Jarvis scores twice, Hurricanes stay hot with win against Islanders

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Seth Jarvis scored twice for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-1 win against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Tuesday.

Jarvis has five goals during a four-game goal streak.

Jake Guentzel had a goal and two assists, and Brady Skjei had two assists for the Hurricanes (43-20-6), who have won four straight and seven of their past eight. Pyotr Kochetkov made 30 saves.

“It's a fun group to be a part of, a really good team,” said Guentzel, who has eight points (two goals, six assists) in five games since being acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 7. “When you come in, you don't really want to mess anything up. So, definitely a little run here so far playing with some special players. It's been fun. ... I’m just trying to help the team as much as I can.”

Kyle Palmieri scored for the Islanders (29-24-15), who have lost five straight (0-4-1). Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves.

“It's obviously a tough stretch for us right now,” New York captain Anders Lee said. "We're feeling it. It's not going our way. And to end it, we got to find a way to have each other's backs, to play together, to have that energy, and let's go try to start a game with the lead and go from there."

Jarvis gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 12:48 of the first period. Skjei's shot from the point was blocked in front, but Jarvis picked up the puck before turning and scoring five-hole off the right pad of Sorokin.

Jarvis then made it 2-0 at 14:53. After passing to Guentzel in the Islanders’ zone, Jarvis skated to the low slot, where he took a return feed and scored into an open net.

“Guentzel is a high-end player,” Jarvis said. “So, I expect him to make those kinds of plays. He did a great job drawing a lot of people to him and left me open in the slot, and I had basically the whole net to shoot at.”

Martin Necas extended the lead to 3-0 with 1.1 seconds remaining in the first. He skated into the offensive zone between four Islanders defenders and roofed a shot blocker side from the high slot for a power-play goal.

“That's a huge goal,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “End of the first number one, power play and kind of an individual effort, obviously. I don’t want to say it put the game away, but it certainly gives you a nice cushion.”

Palmieri cut it to 3-1 at 4:30 of the third period. Brock Nelson's wrist shot was stopped by Kochetkov's left pad, but Palmieri got to the rebound at the edge of the crease and scored with his backhand.

Guentzel scored into an empty net at 16:22 for the 4-1 final.

“We had a couple of good chances early on, and when they scored the one and the second one, it hurt us a bit,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. “The confidence is not where it should be at this moment. But on a positive note, I like the way we played in the last 30 minutes. We started to skate, we started to play more north, we started moving the puck faster. And we've been talking like this for a while, so I was happy to see our guys start doing those things that pleased me a lot.”

NOTES: Guentzel has three straight multipoint games (two goals, five assists). ... Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho had an assist and has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past three games. ... After taking warmups, Islanders forward Pierre Engvall was a healthy scratch. He was replaced by Hudson Fasching. ... New York has scored six goals in its past five games.