In Raleigh, Frederik Andersen made 26 saves in the Hurricanes 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.
Andrei Svechnikov hit for the winner with less than four minutes left in the third period.
“After the face-off, I tried to go to the net,” Svechnikov said. “It was kind of my ice, I didn’t want to give it. It was a lucky rebound for me, so I just put it in the net.”
Carolina improved to 31-9-2.
“He’s a tremendous athlete, person, player … everything,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We’re excited with him. Is he going to keep getting better? Yeah. It’s hard to believe, but I think he can still get better.”
San Jose’s Rudolfs Balcers scored earlier in the third period to knot the game at 1-1.
“They’re a good team, obviously, but we did a good job generating offense,” San Jose head coach Bob Boughner said. “We had more chances than they did today. We just couldn’t find a way to solve Andersen early enough. It was a pretty gusty effort on our part.”
The Sharks fell to 22-20-3.
“Tonight’s disappointing,” the Sharks’ Andrew Cogliano said. “[If] you get it to overtime, you maybe get two points out of that game. I don’t know what else we could have done differently. I thought we played a really hard game. Unfortunately, they got the last goal right before the end.”
Vincent Trocheck staked the Canes to a 1-0 lead in the first period.
James Reimer made 27 saves in the Sharks loss.
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