![]() ![]() Nelson made it 3-2 when he took a pass ahead from Palmieri, got past Martin Necas and beat Raanta from the left side at 9:18 of the third. Yet the Islanders responded with three straight goals, including Barzal - who missed the last 23 regular-season games with a lower-body injury - converting a bad open-ice turnover from Brady Skjei by turning around Brett Pesce and whipping the puck past Raanta in the final minute of the second. This time, Carolina grabbed an early lead on Stastny’s deflection from the top of the crease then pushed ahead 2-0 on a bouncing own-goal off the stick of the Islanders’ Sebastian Aho, coming off Noesen’s dump-in on a power play that somehow instead slipped by Sorokin. The Hurricanes took the series opener Monday night, scoring twice with the man advantage - their first multi-goal game on the power play since early March - before the teams shared a scoreless 37-minute grind to the horn in Carolina’s 2-1 win. ![]()
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