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Warren Foegele had two goals and an assist, Andrei Svechnikov got his first career goal to snap tie midway through the third period, and the host Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the Rangers, 8-5, Sunday.
Svechnikov, the No. 2 overall pick in June’s draft, deflected Justin Faulk’s shot in front of the net with 9 minutes 16 seconds remaining to break a 5-5 tie and give the Hurricanes their first lead. Foegele followed with his second goal 47 seconds later and Teuvo Teravainen added an empty-netter to secure Carolina’s first home win under their new coach, Rod Brind’Amour.
“I waited for this my whole life,” said the 18-year-old Svechnikov, who became the first N.H.L. player born in the 2000s to score a goal.
Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal, Micheal Ferland, Lucas Wallmark and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the Hurricanes.
The Rangers had leads of 2-0, 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4 and failed to hold each of them. Jimmy Vesey and Chris Kreider each scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich added a goal for the Rangers, who remains winless in three games under their new coach, David Quinn.
“Defensively, we looked like we had never gone over these coverages or anything we had been working on,” Quinn said. “We had a hard time handling success tonight. When we got up, we didn’t pay attention to detail in the same situation.”
Petr Mrazek made 19 saves for the Hurricanes, and Alexandar Georgiev had 32 for the Rangers.
The teams combined for four goals in each of the first two periods and were tied at 4-4 heading to the third. Vesey and Kreider scored on the Rangers’ first two shots of the game, only to have the Hurricanes battle back.
Foegele and Martinook scored to pull the Hurricanes to 2-2 by the end of the first. Vesey again opened the scoring with a quick goal in the second, and again Carolina responded. Right after the Hurricanes killed off a four-on-three power play, Staal finished off a breakaway with a wrist shot over Georgiev’s blocker.
Buchnevich gave the Rangers the lead once again in the second when he stuffed home a rebound on a power play, but a critical mistake by Georgiev allowed the Hurricanes to tie it back up. As the clock moved under a minute, he left his crease to try to clear a puck out of the corner.
His attempt went right to the point to Ferland, who flipped a wrister over Georgiev’s shoulder as he raced back to his net, making it 4-4 with 31 seconds left in the second period.
It was more of the same in the third. Kreider gave the Rangers the lead again, only to have Wallmark tie it 35 seconds later. This time though, the Hurricanes charged ahead, taking their first lead on Svechnikov’s goal and piling it on from there.
TAVARES HAS HAT TRICK John Tavares scored three goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 7-6 overtime victory against the host Chicago Blackhawks. Tavares, who came from the Islanders as a free agent, scored twice in the second period and once in the third. He has four goals in the first three games.
GOALIES ARE SIDELINED The Florida Panthers put goaltender Roberto Luongo on injured reserve, one day after a right knee injury knocked him out of his team’s season-opening loss at Tampa Bay. He is expected to be out at least a week.
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, with a lower-body injury, was also put on injured reserve. The team did not say how long he would be out.
THORNTON OUT The San Jose Sharks said that forward Joe Thornton, 39, would not return until at least next Sunday after experiencing swelling in his surgically repaired right knee. The Sharks visit the Islanders on Monday.