Necas' late goal lifts Hurricanes past Stars

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Martin Necas scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 6-4 win against the Dallas Stars at Lenovo Center on Monday.

Necas put the Hurricanes ahead 5-4 with a power-play goal at 17:53. His centering pass from the left circle deflected in off the skate of Stars defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin.

Andrei Svechnikov scored an empty-net goal with 15 second remaining for the 6-4 final.

Sebastian Aho had a goal and three assists, and Seth Jarvis, who was activated off injured reserve on Sunday, had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes (15-5-1), who had lost two straight but are 4-1-1 in their past six games. Spencer Martin made 15 saves.

“I felt better than I initially felt like I was going to,” said Jarvis, who missed the previous seven games with an upper-body injury. “It was honestly just getting used to the speed again. You’re not used to guys flying at you after two weeks of stick-handling through cones. It was a good game to kick it off.”

Tyler Seguin, Mason Marchment and Miro Heiskanen each had a goal and an assist for the Stars (13-7-0), who had won two in a row. Jake Oettinger made 28 saves.

“I liked most of our 5-on-5 game all night, but our special teams were a disaster. Two power-play goals by them,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said. “It doesn’t matter how well you play 5-on-5 if your special teams look like that.”

Aho cut it to 3-2 at 1:10 of the third period, burying a one-timer in front off a pass from Jarvis just as a penalty kill expired.

“That’s what drug us in tonight. ‘Jarvy,’ his performance there," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We were obviously not going great. It wasn’t terrible, but it certainly was not up to what we were expecting. (After) that shift, now we’re back in it. Then the building got going. You could just feel the bench getting kind of juiced up.”

Brent Burns scored his first goal of the season to tie it 3-3 at 3:43. He beat Oettinger short side under his blocker with a shot from the left point.

Shayne Gostisbehere then gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 lead with a power-play goal at 8:09, but Heiskanen tied it 4-4 at 14:46 with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle.

Seguin scored 18 seconds into the first period to give the Stars a 1-0 lead. He tapped the puck in at the left post after Marchment tried a between-the-legs move in front.

Jarvis scored a short-handed goal to tie it 1-1 at 6:36. Aho skated down the right wing before passing to Jarvis, who slid a backhand past Oettinger's left pad after getting behind the defense.

“He made a great pass over to me, and it was just kind of knowing the goalie is going to slide,” Jarvis said. “Just kind of putting it where he’s coming from. Just trying to put it on net."

Aho has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past four games.

“I feel like I’ve been playing better hockey,” Aho said. “You get on the score sheet, you get a little confidence there. But I think there’s another level there still.”

Thomas Harley put the Stars back in front 2-1 at 10:15 of the first, scoring with wrist shot from the edge of the right circle that went in off the left post.

Marchment made it 3-1 at 7:13 of the second period. After Matt Duchene forced a turnover by Gostisbehere below the goal line, Seguin sent a centering pass out to Marchment, who tapped the puck in at the top of the crease.

“We had a couple chances to make it 4-1, and we didn’t,” Seguin said. “They’re a good hockey team. We weathered them most of the game. Obviously, the third (period) we’d like to have back.”

NOTES: Necas has 35 points (12 goals, 23 assists) in 21 games this season, which is tied with Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche for the NHL lead. ... Oettinger had his five-game winning streak end. ... Carolina has won eight straight at home since losing 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in its season opener.