The best teams don’t blow 3-0 first-period leads like the Devils against the Hurricanes, who needed double-overtime to end the Devils’ season in Game 5 of the first-round series on Tuesday night at Lenovo Center.

Ninety-nine seconds later, Andrei Svechnikov — who had five shots on goal in the Hurricanes’ drab first period and a career-high nine in the game — took a shot from above the circles and scored for his fifth goal of the series at 5:40 of the second.

Carolina is the first team to advance to the second round, and next faces the winner of the Montreal-Washington series.