Ron Hainsey's second goal of the game at 2:08 of overtime lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.
Jacob Slavin, Lee Stempniak and Teuvo Teravainen also scored to help Carolina win its third straight after the All-Star Break. Cam Ward made 33 saves.
Anders Lee, Casey Cizikas, Brock Nelson and Josh Bailey scored for the Islanders, who are 6-1-2 in their last nine games. Jean-Francois Berube gave up all five Hurricanes goals on 25 shots.
Carolina pulled four games behind Philadelphia for the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot.