Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored his second goal of the game just 24 seconds after the Dallas Stars tied it in the third period, lifting the visiting Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.The winning goal was fortunate for the Hurricanes as the puck went off Kotkaniemi’s skate with 9:25 to play as he skated into the crease.Pyotr Kochetkov made 22 saves, including 11 in the third period. Martin Necas assisted on both goals.Thomas Harley had the Dallas goal. Stars goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots.The Hurricanes won on back-to-back nights after capturing an overtime victory in Chicago for a successful two-game trip.Carolina also defeated Dallas in a November meeting, scoring five third-period goals in a 6-4 home win.Kotkaniemi, who also scored a night earlier, boosted his season’s goal total to nine with his first multi-goal outing since March 2023. His latest production came on a night when the Hurricanes, who often crank out high shot totals, were limited. Their seven first-period shots were their most in any period.Dallas had only 11 shots on goal through two periods.Despite the limited workload, it was a good boost for Kochetkov, who has handled a bulk of the workloadthis season because of an injury to Frederik Andersen, who returned in Monday night’s game.
