RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes have had difficulty putting teams away this season, but they found a way to do it against the Nashville Predators -- one of the NHLs top clubs. The Hurricanes didnt look like a team languishing near the bottom of the Eastern Conference as they held off the Predators 4-3 on Tuesday night. "Quietly, were putting some points together," Carolina coach Kirk Muller said. "Were in every game, and thats all I ask of them because they try and they compete. We got six out of eight points, and we knew this was an important stretch. The month has been good." Carolina rallied from deficits twice in the second period before taking control. Bryan Allen scored early in the third period to give the Hurricanes a two-goal advantage. Allen, a defenceman who was the subject of trade rumours before the NHL deadline passed on Monday, scored on a breakaway after he came out of the penalty box. It was his first goal of the season, and it came after he served the only penalty called against the Hurricanes. "I really couldnt tune it out, especially when your name is sort of involved," Allen said of the rumours. "It was nice to get a goal. It turned out to be the game-winner. But the penalty kill that came before it was huge." Nashvilles Gabriel Bourque scored less than a minute later -- at 2:16 of the third period -- to cut Carolinas lead to 4-3, but the Predators couldnt tie it. "We almost pulled it out," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "We were urgent in the third period and played more of our game. Weve played five games in eight nights and we were really tired. Thats no excuse, but sometimes you get tired mentally and you dont have the juice. In the end, it ended up being the special teams that made the difference." The Predators, who had won four of five, lost in regulation for only the sixth time since Dec. 28. Nashville is off until Saturday and will have time to integrate a bunch of new players acquired at the deadline into the lineup. Defenceman Hal Gill played in his sixth game for Nashville, and left wing Andrei Kostitsyn made his Predators debut after being acquired from Montreal on Monday. Fellow forward Paul Gaustad, who came over from Buffalo, was held out of the lineup because of an upper body injury. Eric Staal and Tim Brent scored power-plays goals in the second after Jamie McBain opened Carolinas scoring earlier in the period. Craig Smith scored the games first goal for Nashville at 2:42 of the first. Colin Wilsons unassisted goal at 12:31 of the second gave the Predators a 2-1 lead. Carolina outshot the Predators 33-29, keeping Nashville goalie Anders Lindback busy. Hurricanes counterpart Cam Ward returned to the lineup after missing three games because of injury. Ward made 26 saves to earn his first win against the Predators. "I was anxious to get back in there," Ward said. "The boys played a heck of a game against a very, very good hockey team. The first couple of periods I didnt have a whole lot to do, but the third period they came at us pretty good. I was fortunate enough to make the saves late in the game." The Hurricanes broke a six-game losing streak to Nashville, including a 5-2 road defeat on Jan. 7 in which they gave up four power-play goals. Carolina went 2 for 5 on the power play in this matchup, ending an eight-game stretch in which the Predators didnt allow a man-advantage goal. NOTES: Staal had a goal and two assists to extend his point streak to nine games. ... Carolina broke a string of back-to-back shootout losses. ... Eight of Smiths 12 goals have been scored on the road. ... Bourque has points in three straight games, one goal and three assists. wholesale jerseys . 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