Familiar road refrain for Hurricanes, as Islanders score a bunch late in Game 3 win

History was made Friday, but not the kind the Carolina Hurricanes wanted to be a part of.

The New York Islanders, in their first playoff game in UBS Arena, scored twice in the third period for a 5-1 victory over the Canes and their first win in the first-round series.

Kyle Palmieri’s power-play goal with 3:50 left in regulation, on a deflection, pushed the Islanders ahead 2-1. Matt Martin scored soon after that for a 3-1 lead to finally settle a goalie’s duel between the Isles’ Ilya Sorokin and the Canes’ Antti Raanta.

Scott Mayfield added an empty-net goal, and the Isles added a fifth goal on Casey Cizikas’ second goal of the game.

The Islanders, after a scoreless first period, took a 1-0 lead in the second on a goal by Cizikas. The Canes tied it later in the period as Jesper Fast, whose overtime goal won Game 2, took a pass from Jordan Staal for a shorthanded score.

After losses in the first two games of the series, the Islanders could host host a Stanley Cup playoff game to at UBS Arena, their spiffy new place.

The crowd arrived early and were loud throughout a hard-fought battle, the chants of “Let’s go Islanders!” echoing through the building.

Some takeaways from the game:

▪ Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour has an interesting decision to make for Sunday — maybe.

If Frederik Andersen is fit and good to go, does Brind’Amour give the goalie his first start of the playoffs? Or stick with Raanta, again, for a fourth straight game? Rough ending for Raanta on Friday, but he had some very good saves in the game.

▪ Jordan Staal with the pass to Jesper Fast and Fast scores …

That was the combination that clicked in overtime in Game 2, Fast winning the game at PNC Arena The two clicked again in Game 3 for a big goal — a shorthanded score by Fast in the second period that tied the score 1-1.

The scoring play came not long after the Canes’ Sebastian Aho broke his stick on the penalty kill, then kicked the puck out of the zone, keeping a clear head and punting on the play.

▪ After scoring on power plays in each of the first two games, the Canes fell back into some old, bad habits in Game 3: slow puck movement, some sloppy passes, a few entry problems.

Quick puck movement and quick shots are needed and the Canes did not have it, and seemingly were better 5 on 5 in this game than 5 on 4.

The Canes began the second period on the power play for 1:27 and had two other power plays in the period but got little out of it. The Isles, energized by their penalty kills, took a 1-0 lead on Casey Cizikas’ goal not long after one of the kills.

▪ Canes did not score in the first period — neither did the Isles — but put together a solid 20 minutes. They had the better of it in zone time, shots (14-7), scoring chances and faceoffs.

Stringing together good periods was a problem in the playoffs for Carolina last year.

It was just the kind of start on the road the Canes were after, albeit without scoring, with the Islanders at home and in desperation mode.

▪ Hockey can be a dangerous sport for players — and the referees and linesmen.

Referee TJ Luxmore appeared to be slashed on the leg by the Canes’ Brady Skjei in the second period as Skjei was knocked into the end boards. Luxmore had to leave the game and Wes McCauley, the standby referee, had to throw on his gear and jump into the game.

The good news: Luxmore was able to return to the game.

Raanta draws in; Puljujarvi, too

The Carolina Hurricanes made the decision not to hold a morning skate Friday at UBS Arena, creating more guesswork for everyone about the Canes’ goaltending and lineup situation.

Ultimately, Carolina went with the hot hand in net, and its trade deadline acquisition as the forward in place of the injured Teuvo Teravainen.

Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour provided the answers in a media briefing soon after the team arrived Friday afternoon at UBS Arena.

Antti Raanta, who won Games 1 and 2 in Raleigh, started Game 3; Frederik Andersen again did not dress.

“If we need him next game I think he’ll be ready to go,” Brind’Amour said.

In the pregame warmups, Jesse Puljujarvi was on a line with Paul Stastny and Derek Stepan, and Jack Drury was on the Aho line with Jarvis.

“I envision moving guys in and out of there,” Brind’Amour said of Teravainen’s spot on the line.

The Canes, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-0, did not practice Thursday before the team flight to Long Island. Andersen, who missed Game 2 with an illness, did get in some skating before the flight, Brind’Amour said.

Game 4 will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 5, if necessary, will have a 7 p.m. start in Raleigh, the NHL said Friday.

Puljujarvi gets his chance

Puljujarvi was a healthy scratch in the first two games in Raleigh. But in a series that should become increasingly more physical, the Finn would give the Canes a big body in the lineup — Puljujarvi is 6-4 and 200 pounds.

“He’s been fine when we’ve had him in,” Brind’Amour said Friday. “We want to see what he can do.”

The Canes acquired Puljujarvi before the NHL trade deadline, adding the former first-round draft pick from Edmonton — fourth overall in 2016 — to add forward depth. He had two assists in his 17 regular-season games with the Canes.

Puljujarvi competed in 20 playoff games with the Oilers, with three goals and two assists.

The Hurricanes also called up forward Mackenzie MacEachern from the Chicago Wolves of the AHL immediately after Teravainen’s injury and brought him to New York with the team Thursday. MacEachern played only 37 games in the AHL this season because of injury, recording 30 points, but appeared in five playoff games with the St. Louis Blues on their way to the Stanley Cup in 2020.

Pageau: Teravainen injury ‘just unfortunate’

Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau, whose slash broke Teravainen’s left hand, told Newsday on Friday that the play was unintentional. Teravainen had surgery Thursday and is out indefinitely.

“I wish him a speedy recovery,” Pageau told the newspaper. “But it was not in my intention (to hurt him). I mean, I didn’t even know I caught him there. It’s a play that happens a lot. I clear a puck on the PK and the same play happens. It’s just unfortunate.”

Islanders coach Lane Lambert told reporters on Thursday he was “surprised” that Brind’Amour publicly pointed out Pageau’s two-handed slash that broke Teravainen’s hand.

“I was surprised at his comments last night,” Lambert said. “That play happens probably 25-30 times a game. The player that was injured continued to play on for the rest of the power play.”

Brind’Amour noted Thursday that given the six-to-none power-play differential in Game 2, he wasn’t surprised there wasn’t a call, nor did he expect sympathy in that regard, but he was furious about the play: “They’re going to complain about all the power plays, but it’s a tomahawk chop.“

Teravainen sends text on surgery

Canes forward Martin Necas said Friday that Teravainen sent a text to the team’s group chat to update them on his surgery, which was scheduled for Thursday.

“He said the surgery went well and obviously we were all happy to hear that.” Necas said. “You never know if we can go far if he can come back. We really don’t know how long it will take.”

Major recall

In addition to MacEachern, The Canes have loaded up on “Black Aces” by bringing in forwards Ville Koivunen, Vasily Ponomarev, Jamieson Rees and Ryan Suzuki; defenseman Maxime Lajoie and goaltender Zach Sawchenko from Chicago.

Suzuki was a first-round draft pick by Carolina in 2019, and Rees (2019) Ponomarev (2020) and Koivunen (2021) were second-round selections by the Canes.

Carolina earlier recalled goalie Pyotr Kochetkov from the Wolves, and he served as Raanta’s backup in Game 2 when Andersen was a late scratch.