Recap: Canes Move Point Streak To 10 With Overtime Win Over Stars

RALEIGH, NC. -Martin Necas played hero for the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, scoring the game-winning goal and giving his team a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars.

The Story

Winners of their last three coming in, the Canes once again utilized a strong start to the contest to propel themselves to the game's first goal.
On the opening power play of the night it took just four seconds for Carolina to beat Scott Wedgewood, who was making his 11th start of the year for Dallas. Martin Necas won the offensive zone draw and after Brent Burns worked the puck to Teuvo Teravainen, Stefan Noesen was waiting at the net front to redirect home his second marker in as many games.
As special teams began to develop into a storyline for the evening, the game's second goal of the night came just 16 seconds after a successful penalty kill for the home team. Coming out of the penalty box after a tripping call against him, Andrei Svechnikov received a pass in his own end from Jalen Chatfield. #37 then went the length of the ice, inside-outing a would-be Stars defender at neutral ice before showcasing his world-class release.

Although a 2-0 lead felt inspiring to begin the affair, Dallas was able to wash it away with a late-first period power play goal and then another on the man advantage early in the second. Both came by way of redirections, leaving very little Antti Raanta could do to keep them out.
Fortunately, Carolina was able to respond with a power play goal of their own and reclaim their lead before the middle period came to a close. Teravainen's first of the year came by way of a beautiful shot from the glove-side corner to Wedgewood, ricocheting off of his shoulder and in.

The Canes then reclaimed their two-goal lead to start the third courtesy of Seth Jarvis and it felt as if the home team could ride their second scoring wave to the finish line.
Dallas had other plans once again.
Tyler Seguin and former Hurricane Jani Hakanpaa scored just 1:32 apart inside the final 11 minutes to bring the contest to 4-4, sending Carolina to their league-leading 11th overtime.
Despite being pinned in their own end for nearly the entire first two minutes of overtime, the Canes were able to close the book when play finally went the other way. A two-on-one attempt between Martin Necas and Svechnikov went wide, but Svechnikov was able to get his own rebound and center a feed for Necas in the slot.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amourproviding his assessment of the contest...
"I thought we came out really well. I liked our start. In the third it wasn't that we were playing poorly, it was just a couple of weird ones [against]. They got one nice one to tie it... but it was a couple of weird ones. They're elite at tipping pucks. They've got the best guys in the world at it and they got a couple on the power play that way. Not much you can do about it. I liked that we just kept playing. Whatever happened, we just kept playing. Obviously, I like the win and that's the most important thing."
Brind'Amourcontinuing on the performance of Antti Raanta, who earned a 26-save win in net...
"I liked his game. What're you going to do on [the tips]? There's nothing you can do. In overtime, he had to make the one save and he kept it out of the net. You need to make the big saves at the right times and we did."
Jaccob Slavinoffering his thoughts on the team continuing to stack up points after their six-game road trip...
"The thing is not taking a breath. You get into a rhythm on the road and we needed to make sure we were coming home and still playing the same way. Guys are stringing together wins here, which is great. We're getting great goaltending which is huge. Special teams are playing well, especially the power play. That's big for us. We just have to keep going, keep working hard and playing our game."

Bonus Notes

• The win gives Canes General Manager Don Waddell his 500th as an NHL General Manager. Since taking over in May of 2018 he has led the franchise to a record of 192-92-34. He is the fourth Canes/Whalers GM to reach the milestone.
• The ten-game point streak is just the eighth in Canes franchise history and the third since 2017.
• Martin Necas had a season-high eight shots on goal tonight.
• Necas, Svechnikov, and Brent Burns all had multi-point contests for the Canes.
• Jalen Chatfield earned his first assist of the season on Svechnikov's goal.
• There were 13 minor penalties called in the first two periods of tonight's game.
• Antti Raanta extends his record to 5-2-2 with the win.
• The Canes move to 18-6-6 with the victory.

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What's Next?

The team will return to game action tomorrow, hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5 p.m.
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