Taylor Hall scored a third-period hat trick and the visiting Carolina Hurricanes beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Sunday night.
Mark Jankowski and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes (43-23-4, 90 points), who bounced back after having their eight-game winning streak snapped in Los Angeles on Saturday. Former Duck Frederik Andersen made 35 saves, including 19 in the third period, as Carolina extended its lead over third-place New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division to 10 points.
Alex Killorn and Trevor Zegras scored for the Ducks (30-32-8, 68 points), who have lost three of four as they try to remain in the Western Conference wild-card race. Lukas Dostal made 32 saves.
Carolina was 1-for-3 on the power play; Anaheim was 0-for-6.
Zegras knocked in the rebound of Jacob Trouba’s shot to pull the Ducks within 3-2 with 3:23 remaining in the third period, but Hall took a pass from Jesperi Kotkaniemi and slid a backhander past Dostal with 2:47 left.
Hall scored into an empty net with 1:58 remaining to complete his sixth career hat trick and first with Carolina.
Jankowski gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 7:59 of the second period. Brent Burns’ point shot was blocked but Tyson Jost sent the rebound toward the net. Jankowski, below the goal line at the left post, backhanded the puck in.
Killorn tied it 1-1 at 13:04 of the second. After a Carolina turnover, Killorn entered the zone two-on-one with Leo Carlsson, kept the puck and fired between Andersen’s pads from the left circle.
Carolina regained the lead 93 seconds later. Shayne Gostisbehere’s shot from the high slot caromed off the end boards and back out in front where Martinook backhanded it past Dostal to make it 2-1.
Taylor Hall made it 3-1 with a power-play goal at 2:32 of the third period, scoring on the rebound after Dostal made the initial save when Jackson Blake drove to the net.
Dostal robbed Carolina’s Jalen Chatfield with his glove with about seven minutes remaining in the game to keep the score 3-1.
Andersen answered by stopping Ryan Strome on a breakaway moments later.
–Field Level Media
