Andersen makes 29 saves, Hurricanes end Wild's 3-game winning streak

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Frederik Andersen made 29 saves, and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2 at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Andersen has won three straight starts since returning Jan. 12 from a lower-body injury that caused him to miss 29 games.
"That was his best game, maybe, that he's played for us," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We were giving up too many good ones. Timely saves are so important. He looked really good in there."
Jalen Chatfield, Brady Skjei and Martin Necas each had a goal and an assist, and Teuvo Teravainen scored short-handed for the Hurricanes (28-9-8), who are 3-0-1 in their past four games.

Carolina forward Max Pacioretty left the game with 20 seconds remaining in the third period. He grabbed his right leg after making a pass in the offensive zone and required help leaving the ice. The 34-year-old missed the previous two games with a lower-body injury and the first 38 this season due to an Achilles injury.
"It doesn't look good, but we don't know," Brind'Amour said. "We know what kind of player he is, and we got a glimpse of it. [His return] was exciting; it's the kind of player we needed. Hopefully it's not as bad as we think, but I'm not too optimistic right now."
Kirill Kaprizov scored his 100th NHL goal, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the Wild (25-15-4), who won their previous three games.
Minnesota was assessed seven minor penalties in the game, including three in the first period, and was 5-for-7 on the penalty kill.
"It put us on our heels," Wild coach Dean Evason said. "Then we still get through it and still played well, but [the penalties] kept coming. Obviously, they get enough looks and they're going to score some goals."
Kaprizov gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 7:11 of the second period, scoring on the rebound at the right post after Andersen stopped Mats Zuccarello on a sharp-angle shot.
"I think 5-on-5 we were actually pretty good," Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek said. "For us to get the lead, then they have to chase a little bit."

Brent Burns tied it 1-1 at 9:07 when he skated down from the point and scored on a backhand after receiving a pass from Andrei Svechnikov.
Skjei gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 13:33, scoring glove side with a wrist shot from the right point through traffic. It was his career-high 10th goal of the season.
"That's a goal I've been shooting for a little bit here," Skjei said of reaching double digits. "Nice to hit that. I just want to keep moving forward, keep shooting the puck."
Teravainen scored short-handed on a 3-on-2 after receiving a pass from Chatfield to extend it to 3-1 at 17:22.
"Obviously, you don't want to let in goals short-handed [but] that happens sometimes," Zuccarello said. "We're out there, we're not happy about it. They score goals and we don't. You lose games like that."
Chatfield scored with a wrist shot from inside the blue line to make it 4-1 at 2:13 of the third. He has five goals in his past 13 games after not having a goal in the first 31.
"I think I've always been pretty comfortable in the system," Chatfield said. "I think a lot of it just has to do with just good plays by the team honestly, and us playing the right way."

Necas received a cross-ice pass from Seth Jarvis, kicked the puck to his stick and scored into an open net on a power play at 5:27 for a 5-1 lead before Matt Boldy cut it to 5-2 at 7:21 when he got past Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin and slipped the puck under Andersen's right pad on a backhand.
Andersen made nine saves in the third period, including seven during a five-minute major that was assessed to Svechnikov for cross-checking Brandon Duhaime at 11:33. Svechnikov was also given a game misconduct.
NOTES: Minnesota defenseman Matt Dumba was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. … Burns has 30 points (seven goals, 23 assists) for the 12th time in his NHL career, tying Drew Doughty and Kris Letang for the second-most seasons among active defensemen. Ryan Suter is first with 14. … Kaprizov has 100 goals in 180 NHL games, the third-fewest games needed among active players behind Alex Ovechkin (167) and Patrik Laine (179).