RALEIGH, N.C. — Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jackson Blake scored 2:07 apart midway through the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes battled past the New York Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Jack Drury and Seth Jarvis also scored as the Hurricanes won their ninth straight at home. Martin Necas had two assists to take the NHL points lead and Spencer Martin made 20 saves.

The Hurricanes’ last win came two nights after they scored five goals in the third period to beat Dallas.

Jonny Brodzinski, Brett Berard and Adam Edstrom scored for the Rangers, who have lost four straight. Igor Shesterkin stopped 26 shots.

Kotkaniemi’s third goal of the season came at 9:54 of the third period to make the score 3-3. Blake scored his seventh goal of his rookie season and third of the game on the power play with 7:59 minutes remaining.

Berard, playing in his second NHL game, scored his first goal as the Rangers tied the score at 2-2 at 9:13 of the second. Edstrom gave New York the lead with 1:11 left in the middle period.

Takeaways

Rangers: The Rangers went 0-for-2 on the power play, extending their streak of no points due to the man advantage to seven games. What was even more devastating in this game was that for the first time this season more than one power play goal was possible. Brodzinski and Edstrom each scored their second goals of the season.

Hurricanes: The Hurricanes have scored at least four goals in all nine of their home wins this season.

Key moment

Martin stopped all six shots he faced in the third period.

Key statistics

Necas now has 37 points, the fastest point total in franchise history. His 25 assists are just four fewer than his total in 77 games last season.

Next

The Hurricanes host Florida and the Rangers visit Philadelphia on Friday.

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