Hurricanes beat Devils 3-1 despite another goal for Hall

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Teuvo Teravainen and Justin Williams scored in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes overcame yet another goal by New Jersey’s Taylor Hall to beat the Devils 3-1 on Friday night.

Teravainen’s redirection at 9:37 of the third period made it 2-1, and Williams added an empty-net goal with 21 seconds remaining. Derek Ryan also scored and Cam Ward stopped 25 shots to help Carolina to its second straight win since dropping six straight.

The Hurricanes temporarily pulled into a tie with Columbus for the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot. The Blue Jackets were set to play Anaheim later Friday.

Hall’s second-period goal extended his point streak to 24 games. He has scored in six of his last seven games, and 17 of his 29 goals have come since Jan. 1.

Keith Kincaid made 27 saves for the Devils, who dropped both games of a back-to-back road set.

After a slow, sloppy first period, the Hurricanes struck 8:10 into the second. Ryan was the beneficiary of some help from the Devils defense when his backhanded pass through the crease hit defenseman Damon Severson’s skate and redirected in.

Hall evened the score with 32 seconds left in the period, redirecting Sami Vatanen’s wrist shot through his legs and just inside the near post.

The Hurricanes pulled ahead for good with a nifty deflection in the third. Brett Pesce fired a slap shot from the right point that was off-target, but Teravainen, who had settled off the side of the crease, had the puck bank off his leg and past Kinkaid.

Ward stopped the Devils’ final 12 shots, and Williams sealed it with a backhander from center ice into the empty net.

NOTES: Hall’s goal was his 70th point of the season, becoming the first Devils player to reach the 70-point mark since Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias in 2011-12. … The Devils had won five of their previous six against the Hurricanes dating to November 2016. … Hurricanes F Victor Rask had an assist on Ryan’s goal to give him three assists in his last four games. … Hurricanes F Joakim Nordstrom missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury. He is day-to-day.

UP NEXT

Devils: Host Vegas on Sunday.

Hurricanes: Host Winnipeg on Sunday.

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Carolina Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce (22) shoots while New Jersey Devils’ Taylor Hall (9) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Carolina Hurricanes’ Teuvo Teravainen (86), of Finland, chases the puck with New Jersey Devils’ Blake Coleman (20) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Carolina Hurricanes’ Lee Stempniak, center, watches the puck with New Jersey Devils’ Kyle Palmieri, front left, and Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid, left, while Devils’ Damon Severson (28) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Carolina Hurricanes’ Derek Ryan (7) reaches for the puck around New Jersey Devils’ Nico Hischier (13), of Switzerland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Carolina Hurricanes’ Justin Faulk (27) and goalie Cam Ward (30) block New Jersey Devils’ Brian Boyle (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)