In Raleigh, the Winnipeg Jets took a 2-0 first period lead over the Hurricanes on Thursday night.
Then they sat and watched the Canes rally with four unanswered goals in 4-2 win to Carolina.
“We’ve had a lot of these the last month, where you can’t ask for much more,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “The other goalies have been playing great against us, and tonight it looked like the same thing. I think the key was just breaking through there at the end of the second.”
Carolina rallied with two goals to tie, and in the third period,Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal for a 3-2 lead to Carolina.
“That was awesome,” Jarvis said. “That’s definitely one of the highlights of my career so far, scoring against them. Being the game-winning goal makes it a little bit sweeter.”
Antti Raanta made 20 saves in the Carolina win.
Carolina improved to 50-20-8, and remain tied with the New York Rangers for first in the Metropolitan Division, both teams are nine points clear of the Pittsburgh Penguins with eight points on the table.
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kyle Connor were the Jets strikers in the first period.
“We’re in the business to win hockey games,” Winnipeg coach Dave Lowry said. “When you don’t win hockey games, disappointment will resonate. These guys care, that’s the biggest thing. They’re going to compete right to the end.”
Jordan Staal hit an empty net goal for the 4-2 final.
Winnipeg dropped to 35-32-11.
Eric Comrie made 42 saves for the Jets in the loss.
“We knew they were going to press and they were going to come hard,” Comrie said. “We played as hard as we could. It’s just they’re a good team. It’s been a difficult road trip, and we’re hopefully going to get some more wins when we get back home.”
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