Hurricanes forward Eric Robinson (50) stuffs the puck past Red Wings goaltender John Gibson for a goal during Carolina’s 5-2 win Saturday in Raleigh. (Karl DeBlaker / AP Photo)

RALEIGH — For the fourth straight game, the Hurricanes entered the third period with a multigoal lead. And for the fourth straight game, their opponent chipped away at it and gained momentum.

This time, Carolina finished the job.

With the Hurricanes clinging to a one-goal lead, Andrei Svechnikov stole the puck from Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin and scored to extinguish the threat, and Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win Saturday at Lenovo Center.

“That’s a big goal. … They were coming, and that just silenced it,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said.

After a Red Wings goal cut Carolina’s lead to 3-2, Svechnikov pressured Larkin just inside the Detroit blue line. The Red Wings captain lost an edge and turned the puck over to Svechnikov, who accelerated into the clear and snapped a shot past the blocker of Detroit goalie John Gibson (33 saves) to push the Hurricanes’ lead back to two goals.

“I actually scored one goal against Seattle, maybe a few years ago, and exactly the same thing happened,” Svechnikov said of a similar goal he scored against the Kraken in December 2022. “And I think it was in my head right away, like I know where I’m going to shoot, and that was a good thing.”

It was the second three-point game of the season for Svechnikov, who picked up primary assists on Eric Robinson’s second period goal and Jordan Martinook’s empty-netter — the 100th goal of the veteran’s career — to help the Hurricanes shake off three pre-Christmas meltdowns.

“We had some emotional games before the break, and they obviously didn’t go our way either,” said Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, who also had a goal and two assists. “So for us to respond against a really good team that’s playing really well right now, it’s big for our group.”

The Hurricanes blew multigoal leads in three straight games — two against Florida and one vs. Tampa Bay — to enter the three-day Christmas break on a low note.

The opening 20 minutes were surely similarly frustrating for the Hurricanes, who dominated the entire period only to be down 1-0.

Gibson, who entered the game a perfect 8-0-0 in December, made 16 first period stops and got some help from Carolina — specifically Mark Jankowski.

Shortly after Jankowski hit the crossbar and pushed another chance on an open net wide, defenseman Sean Walker’s defensive zone turnover ended up in the home team’s net.

Walker got himself in trouble trying to stickhandle away from a Detroit forechecker and fired a too-hot-to-handle pass to nearby partner Alexander Nikishin. The puck went off the boards and to Detroit’s J.T. Compher, who set up a streaking Michael Rasmussen in the slot. His shot beat Hurricanes goalie Brandon Bussi (18 saves) for his fifth goal of the year and a 1-0 Red Wings lead at 12:39 of the first.

But Carolina finally cracked Gibson in the second period by getting to the front of the net.

First, Blake got his 11th of the year by redirecting a Gostisbehere shot to tie the game at 3:22. Then 75 seconds later, Svechnikov made good on his muffed pass on a rush by still getting the puck across the crease, where Robinson knocked it in for his ninth goal of the year.

The Hurricanes scored their third of the middle frame when, off a faceoff win, Jalen Chatfield and Gostisbehere switched sides, and Gostisbehere’s wrist shot beat Gibson’s glove at 15:22 to extend Carolina’s lead to 3-1.

“He was lights out,” Brind’Amour said of Gostisbehere, who has 29 points in 28 games this season. “He should have had another one. He was all over it. And he played really well defensively.”

But adversity again awaited the Hurricanes.

With Chatfield in the penalty box for holding, Andrew Copp finished a backdoor pass from John Leonard at 3:11 of the third to cut the Carolina lead back to one.

Instead of collapsing as they had in the previous three games, the Hurricanes held on to the slim lead until Svechnikov’s steal and score.

“They get a quick one early in the period, and for us to hang on and play the right way and get rewarded for it is kind of nice,” Gostisbehere said.

Notes: Bussi improved to 12-1-1 on the season. … Nikishin played a team-high 24:59. … Gostisbehere was plus 4, the second time he’s been better than plus 3 in his career. His career best was plus 6 on March 5, 2022, when he played for the Coyotes. … The Hurricanes held a large edge in 5-on-5 scoring chances (43-12) and high-danger chances (24-6), according to NaturalStatTrick.com. … K’Andre Miller missed the game with a lower-body injury. Jaccob Slavin and Seth Jarvis remain week to week with injuries.