Hurricanes rally past Jets, keep pace in Metropolitan Division race

RALEIGH, N.C. --Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Carolina Hurricanes, who kept pace in the Metropolitan Division race with a 4-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Jarvis made it 3-2 at 8:21 when he won a net-front battle with Jets defenseman Nate Schmidt and scored on the rebound of Brendan Smith's slap shot from the point.
The goal was the 15th of the season for the rookie forward, who is from Winnipeg.
"That was awesome," Jarvis said. "That's definitely one of the highlights of my career so far, scoring against them. Being the game-winning goal makes it a little bit sweeter."

Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist, Jaccob Slavin scored, and Antti Raanta made 20 saves for the Hurricanes (50-20-8), who have won two in a row and remained tied for first in the Metropolitan Division with the New York Rangers, who defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Thursday.
"We've had a lot of these the last month, where you can't ask for much more," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "The other goalies have been playing great against us, and tonight it looked like the same thing. I think the key was just breaking through there at the end of the second."
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist, and Kyle Connor scored for the Jets (35-32-11), who have lost four straight and eight of 10 (2-7-1). Eric Comrie made an NHL career-high 42 saves.
"We're in the business to win hockey games," Winnipeg coach Dave Lowry said. "When you don't win hockey games, disappointment will resonate. These guys care, that's the biggest thing. They're going to compete right to the end."
Connor scored his 44th of the season to put the Jets up 1-0 at 7:10 of the first period. Connor skated the length of the ice battling for the puck with Tony DeAngelo before Dubois gained possession, circled the net, and set up Connor for a shot into an open net.

Dubois then made it 2-0 at 18:55 with a wrist shot from the left circle that went through the legs of Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce and over Raanta's glove.
Teravainen cut it to 2-1 with 30 seconds left in the second period. He scored on a wrist shot through a screen from the high slot during a 4-on-3 power play.
Carolina had gone 1-for-21 with the man-advantage in its previous nine games.
"We've been trying to work on [the power play] every day," Teravainen said. "We've got to be better at the small things. It's all about the little battles and taking care of the puck a little better. I think we're getting better."

Slavin tied it 2-2 at 4:10 of the third period when he pinched in and scored from along the goal line on the rebound of Andrei Svechnikov's initial chance.
After Jarvis gave the Hurricanes the lead, Jordan Staal shot into an empty net with 47 seconds remaining for the 4-2 final.
"We knew they were going to press and they were going to come hard," Comrie said. "We played as hard as we could. It's just they're a good team. It's been a difficult road trip, and we're hopefully going to get some more wins when we get back home."
NOTES: Carolina has clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division and will have home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. … It was Winnipeg's first regulation loss when leading after two periods this season (25-0-1 entering game). … Jets forward Blake Wheeler was minus-3. … Svechnikov (38) and DeAngelo (39) each set NHL career highs in assists. … Staal has scored nine goals in his past seven games. He scored eight goals in his first 68 games this season.