Jarvis scores twice, Hurricanes stay hot with win against Islanders

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Seth Jarvis scored twice in the Carolina Hurricanes' 6-4 win against the New York Islanders at Lenovo Center on Sunday.

Sebastian Aho had a goal and two assists, and Logan Stankoven also scored for the Hurricanes (45-24-4), who have won 11 of their past 13 games. Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves.

“You’ve got to find ways, whatever way you’ve got to do it,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but there were some really nice goals. It was kind of the good and the bad mixed in there.”

The Hurricanes are nine points ahead of the New Jersey Devils for second place in the Metropolitan Division with two games in hand.

Pierre Engvall scored twice, and Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist for the Islanders (32-31-10), who have lost five in a row (0-3-2), including a 5-3 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Marcus Hogberg made 24 saves.

“It shows a lot of that group. It’s not easy to come back,” New York coach Patrick Roy said. “I think the guys are giving me everything they have, and I love it for that.”

The Islanders are three points behind both the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The Islanders and Canadiens each have a game in hand.

Mark Jankowski gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 4:41 of the first period. Eric Robinson pulled up on the rush along the right boards and passed to Jankowski driving the net for a backdoor tap-in.

Stankoven made it 2-0 at 4:54 when he took Jordan Martinook’s backhand pass and redirected it for a short-side goal at the left post.

Engvall cut it to 2-1 at 6:10 after he held the puck on a 2-on-1 and beat Kochetkov five-hole from the right circle.

Palmieri scored on the power play to tie it 2-2 at 11:27. He gloved down the rebound from Noah Dobson’s shot and chipped the puck over Kochetkov’s glove.

Engvall scored again on a 2-on-1 to give the Islanders a 3-2 lead at 1:37 of the second period. He gathered the puck off a turnover in New York’s defensive zone before shooting between the legs of Carolina defenseman Jalen Chatfield.

“It felt good to score twice,” Engvall said. “I think our line was working really hard. We were down in the offensive zone a lot. But we lost the game, and we need to get points here.”

Aho tied it 3-3 on the power play at 8:35 when he took Shayne Gostisbehere’s pass and one-timed a shot over Hogberg’s shoulder.

Jarvis scored short-handed to put Carolina back ahead 4-3 at 17:29. After Jaccob Slavin forced a turnover, Aho passed to Jarvis, who scored on a snap shot over the blocker.

“‘Slavo’ knocks the puck down and I end up getting it,” Aho said. “Good talk by [Jarvis], he’s yelling ‘Time, time!’ I have time to look and I see [him] flying out there in the neutral zone. Easy pass, then he took over and put the nice shot in the net.”

The short-handed goal was the fifth of the season for Jarvis, tying the franchise record held by Kevyn Adams (2003-04).

“That’s a crucial time in the game,” Brind’Amour said. "If you can score on it, that’s just a backbreaker. We love seeing it. Obviously the power-play guys are not thinking (about) stopping goals, so there’s some good opportunities, and he’s obviously taking advantage of it.”

Anders Lee tied it 4-4 at 4:05 of the third period when he tapped in a cross-ice backhand pass from Bo Horvat.

Dmitry Orlov gave the Hurricanes a 5-4 lead at 9:19 on a slap shot from inside the blue line.

“That was an absolute bomb by him,” Aho said. “He has a great shot. I’m happy to see him get one. It was a huge goal at the time.

“It wasn’t pretty at times tonight. It was kind of a rough game, but you’ve got to be able to win different ways. That was one example of an individual effort to give us a goal.”

Jarvis scored in front off a feed from Aho with 2:46 remaining for the 6-4 final.

“I give a lot of credit to the guy I’m playing with (Aho). He’s set me up a lot this year,” Jarvis said. “I’m not as hard on myself as I was before, so that probably helps. I think I’ve done a good job in practice to focus on scoring. It translates to games, and I think that’s what I’m seeing now.”

NOTES: Jarvis’ fifth short-handed goal tied Alex Tuch and Sam Reinhart for the most in the NHL this season. … Aho recorded his fourth career 40-assist season, tying Andrew Cassels and Teuvo Teravainen for the third most in franchise history behind Ron Francis (13) and Eric Staal (seven). … Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal missed the game with a lower-body injury.