Blackhawks’ centerOliver Moore is stopped by Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen during Chicago’s 4-3 shootout win Thursday in Raleigh. (Karl DeBlaker / AP Photo)

RALEIGH — Alexander Nikishin’s first career fight ended with fellow rookie Oliver Moore on his back, bleeding from his face on his 21st birthday.

Moore’s night ended much better after he scored in the sixth round of the shootout to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Hurricanes on Thursday at Lenovo Center.

“It’s a good way to ring it in,” Moore said. “Got beat up. Won a hockey game. That’s all that matters.”

Carolina did some fighting back of its own, rallying from three one-goal deficits to extend the team’s point streak to four games.

“You get down, you just kept playing,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said.

Jackson Blake’s 16th goal of the season just 42 seconds after the Blackhawks took the lead with 6:22 left in regulation set up an overtime that included big stops by Frederik Andersen (19 saves) and Spencer Knight (28 saves). That included Moore being denied redemption from his earlier pummeling on a breakaway.

The shootout offered another chance, and in the sixth round — after Andrei Svechnikov and Connor Bedard had scored as their respective teams’s second shooters — Moore finished off an eventful milestone birthday.

Moore went wide outside the left circle and moved in on Andersen before snapping a shot that grazed the Carolina goalie’s blocker and elevated into the top of the net for the winner.

While the Hurricanes could take solace in earning a point after responding to three deficits, Carolina’s power play sputtered to a 0-for-5 night against the NHL’s second-best penalty kill..

“It’s a good penalty kill, for one,” Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal said of the team’s struggles against the Blackhawks. “I think they’re one of the top in the league. And we weren’t very sharp. We were trying to make plays that probably we weren’t supposed to be doing. … That definitely hurt us tonight.”

It particularly hurt Carolina on its first chance.

Hurricanes defenseman K’Andre Miller telegraphed a pass to the right point that was stolen by Ilya Mikheyev, and the Blackhawks winger led an odd-man rush down the left wing.

His initial shot was stopped by Andersen, but Mikheyev got to his own rebound in the crease and tapped in the puck for a shorthanded goal and a 1-0 Chicago lead at 11:12 of the opening period.

“It was a tough night for those guys,” Brind’Amour said of the power play. “We did have some good looks, just we didn’t bury them. And then, you can’t give up a shorty. Tight game, so that’s probably, when you look back, that’s the difference.”

The Hurricanes tied the game on rookie defenseman Joel Nystrom’s first career goal.

Carolina wingers William Carrier and Jesperi Kotkaniemi forced a turnover in the Chicago zone, and Kotkaniemi went past the back of the net and backhanded a pass to Nystrom in the left circle. The 23-year-old Swede — playing his 36th career game — snapped a shot through a screen and past Knight to tie the score at 12:50.

“I’m happy to get my first goal,” said Nystrom, who came into the game with the fifth-most shots in the league without scoring a goal. “I’ve been waiting for it. It was a great pass from (Kotkaniemi), and I had a lot of space there, so I just tried to shoot it and happy to see it went in.”

Moore helped put the Blackhawks back in front early in the second period, wheeling up the left wing and passing to Ryan Donato. Donato quickly dished to Nick Lardis alone in front, and he scored his fifth goal of the year at 4:35 of the middle frame.

The Hurricanes responded again. After another poor Carolina power play, Staal created a 2-on-1 by pushing the puck past the Chicago defense. He eyed a pass to Jalen Chatfield but then shot, beating Knight for his 11th goal and tying the game 2-2 just before the midway point of regulation.

“I would have felt bad with the amount of looking off I did there if it didn’t go in. … I saw their D going down, and I got a really nice bounce and just kind of popped it by him,” Staal said. “Just one of those where I had two or three good bounces and I was due for one, so it was nice to see one go in.”

The Blackhawks took the lead for the third time when defenseman Connor Murphy was left unchecked to the left of the Carolina net, and he deked around Andersen for his second goal of the year and a 3-2 lead with 6:22 left in regulation.

But the Hurricanes had one more counterpunch left in them, and Logan Stankoven circled the net and attempted a wraparound that resulted in Blake knocking the puck in for a 3-3 tie.

“A good play by (Stankoven) there to get us right back in the game, get us a point,” Brind’Amour said.

But the second point belonged to Moore, who lost the battle with Nikishin but helped the Blackhawks win the war.

Notes: Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and forwards Noah Philp and Eric Robinson did not play due to injuries. … Svechnikov joined Blake and Seth Jarvis with two shootout goals this season. No other Carolina players have scored in the shootout. … Sebastian Aho played 23:36, the fourth most by a Carolina forward this season. Aho holds the top five. … Jaccob Slavin was plus 2 and is plus 5 in his last four games. … Carolina won 39 of 60 faceoffs, and all four centers finished better than 60%. … Sean Walker matched a season high with six hits.