RALEIGH John Hayden Jersey , N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are in what seems like a rare position this week.They’re coming off a victory.It needs to become a habit.Article continues below ...“Winning is a lot more fun, isn’t it?” Hurricanes captain Justin Williams said. “We need to start something rolling here. We need to get it going soon.”The next opportunity for that comes against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night at PNC Arena.The Maple Leafs have developed that winning feeling with a four-game winning streak that includes Monday night’s 4-2 comeback victory against the St. Louis Blues.“It was a four-line win and those are important,” Maple Leafs left winger Zach Hyman said.The Hurricanes haven’t been as consistent during the past few weeks, winning three of their last 10 games (3-5-2).Yet in an uneven performance Sunday against the New Jersey Devils, they came out on top. That was largely due to two goals in the opening 30 seconds.Carolina is 6-2-0 when scoring first.“We haven’t gotten the first goal as much as we would like this season,” center Jordan Staal said Authentic Jonathan Toews Jersey , noting the difference in that outing. “It wasn’t our best game, but I felt like we worked hard.”What the Hurricanes are counting on is that 2-1 result being a springboard to a stretch of better outcomes.“It’s good for us to play some close games like that to have some confidence later in the season,” Williams said.That’s something that Maple Leafs have latched on to.They’ve learned that that persistence can pay off.“Our team never gives up and that’s something special,” said Toronto right winger Mitch Marner. “This team shows no quit. That’s something that we need to keep going forward.”This marks the first meeting of the season between the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes.It could involve Carolina goalie Curtis McElhinney against his former team. McElhinney had gone through a long stretch of inactivity until posting his team-leading fourth victory Sunday.“You want to get back in there and feel the rhythm,” McElhinney said. “When you get an opportunity, you want to show you’re more than capable to help this team get wins.”The Hurricanes claimed McElhinney off waivers from the Maple Leafs right before the start of the regular season.Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said the matchup with Toronto comes with an obvious connection.“He wants to play every night Custom Minnesota Wild Jerseys ,” Brind’Amour said while being cautious in committing to giving McElhinney this assignment.McElhinney has been used just twice since Oct. 20.Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs count on goalie Frederik Andersen.“He has been the MVP of this team,” said Marner, who has a team-high 28 points. “He expects himself to be the best every night. … He hasn’t been anything short of that.”Toronto center John Tavares has four of his team-best 13 goals in the last five games.The Hurricanes are led by Micheal Ferland’s 10 goals.This marks the fifth game in a six-game homestand for Carolina. The Maple Leafs will return to Raleigh on Dec. 11. DALLAS (AP) — Mattias Ekholm started overtime in the penalty box. He finished it off with the winning goal.Ekholm scored 2:27 into overtime, and the Nashville Predators rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Saturday.Ekholm was penalized for cross checking with 14 seconds left in regulation, 29 seconds after teammate Roman Josi scored the game-tying goal.Nashville killed off that power play for the first part of OT Patrick Kane Jersey , and then Ekholm took a cross-ice pass from Kyle Turris and sent the puck over Stars goalie Ben Bishop for his third of the season.“A good regroup by (P.K. Subban) up to (Turris) and he found me,” Ekholm said. “It was nice to see it go in.“I think (Dallas’ Jason Spezza) played an act on the penalty. There’s not much I can do about it. Good job by the guys on killing it.”Nashville (13-3-0) improved to 8-0 on the road this season.Josi and Ryan Johansen each had a goal and an assist for the Predators. Ryan Hartman and Yannick Weber also scored, and Juuse Saros had 20 saves.Spezza, Tyler Seguin, Tyler Pitlick and Denis Gurianov scored for Dallas (9-6-2), which lost for the third time in four games. Bishop finished with 29 stops.Gurianov got his first NHL point in the third period of his third game. He deflected a rising slap shot from the blue line by Ben Gleason www.montrealcanadiensteamshops.com , who was playing in his first NHL game after only 11 pro games for Texas of the American Hockey League.“I woke up this morning with a phone call at 7:30,” Gleason said. “In about 15 minutes I jumped in the shower and packed a bag. I drove right here (from Cedar Park, Texas).“I don’t think I felt my leg until the second period.”Pitlick scored his third of the season 13:05 into the first, and the Stars opened a 3-1 lead on goals by Seguin and Spezza in the second period.Hartman got the Predators on the board 12 seconds into the second, and Johansen and Weber tied the game again with goals in the first 1:54 of the third.“No game is ever out of reach if you can do the right things,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought the first shift of the third period was really big by the Johansen line. They went down http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-anthony-mantha-jersey , got a goal and shortly another one after that.”Dallas grabbed the lead for the last time when Gurianov scored with 11:02 left.The Predators had a 14-4 advantage in shots on goal and the only two power plays in the first period, but the Stars scored the only goal.Dallas scored on its first power play when Spezza sent in a slap shot from the left circle at 14:32 of the second.NOTES: Dallas’ depleted defense corps received reinforcements. Joel Hanley and the 20-year-old Gleason were recalled from Texas, and the Stars traded a seventh-round draft pick in 2020 to Buffalo for 30-year-old Taylor Fedun. Roman Polak was sick and couldn’t play Saturday. John Klingberg is expected to miss four weeks after surgery Friday to repair his broken left hand. Marc Methot (lower-body injury), Stephen Johns (neck/head) and Connor Carrick (ankle) also are out. Hanley and Gleason played. Methot could be back for Monday’s game, when Fedun would make his Dallas debut. … Predators F Viktor Arvidsson (lower body) returned after missing three games.UP NEXTPredators: Play the third game in a five-game trip Monday at Anaheim.Stars: Continue a four-game homestand against Columbus on Monday.