Hurricanes extend point streak to 7 with win against Ducks

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Seth Jarvis had a goal and two assists for the Carolina Hurricanes, who extended their point streak to seven games with a 6-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Stefan Noesen and Jordan Martinook each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes (23-13-5), who are 6-0-1 during the point streak. Pyotr Kochetkov allowed three goals on 10 shots before leaving at 12:55 of the second period with an upper-body injury following a collision with Ducks forward Isac Lundestrom. Antti Raanta stopped all three shots he faced in relief.

“I thought we had a great first period. Their goalie made some great saves,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We had a little dip there in the start of second, didn’t love that. But the rest of it I thought was pretty solid.”

Lundestrom, Ryan Strome and Frank Vatrano scored for the Ducks (14-26-1), who were coming off a win but are 1-5-1 in their past seven games. John Gibson allowed five goals on 25 shots before leaving the game after the second period with an upper-body injury. Lukas Dostal made eight saves in the third.

“We were sleeping. I have no answer for that,” Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. “‘Gibby’ kept us in the game. It easily could have been 5-0 after two periods.”

Brady Skjei gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 16:00 of the first period when he finished a cross-ice pass from Jarvis into an open net from the left circle.

Andrei Svechnikov then scored 15 seconds later to make it 2-0. Teuvo Teravainen sent a spinning pass to Sebastian Aho, who quickly fed Svechnikov for a one-timer from the right circle.

Carolina outshot Anaheim 16-1 in the first period.

"It's an offensively challenged group," Cronin said. "In this generation in the NHL where you defensemen are involved in the second layers of offense like the Hurricanes, when you don't have that that additional layer of attack, you've got to find creative ways to score."

Lundestrom scored 25 seconds into the second period to make it 2-1, tapping in a short pass from Brett Leason from the edge of the crease.

Martinook responded to make it 3-1 at 1:57. He got behind the defense and received a pass from Jarvis on his backhand before beating Gibson with his forehand.

“This year, [Jarvis] has taken such steps,” Martinook said. “He’s turning into a very, very good player in this league. He’s playing pretty incredible, so I’ll try to ride shotgun with him.”

Strome cut it to 3-2 at 10:06 when he swatted in the rebound of Troy Terry's shot just under the crossbar.

Vatrano tied it 3-3 at 10:53 with a power-play goal. He beat Kochetkov under his glove off a face-off win by Adam Henrique for his 20th goal of the season.

“I don’t think we liked our start,” Vatrano said. “They were ready to play from the start. Their team has structure, so it’s hard to break structure when they’re playing with the lead.”

Noesen put the Hurricanes back in front 4-3 at 14:30, tucking a backhand between Gibson's skate and the left post.

Jack Drury made it 5-3 at 16:41 with a one-timer from the low slot on a power play.

“I still felt, in a two-goal game going into the third period, that we would drive some momentum in the third period,” Cronin said. “But they did a good job. They came out the first couple shifts and kept the puck in our zone. They’re a good hockey team. We couldn’t get shots on net.”

Jarvis extended the lead to 6-3 at 9:54 of the third period when he tipped in a shot from Brent Burns.

“We didn’t want to let them back in the game,” Jarvis said. “That power play goal by Jack was huge there at the end (of the second) to just kind of take the momentum away. When we find our game, we feel like we can win any night.”

NOTES: Brind'Amour said Kochetkov will be evaluated further on Friday. … There was no update on Gibson. ... The Ducks announced before the game that forward Trevor Zegras (broken ankle) and defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (separated shoulder) will each miss a minimum of six weeks. ... Martinook played his 600th NHL game. ... Carolina has scored a power-play goal in eight straight games. It is 14-for-28 with the man-advantage in that span.