"The easy thing is to get frustrated and to put your head down and hang your head a little bit," said Elliott, who is 0-3-0 with a 4.72 goals-against average and .839 save percentage. "What got us all here to this league is perseverance … that relentless attitude of no matter what happens, we get it done. We keep that going, a good attitude, and we'll be OK."
The Hurricanes, who have lost twice in overtime this season after giving up a three-goal lead, rushed to a 3-0 advantage.
Teravainen scored on his own rebound 7:55 into the game, and Rask shot through a screen past Elliott's glove to double the lead at 16:12. Stalberg scored the game-winner -- his first goal of the season -- on a breakaway at 4:55 of the second.
The Hurricanes were ahead 4-1 before losing 5-4 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 13 and up 3-0 before losing 4-3 in overtime at the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
This time, they held off Calgary's comeback.
Brouwer scored with 1:53 remaining in the second to cut Carolina's lead to two, and Gaudreau scored at 8:57 of the third with his first goal of the season. But Skinner scored on a 5-on-3 power play with 33.9 seconds remaining.
"I think it's just part of the process of learning how to win and close out games," Skinner said. "We just had to keep our composure and stay tough mentally. We had some big plays by some guys in key moments. We were able to keep that composure and get the job done. It's a good feeling."