RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elias Lindholm and Jeff Skinner scored in the second period, and Cam Ward made 30 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 at PNC Arena on Wednesday.
The Hurricanes (8-10-4) have earned at least a point in each of their past three games (2-0-1). The Oilers (7-14-1) have lost five of their past six.
Edmonton lost forward Nail Yakupov to injury at 2:22 of the second period. During a faceoff at center ice, he got his legs tangled with linesman Matt MacPherson, and each went down to the ice. Yakupov was not putting weight on his left leg while being helped to the Oilers dressing room.
Benoit Pouliot gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal at 7:34 of the first period. Yakupov held in Ron Hainsey's clearing attempt before setting up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for a wrist shot that caught a piece of Pouliot's stick in the slot. It was Pouliot's 100th NHL goal and Yakupov's 100th assist in the League.
Carolina tied the game with 16 seconds remaining in the period when Jordan Staal attempted a short centering pass from behind the net. The puck deflected off the skate of Edmonton defenseman Griffin Reinhart and trickled through goalie Anders Nilsson.
The Hurricanes began to control the pace of play in the second period, and Lindholm's third goal put Carolina up 2-1 at 10:16. With Brett Pesce driving the net on a 2-on-1, Lindholm looked off Pesce from the left circle before firing a wrist shot between Nilsson's legs. John-Michael Liles and Eric Staal assisted.
Skinner made it 3-1 when he redirected Justin Faulk's pass from the high slot at 16:41. Faulk's pass hit Oilers defenseman Andrej Sekera before going in off Skinner's skate. With the assist, Faulk extended his point streak to seven games.
Andrej Nestrasil scored into an empty net from just inside the red line with 51 seconds left.
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