Jesper Kotkaniemi, Jackson Blake score in 3rd period as Hurricanes rally to beat Rangers 4-3

By BOB SUTTON

RALEIGH — Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jackson Blake scored 2:07 isolated midway done the 3rd period, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to bushed the New York Rangers 4-3 connected Wednesday night.

Jack Drury and Seth Jarvis besides scored arsenic the Hurricanes won their ninth consecutive astatine home. Martin Necas had 2 assists to instrumentality implicit the NHL points pb and Spencer Martin made 20 saves.

The Hurricanes’ latest triumph came 2 nights aft they scored 5 goals successful the 3rd play to bushed Dallas.

Jonny Brodzinski, Brett Berard and Adam Edstrom scored for the Rangers, who person mislaid 4 straight. Igor Shesterkin stopped 26 shots.

Kotkaniemi’s 3rd extremity of the play came connected a wraparound to necktie the people 3-3 astatine 9:54 of the third. Blake scored connected the powerfulness play with 7:59 remaining for his seventh extremity successful his rookie play and 3rd game-winning tally.

Berard, playing successful his 2nd NHL game, got his archetypal extremity arsenic the Rangers tied the people astatine 2-2 astatine 9:13 of the second. Edstrom enactment New York up with 1:11 to spell successful the mediate period.

TAKEAWAYS

Rangers: The Rangers went 0 for 2 connected the powerfulness play, extending their streak without scoring connected the antheral vantage to 7 games. More devastating successful this crippled was allowing much than 1 power-play extremity for the archetypal clip this season. Brodzinski and Edstrom each got their 2nd goals of the season.

Hurricanes: The Hurricanes person scored astatine slightest 4 goals successful each of their 9 location victories this season.

KEY MOMENT

Martin stopped each six shots helium faced successful the 3rd period.

KEY STAT

Necas present has 37 points, marking the fastest successful franchise past scope that total. His 25 assists are conscionable 4 shy of his full crossed 77 games past season.

UP NEXT

Hurricanes big Florida connected Friday, and Rangers sojourn Philadelphia