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Jordan Martinook had a goal and an assist,
Jordan Staal, Martin Necas and Stefan Noesen also scored and
Frederik Andersen made 28 saves for Carolina, which scored four
goals in the second period.
New Jersey goalie Akira Schmid stopped 21 of 25 shots through
two periods before he was replaced for the second consecutive
game. Vitek Vanecek made eight saves on 10 shots in the third.
Miles Wood scored for the Devils, who have been outscored 11-2
in the series.
The Hurricanes scored on a power play to take a 1-0 lead at 1:35
of the second period. Kotkaniemi received a pass from Shayne
Gostisbehere above the right circle with room to skate in and
fire home a wrist shot.
Kotkaniemi scored his second goal 2:23 later to stretch the lead
to 2-0. Martinook and Jesper Fast teamed up to win the puck on
the forecheck and Kotkaniemi shot it past Schmid from in close
at 3:58.
The Hurricanes moved ahead 3-0 at 17:25 when Jack Drury chipped
the puck ahead to Staal who scored on a breakaway.
Carolina appeared to score during four-on-four play with 55
seconds left in the second period, but the goal was waved off
after the officials met and determined there was incidental
contact with Schmid.
The Hurricanes scored before the end of the period anyway, as
Necas caught Schmid out of position on a rebound and made it 4-0
with 15 seconds left.
Michael McLeod lost the puck driving to the Carolina net, but it
went to Wood, who scored with a one-timer to trim the lead to
4-1 at 3:49 of the third period.
The Hurricanes answered with a breakaway goal by Martinook to
make it 5-1 at 12:48, and Noesen's goal made it 6-1 at 13:42.
--Field Level Media
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