Hurricanes overwhelm Islanders, rally from 3 down to win Game 2

Aho tied it 3-3 at 17:45 with Frederik Andersen on the bench for the extra attacker. Andrei Svechnikov flubbed a one-timer from the left circle, but the puck went right to Aho, who redirected it into the net from the right post.

Martinook then gave Carolina a 4-3 lead at 17:54. Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson got pushed aside while trying to retreive a dump in behind the net, which allowed Martinook to grab the puck and throw a shot off the left skate of Semyon Varlamov, who was looking the other way.

Jake Guentzel then scored an empty-net goal with 56 seconds left for the 5-3 final.

Seth Jarvis had a goal and two assists, and Guentzel and Aho each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who are the No. 2 seed from the Metropolitan Division. Andersen made nine saves.

Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat and Anders Lee scored and for the Islanders, who are the No. 3 seed from the Metropolitan. Varlamov made 34 saves.

Carolina leads the best-of-7 series 2-0. Game 3 will be in Elmont, New York, on Thursday.

Palmieri gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 16:22 of the first period. Andersen stopped Palmieri's initial chance from in close, but the forward found the rebound in the crease and jammed the puck into the open net.

Horvat made it 2-0 at 19:45 with a one-timer blocker side from the high slot off a pass from Mathew Barzal.

Lee pushed the lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at 3:54 of the second period. After taking a short pass from Jean-Gabriel Pageau at the top of the crease, Lee pulled the puck to his backhand and tucked a shot around Andersen’s left pad.

Carolina controlled play the rest of the way, though, outshooting New York 29-5 over the final two periods, when it spent the majority of the time in the offensive zone.

Teravainen cut the lead to 3-1 with a power-play goal at 13:01 of the second. Varlamov stopped Jarvis's shot from the left circle, but the rebound went to Guentzel, who quickly fed Teravainen for a shot into an open net.

Jarvis got the Hurricanes to within 3-2 at 10:43 of the third period, roofing a wrist shot from the left circle under the crossbar.

Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury.