Stars rally late to gain point in OT loss to Canes

In Raleigh, Martin Necas rescued the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night when he scored with 2:16 gone in extra time to down the Dallas Stars, 5-4.“We came straight down the ice 2-on-1 with a little back pressure, so there was not much time for making a play,” Necas said. “He made a great play back to me. It kind of bounced over [Dallas defenseman Miro] Heiskanen’s stick and went in.”

Dallas had scored twice in the third period to tie the game, 4-4, on goals from Tyler Seguin and Jani Hakanppa.

“We just have that confidence that we’ve done it before,” Hakanpaa said. “We just keep going and trust our game and trust ourselves to get one.”

Antti Raanta made 26 saves in the Carolina win.

The Canes improved to 18-6-6.

“Obviously we have some steady pieces in there that [have provided] consistent play,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “The guys really work hard. At the end of the day, they take pride in what they’re doing. It shows.”

Carolina took the dreaded 2-0 lead in the fist period on goals from Stefan Noesen and Andrei Svechnikov.

The Stars dropped to 18-8-6.

“Big point, down 4-2 in the third, quite a bit of adversity all night,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “I’ve been happy with the group.”

Dallas replied with a goal from Joe Pavelski on the power-play at 18:38 to make it 2-1 headed to the middle frame.after he tipped Robertson’s shot in front of the net.

“You get guys stepping up, keeping some pressure on,” Pavelski said. “There’s no letdown. ‘Segs’ gets a big goal off the draw and gives us life. We just keep going.”

In the second, Jamie Benn scored a second power play to tie the game, 2-2.