Late score carries ’Canes over Rangers

Teuvo Teravainen scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots and the Hurricanes rallied to beat the Rangers

3-2, Tuesday night at the Garden.

Jalen Chatfield and Stefan Noesen also scored for the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes, who won for the third time in four games.

Tyler Motte and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers, who had won four straight and were 6 -0 -1 in their last seven. Igor Shesterkin finished with 36 saves.

Teravainen scored his 11th goal with 2 :3 3 left on a pass from defenseman Brent Burns, redirecting the puck past Shesterkin. The Hurricanes, who trailed 1-0 and 2-1, extended their lead over the second-place Devils to two points and the third-place Rangers to eight points in the division.

The Rangers led, 1 -0 , entering the third and were vying for their third straight shutout before Chatfield tied the score at 9:49 — the first goal the Rangers allowed in more than eight periods. The Blueshirts were coming off a 6 -0 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday night and 7-0 win against Nashville on Sunday.

Kakko then put the Rangers back ahead 3 1 seconds later with his 1 3 th goal, only to have Noesen answer right back 1 8 seconds later to tie it, 2 -2 .

Motte opened the scoring at the 17-minute mark of the first, knocking the puck past Andersen for his third goal in four games and sixth of the season overall.

Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal played his 729th game with Carolina on Tuesday, tying Glen Wesley for the second-most games played in franchise history since relocation from Hartford in 1997.

Staal, 3 4 , trails only his brother, Eric, who played 9 0 9 games for the Hurricanes from 2003-16.

The Hurricanes host the Rangers on Thursday night to finish the home-andhome set in the opener of a four-game homestand.