Hurricanes score 3 in 3rd period, end Rangers win streak at 4

NEW YORK -- Teuvo Teravainen scored with 2:33 remaining in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied for a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

Brent Burns had time to bring the puck in from the right point and find Teravainen in the slot for a redirection goal that put Carolina ahead.
"Nice pass," Teravainen said. "I saw him having time there and I saw him looking for something. Somehow they left me open on the backside, and great pass by him."

Jalen Chatfield and Stefan Noesen also scored in the third, and Frederik Andersen made 29 saves for the Hurricanes (46-15-8), who have won three of their past four games to maintain a hold on first place in the Metropolitan Division, two points ahead of the New Jersey Devils.
Carolina also reached 100 points in 69 games, the fastest it has reached the mark in team history. It's the second straight season of 100 or more points (116 last season), and third in history.
"If we can play like that every night, we're going to be in good shape," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We know who we're playing over there is just a tremendous offensive talented team, but we limited it and still we created enough chances to score more than three. It's a good two points."
Tyler Motte and Kaapo Kakko scored, and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves for the Rangers (41-20-10), who had a four-game winning streak and seven-game point streak end (6-0-1).
New York is third in the Metropolitan Division, eight points behind Carolina and six back of New Jersey for second.
"Honestly, the whole game I thought they outplayed us," Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. "They were a lot quicker than we were tonight for whatever reason. They managed the puck real well. When we did have some breakouts, it just seemed like they were right on us. But it all comes back to we didn't skate enough, we didn't move the puck enough, we didn't play our game. They were the quick, quick team and we were slow."

New York was coming off back-to-back shutout wins against the Pittsburgh Penguins (6-0) on Saturday and the Nashville Predators (7-0) on Sunday. The Rangers had scored 16 unanswered goals since the third period of a 4-2 win against the Penguins on Thursday before Chatfield scored for the Hurricanes at 9:49 of the third.
The teams will play again at Carolina on Thursday.
"We just didn't have enough in the tank tonight," Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. "They played a good game; don't take anything away from them. They forechecked hard. They won enough battles to win the game. They won more battles and played a harder game. I thought they had the better chances.
"Turn the page, move on and worry about going to their place and playing the next one. It wasn't our A-plus game tonight."
The Rangers and Hurricanes combined to score three goals on three straight shots in a span of 49 seconds midway through the third.
Chatfield tied it 1-1 with a rising shot over Shesterkin's blocker from the right face-off circle at 9:49. He got the puck from Derek Stepan in stride and with speed, giving him the momentum for a big far-side shot.
It was Chatfield's first goal in 20 games he's played since Jan. 19, and his second in two games this season at Madison Square Garden (Jan. 3).
"I always have good speed I feel like, but I think the key was our puck movement, getting it up quick, and I just found the open lane," Chatfield said. "I used my legs to get going. I found a spot and I just shot it there."

Kakko gave New York a 2-1 lead 31 seconds later at 10:20, scoring from between the circles off a rebound of Ryan Lindgren's shot that was blocked by Burns.
But Noesen scored just 18 seconds later, tying the game 2-2 at 10:38 with a one-timer from the slot off a pass from Jesper Fast out of the right corner.
"We're down, tie it up and they get one back right away, I just loved the way we were just like, 'Well, next shift,'" Brind'Amour said. "Obviously, it was great to tie it up and get that late one. We got what we deserved tonight for sure."
Motte gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 17:00 of the first period on a one-timer from the slot off a pass from Barclay Goodrow, who was behind the left circle.
But New York could not convert on two power plays in the second period and one at 7:22 of the third before Chatfield scored to tie the game.
"We understand this time of year and moving forward it gets tougher and tougher, and you've got to have the ability to play that way," Brind'Amour said. "Obviously, you want to be able to score nine goals too. I mean, that'd be nice. But you have to do what you've got to do to your identity of your team, and tonight I think we played to that."
NOTES: Carolina has 10th third-period comeback wins this season, tied with the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights for most in the NHL … It was Teravainen's second game-winning goal of the season (Jan. 19, 5-2 victory against the Minnesota Wild). … Lindgren had an assist and played 16:13 in his return after missing 11 straight games with an upper-body injury he sustained Feb. 25.