Hurricanes 5, Islanders 3: Jay McClement recorded a pair of goals as visiting Carolina knocked off New York for its third consecutive victory and fifth in seven games.

Brad Malone scored one goal and set up another while defensemen Justin Faulk and Michal Jordan also tallied for the Hurricanes, who registered 18 shots in each of the first two periods. Andrej Nestrasil added two assists and Cam Ward turned aside 21 shots to win for the sixth time in his last seven decisions.

Nikolay Kulemin snapped his 17-goal drought while captain John Tavares and Michael Grabner also scored for the Islanders, who saw their four-game winning streak against Carolina come to an end. Chad Johnson made 36 saves in a losing effort.

Grabner snapped a shot over Ward’s glove from the left faceoff circle 11:47 into the contest, but the Hurricanes tied it with 2:19 left in the first period as a loose puck went in off McClement’s skate. Faulk ripped home a rebound from the left circle during a power play 1:26 into the middle session and McClement converted a pass by Nestrasil in the slot at 9:50 for a 3-1 lead.

Kulemin halved the deficit at 15:11 of the second, but Malone poked in a loose puck 2:35 later and Jordan converted a cross-ice pass from Jeff Skinner while on the power play with eight seconds remaining in the session. Tavares popped in a rebound midway through the third to pull the Islanders within two, but Ward shut the door from there.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Hurricanes traded D Tim Gleason to Washington on Saturday for a fourth-round selection in the 2015 draft and D Jack Hillen, who registered two shots and blocked one while logging 17:18 of ice time in his debut. …McClement registered his first multi-goal performance since recording a hat trick with St. Louis on Oct. 30, 2010. … Tavares went 13-for-15 in the faceoff circles.