Hurricanes get past Kings for fourth straight win

LOS ANGELES -- Sebastian Aho and Derek Stepan each had a goal and an assist, and Frederik Andersen made 39 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-4 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Saturday.

Andersen made 20 saves in the third period, and Seth Jarvis extended his goal streak to three games for the Hurricanes (14-2-0), who have won four straight and are 8-1-0 on the road.
"I think it's always a good thing when you can win and, at the same time, know you can play a lot better," Aho said. "Try to learn from the mistakes, but obviously we got the two points and that's the main thing here."

Adrian Kempe scored twice, and Brendan Lemieux had a goal and an assist for the Kings (8-7-2), who are 0-2-1 following a seven-game winning streak. Cal Petersen allowed five goals on 20 shots.
Carolina took the lead five times, and Los Angeles tied it four times.
"It was a little too loose for us," Kings forward Blake Lizotte said. "Kind of racehorse hockey, trading chances back and forth, and that's not typically our identity."
Martin Necas put the Hurricanes ahead 5-4 at 19:26 of the second period when he cut to the middle and scored around Petersen on the rush.
Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said his team spent the rest of the game "just surviving." The Hurricanes were outshot 20-2 in the third period, and Brind'Amour said Andersen "held us in."
"He had a great third. I mean, that was the difference in the game," Brind'Amour said. "We were doing nothing."
Aho gave Carolina a 3-2 lead at 6:16 of the second.
Kempe tied it 3-3 at 9:33 when he scored shorthanded on a breakaway despite being hooked by Andrei Svechnikov. It was the first shorthanded goal allowed by Carolina this season.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi put the Hurricanes back in front 4-3 at 11:20 when he chipped the puck over a sprawling Petersen with a backhand.
Lemieux collected the rebound of a shot by Matt Roy and reached around Andersen to tie it 4-4 at 18:00.
"I don't really know why it happens or for whatever reason, but sometimes it just happens and you're in it," Stepan said of high-scoring games. "You really can't grab a hold of it. It's just the way it's going to be for the evening, and you need to have someone step up and make some big plays."

Jarvis put Carolina up 1-0 at 3:00 of the first period, scoring off a pass from Aho on a 2-on-1.
Lizotte tied it 1-1 at 4:38 with a wrist shot through traffic from the left face-off circle.
The Hurricanes retook the lead 10 seconds later when Stepan had the second tip of Brady Skjei's shot from the blue line, making it 2-1 at 4:48.
Kempe tied it 2-2 at 12:39, redirecting Alexander Edler's shot from the left point off a face-off win by Anze Kopitar.
Olli Maatta's goal for Los Angeles at 19:40 was overturned following a challenge by Brind'Amour for goaltender interference. It was determined Kings center Phillip Danault made contact with Andersen in the crease prior to Maatta's shot into an open net.
"I'm happy that we had the offense that we had tonight, and there could have been more," Los Angeles coach Todd McLellan said. "Again, with the 2-on-1s and not even getting a shot on goal, goal called off. Could we avoid the goaltender? Maybe he makes the save then. But there could have been more, so that's the positive of the night is that the offense was there."
NOTES: The five go-ahead goals tied the Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers record. Hartford did it in in a 6-5 win against the New York Rangers on Feb. 22, 1981, and in a 5-5 tie against the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 24, 1991. … Necas has scored five points (two goals, three assists) during a three-game point streak. … Andersen had the secondary assist on Aho's goal. It was the goalie's second assist of the season and 11th of his NHL career. … Edler had two assists for his first multipoint game with the Kings. The defenseman signed with Los Angeles in the offseason after playing his first 15 NHL seasons with the Vancouver Canucks.