In Raleigh, after a scoreless 40 minutes of play, the Columbus Blue Jackets posted a pair of goals from Kirill Marchenko and Johnny Gaudreau for a 2-0 lead.
The Hurricanes replied with three straight goals en route to a 3-2 win on Sunday.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 21 saves in the win.
The Hurricanes improved to 12-8-0 off their third win in three games.,
“It kind of felt like, here we go, it’s not our night,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “But I give our guys a lot of credit because there was no hanging their heads or anything. They just kept playing. We got what we deserved tonight, for sure.”
In the third, Marchenko scored 13 seconds into the third period for a 1-0 lead to Columbus.
“We did it right for most of the game, but that’s not enough,” Columbus coach Pascal Vincent said. “They play a playoff style, and that’s what happens in the playoffs. You just lose yourself a little bit and you give an inch and the next thing you know the game is over.”
Gaudreau scored hit for his goal at 6:41 for a 2-0 advantage.
“We were playing well, we were playing smart,” Gaudreau said. “We were just trying to emulate their game, get the puck out, get the puck in and kind of wait for your chance. We might have sat back a little bit, but they were just pushing.”
The Blue Jackets dropped to 6-12-4, and had a two-game win streak snapped.
“We played well, I think, and we had a lot of chances,” Marchenko said. “It’s about us. We played a really good two periods, we played good in the third period. It’s tough when it leads to nothing.”
Carolina rallied back with Jesperi Kotkaniemi scoring midway through the third to trim the deficit to 2-1.
“There’s not much more we could have done,” Brind’Amour said. “Our power play looked good, we had a ton of opportunities. We were doing it the way we needed to do it, but their goalie was making some unbelievable saves. I was happy with the win, but the way we played, it was good.”
Brady Skjei tied it, 2-2, at 16:51 of the period.
“I think I got three (goals) tonight, two off of me for [Columbus], and I got one for us,” Skjei said. “Obviously, there is no quit in our game. We always play like that. Even tonight down two, no one didn’t believe we could come back and win.”
The game-winner came with 1:57 left on the game clock on a strike by Andrei Svechnikov , his first goal of the campaign.0
“It’s kind of a relief, but I actually wasn’t thinking of it all,” Svechnikov said. “I knew it was going to come. It was the right time and the right moment, and a huge win for us.”
Elvis Merzlikins made 40 saves in the loss.
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