41 remaining in the third when his shot eluded Sorokin for his first with Carolina after signing as a free agent in the offseason.
“We had a beautiful excellent recreation and had some breaks,” Orlov mentioned. “We needed this one, especially against a division team.”
Kotkaniemi tied the rating at the energy play with 4:34 left, scoring his 5th from in entrance as time used to be expiring on Scott Mayfield’s hooking penalty.
The Islanders have earned issues in 5 instantly video games — together with two shutout wins at the highway — however have squandered multi-goal leads in 3 instantly house video games, shedding 3-2 to Ottawa on Oct. 26 and falling to Detroit 4-3 in overtime closing Monday.
“We’re certainly hoping that’s not a trend,” Lambert said. “It’s no longer a recipe for good fortune.”
UP NEXT
Hurricanes: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night time.
Islanders: Host Minnesota on Tuesday night time.