Bradly Nadeau, Mike Reilly, Jordan Martinook and Jackson Blake also scored for the Hurricanes (7-3-0), who had lost two in a row. Brandon Bussi made 26 saves.
Matthew Schaefer and Simon Holmstrom scored for the Islanders (4-5-1), who have lost their past three games (0-2-1). David Rittich made 27 saves.
The Islanders played without forward Mathew Barzal, who was scratched after arriving late for the team’s morning skate.
Nadeau gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 2:33 of the first period. The rookie intercepted Maxim Tsyplakov’s clearing attempt from the corner, and beat Rittich with a wrist shot from the left face-off dot. It was his first NHL goal in his sixth game.
Carolina selected Nadeau in the first round (No. 30) of the 2023 NHL Draft.
Reilly scored short-handed to increase the lead to 2-0 at 5:21. Rittich stopped Reilly’s shot from the left circle, but the defenseman gathered the rebound, circled the net and scored on a wraparound at the far post.
Svechnikov’s wrist shot from inside the blue line sqeueezed through Rittich, and Martinook tapped in the loose puck in the crease to make it 3-0 at 10:21.
New York cut the deficit to 3-1 at 13:20 when Schaefer scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot from the left point through traffic.
Blake finished a drop pass from Taylor Hall with a wrist shot from the slot to put Carolina up 4-1 at 1:51 of the third period.
Holmstrom drove the net between the circles while the teams skated 4-on-4 and scored top shelf off a pass from Tony DeAngelo to cut the lead to 4-2 at 10:48.
Svechnikov skated around Schaefer to cut to the middle of the ice and sent a shot short side over Rittich’s left shoulder to give Carolina a 5-2 advantage at 10:59.
Stankoven scored at 19:49 for the 6-2 final.