According to coach Rod Brind’Amour the team was “not at its best”, but the Carolina Hurricanes scored twice in the third period and held on to defeat the New York Islanders, 5-3 on Thursday night at UBS Arena.
The Canes improved their record to 13-3-2 on the season.
Brandon Bussi made 24 saves on the 27 shots he faced to pick up his third win of the season.
Logan Stankoven got things started just 57 seconds into the game when he took a pass from Jackson Blake and ripped it past goalie Semyon Varlamov. Stankoven now has a team leading 11 goals for the season.