Hurricanes score 4 straight, rally past Islanders in OT

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Sebastian Aho scored at 1:14 of overtime for the Carolina Hurricanes, who rallied with four straight goals for a 4-3 win against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Saturday.

Aho shot five-hole on Ilya Sorokin from the left circle after taking a drop pass from Martin Necas.

“I saw (Brady) Skjei open up there, which opened up even more of a lane for me, and I just tried to surprise him with a quick shot, and good thing it went in,” Aho said.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist, and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists for Carolina (7-5-0), which has won two straight. Antti Raanta made 22 saves.

“It’s obviously tough to go down three. We weren’t playing poorly, we just made a couple of mistakes and their talent got us,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Obviously, Barzal made a [heck] of a play on the one goal, and the [short-handed goal] was unfortunate, but then I just loved the way we played the rest of the way. I even commented between periods that if we can keep playing, win or lose, this is how we have to do things. And the third was even better.”

Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist, and Bo Horvat had two assists for New York (5-2-3), which extended its point streak to five games despite the loss (3-0-2). Sorokin made 43 saves.

“We have to make plays with the puck when we get the puck on our stick,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “We have the puck plenty of times in order to make a play with it, and when we turn it over, we just spend time in our zone. ... If you make plays, you get opportunities, and we just didn't make enough plays in the third period."

Jalen Chatfield scored for the Hurricanes to make it 3-1 at 8:18 of the second period, beating Sorokin through a screen from the right point.

“I think we were just relentless, going down like that,” Chatfield said. “We knew we had a lot of hockey left, and we got to our game, and you can see it out there, and we just kept pushing.”

Dmitry Orlov scored his first of the season to cut it to 3-2 at 12:19 of the third period. He beat Sorokin on another shot through a screen, this one coming on a one-timer from the high slot.

“I kind of just jumped in on the rush, and Kotkaniemi made a good pass for me, and I just tried to shoot on net,” Orlov said.

Kotkaniemi then tied it 3-3 with a power-play goal at 15:26, scoring with a one-timer off a pass from Svechnikov from below the goal line.

Noah Dobson gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 17:40 of the first period. He took a pass from Barzal at the blue line, made a move around Seth Jarvis, and scored with a backhand from the slot.

Simon Holmstrom made it 2-0 at 4:11 of the second period with a short-handed goal. He scored on a 2-on-0 off a pass from Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who forced Brent Burns into a turnover at the blue line.

Barzal extended the lead to 3-0 at 7:46, taking a return pass from Horvat and scoring off a backhand-forehand move in front.

"(We) couldn't really find a way to turn the tide. They kept coming down on us the entire period," Barzal said. "We'll address it and we'll be better because of it.

"It's unfortunate. That's a big point, especially against a division team. I don't really know what else to say. It's unfortunate."

NOTES: Carolina has scored 18 goals in the third period this season, which is tied with the Minnesota Wild for second-most in the NHL. The Detroit Red Wings lead the League with 20. ... Hurricanes forward Michael Bunting did not play because of personal reasons. ... New York hasn't defeated Carolina at home since Nov. 24, 2018 (0-4-2). ... Dobson has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 10 games this season. He is the first Islanders defenseman to have at least 10 points through the first 10 games of a season since James Wisniewski (11 points) in 2010-11.