Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis celebrates his first of two goals behind Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin during Carolina’s 4-3 win Saturday in Raleigh. (Karl DeBlaker / AP Photo)

RALEIGH — If there were any concerns the Hurricanes would take their foot off the accelerator after clinching a playoff berth, those were put to rest Saturday night.

Carolina dominated the desperate Islanders in a 4-3 win that didn’t reflect how thorough a beat down the Metropolitan Division leaders inflicted on the overwhelmed visitors.

“We played a really good team,” said Seth Jarvis, “and I’m really proud of how we came out and handled it.”

The Hurricanes outshot New York 40-16 and have allowed a combined 26 shots against in their last two games — two playoff hopefuls in the Blue Jackets and Islanders. The 5-on-5 shot attempts were 71-21. Matthew Schaefer, the Islanders’ wunderkind defenseman and shoe-in for the Calder Trophy, was on the ice at 5-on-5 for four shots on goal for and 21 against.

Despite all that, the game wasn’t a total rout thanks to New York goalie Ilya Sorokin (36 saves), who did everything he could while playing for the second straight night to try to get the Islanders valuable points in the standings.

“He’s one of the top goalies in the world,” Hurricanes forward Jackson Blake said. “When you shoot that many pucks, though, I think you’re going to get the bounces once in a while.”

The Islanders, outshot nearly six to one in the first half of the game, still led 2-1 on goals by Matt Gatcomb and Max Shabanov.

But Blake tied the game just past the midway point of regulation for his 22nd goal when Logan Stankoven bodied Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield — eight inches taller and 50 pounds heavier — off the puck along the boards to set up his linemate.

“That goal is all credit to him,” Blake said of Stankoven. “I had the easy part just to finish it, but he made an unbelievable play there. He’s a smaller guy, but he doesn’t play like it.”

Jarvis, who tied the game in the first period by scoring on a partial breakaway off a stretch pass from Sean Walker, gave Carolina its first lead by setting up Sebastian Aho for a shorthanded goal — the Hurricanes’ third in as many games.

That shorthanded rush was started when defenseman Jaccob Slavin angled a backhand pass off the boards and up to Jarvis to create the opportunity. Jarvis then feathered a pass through Schaefer to Aho, who banged in his 26th goal of the season at 16:17 of the second for a 3-2 lead.

“Great pass by (Slavin), and then just executing was the biggest thing,” Jarvis said. “And (Aho) scoring was huge.”

Jarvis’ second goal, his 32nd of the year, came in the opening shift of the third when Andrei Svechnikov won a race to a loose puck and sent a pass cross ice for a Jarvis one-timer.

The Hurricanes ended up needing the two-goal cushion.

New York sent Sorokin to the bench with more than three minutes remaining and got within one when Anders Lee scored his 19th goal of the season on a redirection in front of Brandon Bussi (13 saves) with 97 seconds left.

But Bussi shut the door at the end, making two saves in the final 30 seconds to secure his fourth straight win and 29th of the season.

“The last minute got a little hairy, but overall I just can’t say enough,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “That was pretty impressive considering what’s at stake. I thought our guys just played the way we wanted to, and we got what we deserved tonight.”

The win pushed Carolina’s magic number to one to win the division, and the team’s 104 points have it atop the Eastern Conference with six games remaining.

“You look at our last couple of games, and I think that desperation type of feeling has been apparent in each game,” defenseman K’Andre Miller said. “So obviously we’re closing in tight on the end of the year, and the playoffs are right around the corner.”

Notes: Stankoven won 6 of 11 faceoffs and has won more than 50% of his draws in three straight games. … Carolina went 0 for 3 on the power play, snapping its eight-game goal streak. … Miller had two assists, his seventh multipoint game of the season. … Forwards Nicolas Deslauriers and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and defenseman Mike Reilly were healthy scratches for Carolina.