Blake took a pass from Jack Drury between the circles and beat Igor Shesterkin with a wrist shot past the blocker for a 4-3 lead at 12:01.

The goal came after Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored on a wraparound shot that ran through Shesterkin’s five-hole, tying the game 3-3 at 9:44.

Drury had a goal and an assist, and Martin Necas had two assists to extend his point streak to four games (one goal, six assists) for the Hurricanes (16-5-1), who are 5-1-1 historically there were seven games. Spencer Martin made 21 saves.

Brett Berard scored his first NHL goal in his second game for the Rangers (12-8-1), who have lost four straight games. Adam Edstrom and Jonny Brodzinski also scored, and Shesterkin made 26 saves.

Drury gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 4:53 of the first period when he fired a shot from a tight angle below the left circle over Shesterkin’s right shoulder.

Brodzinski equalized to 1-1 after 17:38. Jimmy Vesey caught a loose puck behind the net and fired a touch pass to Brodzinski between the circles for the snapshot.

Seth Jarvis gave Carolina a 2-1 lead with a power play goal 1:13 seconds into the game when he delivered a cross-ice pass from Necas at the right post.

Berard continued his 2-on-1 approach and beat Martin with a short wrist shot from the left circle to make it 2-2 at 9:13.

The Rangers then took a 3-2 lead at 18:49. Reilly Smith slipped past Carolina defenseman Dmitry Orlov and played a backhand to Edstrom for the second time this season.