Jenner gave Washington a 1-0 lead at 9:26 of the first period. Sean Walker blocked Leonard’s shot, but the Capitals forward got his own rebound and passed to Jenner, who beat Kochetkov with a short-side wrist shot.
The Hurricanes tied it 1-1 at 3:58 of the second period. Thompson fended off two shots by William Carrier, but Svechnikov poked the puck in the net from under Thompson’s left pad. All six of the 26-year-old forward’s goals this season have come in the past five games.
“He’s been great. This is kind of the player we all know he is capable of (being),” Brind’Amour said. “We’re seeing it for a long stretch here to start the year. We’ve needed it.”
Holl put the Capitals ahead 2-1 at 6:39 when he scored through a screen from the top of the right face-off circle. It was the veteran defenseman’s Washington debut after he was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Monday.
Carolina tied it 2-2 at 18:49 when Robinson’s shot deflected off the stick of Washington defenseman Martin Fehervary and into the net. Jackson Blake started the play with a pass through the neutral zone for his team-best seventh assist.
“It feels like these last couple games for sure the boys have been clicking,” Blake said. “It feels like how we were playing in the (Stanley Cup) playoffs a little bit.”
The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 27-12 in the second and third period.
“They started tilting the ice on us in the latter half of the second period, and it kind of continued in the third period,” Washington defenseman Jakob Chychrun said. “We just couldn’t find our way back. But I thought we fought hard.”
NOTES: Jenner has a goal in each of the past three games. … Hurricanes forward Taylor Hall left the game in the second period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Brind’Amour said it “doesn’t look good.” The Hurricanes played a second straight game without captain Jordan Staal, who will miss 1-2 months with a torn calf muscle. … Aho has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in a seven-game point streak. … Leonard has five points (one goal, four assists) in a four-game point streak.