In Raleigh, the visiting Washington Capitals blew a 2-0 lead on Friday night, and lost, 4-2, to the Hurricanes. 
The Caps also blew a chance to leap back into the third spot in the Metropolitan Division with the Philadelphia Flyers loss to the Sabres in Buffalo on Friday.
The Hurricanes rallied back for the win with Sebastian Aho snapping a 2-2 tie with less than two minutes left on the game clock for a 3-2 lead.
Jake Guentzel iced the win when he hit for his second goal of the game into an empty net with six seconds left for the 4-2 final count on the scoreboard.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 13 saves in the win.
The Hurricanes moved to 48-22-7, they remain five points back of the New York Rangers for the top spot in the Metro. The Rangers edged the Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, on Friday.
Alex Ovechkin hit for a double in the opening stanza to stake the Caps to the early lead.
His first came at 3:31, scoring off a rebound for a 1-0 advantage.
Ovechkin collected his double, scoring off a tip in, with 45 seconds left in the period.
The Capitals dropped to 36-30-10 off their fifth straight loss.
In the middle frame, Guentzel potted his first of the contest at 14:30, scoring off a tip in for to trim the deficit to 2-1 after 40 minutes.
Carolina got even, 2-2, when Martin Necas hit off the power play at 11:40 of the third period.
Darcy Kuemper made 42 saves in the loss.
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