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also scored for Carolina, which picked up its fifth win in seven games to keep its hold on the Eastern Conference's first wild-card spot.The Hurricanes, who own the NHL's longest playoff drought at nine seasons, have a five-point cushion with eight games to play.scored and Devyn Dubnyk made 28 saves for the Wild, who dropped out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with the loss and Colorado's 4-2 win over Chicago.
The first period was scoreless only because Dubnyk kept it that way, making a string of string of highlight-reel saves_including stopping Svechnikov on a breakaway_to keep Carolina off the board.'s shot from the point hit's skate in front of the net and redirected through Dubnyk's legs, and the floodgates opened.fed Pesce at the top of the left faceoff circle and Pesce finished with a wrister past Dubnyk's glove into the upper-left corner to make it 2-0.
Teravainen added the final punch when he stole the puck at centre ice and beat Dubnyk on a breakaway.Sebastian Aho recorded his 50th assist on Pesce's goal. They became the first Hurricanes teammates with 50 assists in the same season since Rod Brind'Amour and missed his sixth straight game. He is day to day. ... Carolina improved to 10-3-1 in its last 14 games. ... The Wild have won just three of their past 11 games.
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