Hurricanes withstand Oilers rally for 40th win of season
Martinook extended the lead to 3-1 at 1:37 of the second period, tucking his own rebound inside the right post after flubbing on his initial chance. The play started with Ehlers, who sent Martinook a backhand pass while skating the other way behind the net.
Vasily Podkolzin made it 3-2 at 3:20. He roofed a shot over Andersen’s right shoulder from a sharp angle below the left circle.
Blake made it 4-2 at 7:32 of the third period, scoring off Jarry’s right shoulder with a one-timer from the left circle during an extended delayed penalty.
Hyman cut it to 4-3 on a power play at 11:43. Leon Draisaitl skated down the right wing before passing back to Hyman for a one-timer that beat Andersen’s blocker from the slot.
Staal shot into an empty net with 1:21 remaining, and with Jarry back in net, Blake scored his second goal of the period with 29 seconds left for the 6-3 final.
“They’ve obviously got some very good players, and we did a really good job of containing them,” Andersen said. “They’ve got a lot of speed when they carry the puck up the middle. The ‘D’ did a [heck] of a job containing McDavid a lot.”
NOTES: Blake has scored 19 goals this season, an NHL career high. … Ehlers has scored five goals in his past three games. … Dach, defenseman Connor Murphy and forward Jason Dickinson each made his Oilers debut after being acquired in a pair of trades from the Chicago Blackhawks earlier this week. Dach was minus-3 in 9:32 of ice time, Murphy was minus-2 in 20:32 of ice time, and Dickinson was plus-1 and was 8-for-16 on face-offs in 12:43 of ice time. … McDavid (one goal, 10 assists) and defenseman Evan Bouchard (three goals, nine assists) each extended his point streak to six games.
