Hurricanes score twice in 3rd, defeat Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS -- Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 3-1 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile on Saturday.

Andrei Svechnikov and Stefan Noesen also scored for Carolina (32-17-5), which was coming off a 5-1 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday and is 4-1-0 in its past five games. Spencer Martin made 29 saves.

“Tonight was probably our worst game (of the three-game road trip),” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “The other team had a lot to do with it. You know, they definitely played their game. We were on our heels for the majority of the game, but we capitalized.”

Jonathan Marchessault scored for the third game in a row, and Adin Hill made 25 saves for Vegas (31-17-6), which has lost two straight.

“We got outplayed. We gave up what I thought were easy goals,” Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. “The first one (in the third period) stung, especially since the power play hasn’t been producing for us. That one was the turning point in the game.”

Marchessault gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 10:15 of the first period, scoring with a backhand in front while Martin was trying to get back into position after Ivan Barbashev's attempt on a 2-on-1 went wide.

“We had a lot of chances,” Barbashev said. “That’s a team that plays hard probably all over the ice. We did get to the front of the net in the first period way more than we did in the second and third period. They have some big 'D' and really good players. It was back-and-forth in the second and third period.”

Svechnikov tied it 1-1 at 1:21 of the second period when he roofed a backhand from the right hash marks on a rush.

Jarvis then put the Hurricanes in front 2-1 with a short-handed goal 19 seconds into the third period. He warded off William Karlsson and snuck a shot five-hole on Hill after the puck jumped on Daniil Miromanov at the blue line.

“Any penalty kill goal always [takes the crowd out of it] and builds momentum for our team,” Jarvis said. “But I mean, there were so many other opportunities, like [Martin]. Big saves, blocked shots. That goal, it was nice.”

Noesen pushed it to 3-1 at 6:19. He batted down the rebound of Jesperi Kotkaniemi's shot near the crossbar before tapping it into the open net.

“I just kind of drove the net there and the puck kind of went in the air,” Noesen said. “I knew I couldn't touch it. (I) had to wait until it kind of got toward the top of the crossbar, and it was pretty close. I was able to bat it down, bat it in. That's a tough challenge for them.”

NOTES: Kotkaniemi's assist was his first point since Jan. 11 (13 games). ... Golden Knights defenseman Alec Martinez played in his 800th NHL game. … Golden Knights forward Nicolas Roy had the primary assist on Marchessault's goal to extend his point streak to eight games (three goals, nine assists).