Jack Drury gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 9:02 of the first period when he snapped Martinook’s centering pass over Georgiev’s blocker from just below the left hash mark.
Martinook extended the lead to 2-0 with a one-timer inside the left face-off circle at 4:37 of the second period.
“I've talked at length about confidence [being] a big thing, and whenever you see the puck go in, you just gain a little bit of confidence,” Martinook said. “It's nice to see them go in. Shout out to my son for making me wear my lucky golf socks. So thanks, Chase man.”
Makar cut the lead to 2-1 at 9:13 with a short-handed goal. He intercepted a cross-ice pass in the defensive zone, skated up ice, and fired a slap shot from the right circle far side under Martin’s blocker.
“Definitely very timely,” Georgiev said. “It was a little tough in the beginning as well, the first period and the beginning of the second, but then Cale got us going and we just kept rolling. Gave us confidence.”
Sam Malinski tied it 2-2 at 10:57 when he located the rebound of MacKinnon’s initial shot, cut across the crease, and lifted a backhand over Martin.
Necas responded to put Carolina ahead 3-2 with a power-play goal at 12:26, tapping in Jarvis’ cross-crease pass at the right post.
MacKinnon tied it 3-3 at 15:49, firing a wrist shot past Martin on a breakaway.
“It was great shot, obviously, but that was an impressive goal, and you could just see that those guys were feeling it,” Bednar said. “As a coach, without trying to kill those guys, you have to be able to recognize a little bit when you catch a little momentum and you can keep putting them out there and they're feeling it and they want to go, because they can make a big difference in a short amount of time.”