New York Rangers' Chris Kreider (20) shoots on goal while Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
New York Rangers' Chris Kreider (20) shoots on goal while Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Credit: Gerry Broome

Raleigh, n.c. — Rookie Sebastian Aho scored the go-ahead power-play goal with 7:32 remaining, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the New York Rangers, 4-3, on Thursday night.

Aho also scored the tying goal with 10:56 to play and added an assist to help the last-place Hurricanes.

Jeff Skinner also scored, Valentin Zykov had a goal in his first NHL game and Cam Ward made a season-best 40 saves.

Carolina trailed 3-2 entering the third before earning just its fifth win when trailing after 40 minutes.

Mika Zibanejad scored two power-play goals, Chris Kreider added a power-play goal and an assist for the short-handed Rangers, who were without injured goalie Henrik Lundqvist and winger Rick Nash.

Backup Antti Raanta made 26 saves for the Rangers, who sat Lundqvist with an upper-body injury and Nash with a lower-body injury.

Maple Leafs 4, Flyers 2

Toronto — Frederik Andersen made 36 saves, Tyler Bozak had a goal and an assist and Toronto beat Philadelphia.

William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Maple Leafs. They have won two straight after dropping five in a row.

Wayne Simmonds and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for the Flyers.

Lightning 4, Wild 1

Tampa, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored two goals, the first on a power play less than seven minutes into the game, and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.

Kucherov assisted a goal by Andrej Sustr, giving him nine goals and eight assists in his last eight games.

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 32 saves for the Lightning. He’s 4-0-1 since the trade of Ben Bishop to Los Angeles, and the Lightning are 9-2-3 in their last 14 games.