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Hurricanes score 4 in third to beat Rangers, stay alive

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NEW YORK -- Jordan Staal and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:06 apart in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes got four goals in the third for a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the second-round playoff series on Monday night, staving off elimination for the second straight game.

Jordan Martinook and Martin Necas also scored in the Hurricanes' big third period, and Frederik Andersen -- starting for the fourth time in five games in this series and ninth time in 10 games in the postseason -- had 20 saves.