Published 18:30 IST, April 24th 2022
Hurricanes rally to beat Devils 3-2 in OT, win 3rd straight
Hurricanes rally to beat Devils 3-2 in OT, win 3rd straight
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie Seth Jarvis scored with 3:21 left in overtime and Carolina Hurricanes rallied from a late two-goal deficit to beat New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday for ir third straight win.
Carolina had tied game at 2-all on third-period goals by Brady Skjei and Ni Niederreiter in final five minutes.
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Rookie Pyotr Kochetkov made 17 saves for Carolina in winning his NHL debut.
Yegor Sharangovich and Nico Hischier had staked Devils to a 2-0 lead. Jon Gillies, who was minutes away from his first NHL shutout, made 26 saves for New Jersey in his first start in a month.
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Jarvis won game with a shot from right circle after being set up by Tony DeAngelo.
Skjei cut margin to 2-1 on a shot that deflected past Gillies off skate of Devils' defenseman Kevin Bahl at 15:24. Niederreiter lifted a rebound over journeyman goaltender with 1:56 left in regulation.
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Sharangovich opened scoring with 4:17 left in second period, tipping a shot by Jesper Boqvist past Kochetkov. It snapped a 0-for-30 streak on Devils’ power play that covered last 11-plus games.
Hischier seemed to give Devils breathing room when he snapped a shot from left circle past Kochetkov at 8:30 of third period.
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22-year-old Kochetkov has had a odd season. He played in 23 KHL games. When his team didn't make playoffs, 2019 second-round draft pick went to AHL and posted an 13-1-1 record with Chicago. He was called up after Frederik Anderson was hurt recently and got to play after backing up Antti Raanta for two games.
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Hurricanes: At New York Islanders on Sunday.
Devils: Finish three-game homestand against Detroit on Sunday.
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18:30 IST, April 24th 2022