NEWARK, N.J. — Andrei Svechnikov scored three objectives and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead of their first-round playoff sequence.
Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Martinook additionally scored for the Hurricanes, who bounced again after a 3-2 loss in two overtimes two nights earlier. Sebastian Aho, Brent Burns and Jackson Blake every had two assists.
Frederik Andersen stopped six of the seven photographs he confronted earlier than leaving early within the second interval on account of an obvious damage. Pyotr Kochetkov got here on and completed with 14 saves.
Timo Meier had a purpose and an help, and Nico Hischier additionally scored for the Devils. Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves.
Sport 5 is Tuesday night time in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Devils had been with out defensemen Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon for the third straight recreation, and likewise didn’t have Johnathan Kovacevic, who left after one interval of Sport 3.
Burns fired a shot from the best circle that Markstrom stopped however the puck dropped and Martinook knocked it between the goalie’s pads and throughout the road to push Carolina’s result in 4-2 with 5:44 left within the third.
Svechnikov then completed his second playoff hat trick with an empty-netter with 3:17 remaining. It was his fourth of the sequence and second into an empty internet.
With the Hurricanes on an influence play that carried over from the ultimate minute of the primary interval, Jarvis despatched a shot from the best circle that hit the shaft of Svechnikov’s stick, breaking it, and deflecting the puck previous Markstrom at 42 seconds of the second to push the result in 3-0.
The Devils obtained on the board a bit greater than two minutes later. Meier despatched a go in entrance from the tip boards that went off Ondrej Palat’s stick, however Hischier fired it previous Andersen from between the circles.
Andersen left the sport at 4:19 of the center interval after he was knocked down by Meier.
About 3:15 later, Meier obtained the puck low on the best facet close to the boards, turned and fired a shot that beat Kochetkov by way of the five-hole on the second shot he confronted to tug the Devils to 3-2.
Svechnikov obtained the Hurricanes on the scoreboard as he obtained a go on the prime of the best circle, turned and fired a shot by way of site visitors that beat Markstrom.
Slavin made it 2-0 at 9:47 as he blocked a clearing try by Stefan Noesen on the left facet, handed the puck off the facet boards to himself, skated up and beat Markstrom over his proper shoulder from a pointy angle.
Cody Glass beat Andersen with 5:43 left, however the purpose was waved off as a result of officers had whistled Glass for offside.
By Vin A. Cherwoo
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