Jeff Skinner scored twice to help the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at PNC Arena. Chris Terry, Joakim Nordstrom and Jordan Staal also had goals for the Hurricanes, who moved within two points of the second wild card position into the Stanley Cup playoffs from the Eastern Conference. Cam Ward, who made 22 saves, has gone 10 games without a loss in regulation (6-0-4). The Sharks had their three-game winning streak end.
The Hurricanes got on the board first when Terry scored his fifth goal of the season at 7:03 of the first period. Defenseman Noah Hanifin's pass from the right point knuckled toward the slot, where Terry made a long tip that sailed over goaltender Martin Jones' head and into the net. Riley Nash earned the second assist, extending his point streak to four games.
San Jose answered at 14::07 with Brent Burns' 19th goal of the season. Burns took a cross-ice drop pass from Joel Ward before making a drag move past Victor Rask in the slot and scoring inside the right post. The goal ended a 16-game drought for Burns. The Hurricanes dominated the second period, beginning with a power play that yielded five shots. But Jones held off the Carolina push until the Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead at 12:25 when Nordstrom took a pass from Jordan Staal and scored on a hard blast from above the circles.
Carolina outshot San Jose 19-4 in the second period.
Carolina made it 3-1 when Skinner scored his 20th goal of the season 39 seconds into the third period. With the Hurricanes on a power play, Eric Staal's stuff chance left a rebound for Skinner, who finished from along the goal line. The goal was initially waived off for goaltender interference, but the call was overturned after a Carolina challenge. The Sharks were shorthanded after Mike Brown took a second minor penalty in an altercation with Jordan Staal near the end of the second period.
The Sharks cut the deficit to one to one on a turnover. Patrick Marleau took advantage of Ward's puckhandling miscue behind the net, feeding Tomas Hertl for an uncontested tap-in at 10:38. But Skinner pushed the lead back to two goals when Jaccob Slavin's shot deflected off a skate and came to him in the slot for an easy finish at 15:32. Jordan Staal hit the empty net with 2:25 remaining. Jones finished with 32 saves.
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