Hurricanes beat Devils 3-2

Victor Rask came up big for the Carolina Hurricanes Andrew Ladd Jerseyas they continue their desperate push for a playoff berth. Rask scored twice for the first multigoal game of his career, reaching 20 in a season for the first time as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Sunday. Carolina is within http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Blake_Wheeler_Jerseyfour points of a playoff spot with six games left, but Philadelphia has two games in hand and Detroit one. ''I look at it as three of four points this weekend,'' said Hurricanes coach Bill Peters, whose team lost to the visiting New York Islanders 4-3 in overtime Saturday night. ''We have a really good record with our back-to-backs. That's some resiliency and pride in these guys. We show up and compete. We started on time tonight, which was encouraging.'' Rask, in his second NHL season, has scored in three straight games. He ended the Hurricanes' http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Bobby_Hull_Jerseyskid of six consecutive games without a power-play goal when he connected in the first period. He scored his 20th early in the second to make it 3-0. Ron Hainsey scored the other Carolina goal, and Cam Ward made 23 saves. Bobby Farnham and Travis Zajac John Tavares Jerseyhad the goals for New Jersey. Devils goalie Scott Wedgewood, playing his fourth NHL game, stopped 20 shots. The victory gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 win in the season series. Each of the http://www.officialislandersstore.com/Womens_Youth_Johnny_Boychuk_Jerseyfour previous games also was decided in regulation, with both teams losing once at home. The contest was New Jersey's last against a Metropolitan Division opponent with six games left in the season. Carolina led 2-0 after outshooting the Devils 14-3 in the first. There were 22 minutes of penalties handed out in the period, 15 against New Jersey.