Carolina Hurricanes

The News & Observer's Chip Alexander, Luke DeCock and Justin Pelletier are PNC Arena and will have live observations from the scene, along with photographer ...

AND that lasts all of 27 seconds, when the Rangers’ Strome trips up a pair of Canes in the offensive zone. Fourth lines start: The Rangers choose to start their fourth line of Tyler Motte, Kevin Rooney and Ryan Reaves, with Jacob Trouba and K’Andre Miller on defense. Filip Chytil one-timed a pass from Alexis Lafreniere after Lafreniere intercepted a poor backward pass to the defense and finished the 3-on-1. Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson was up during the first intermission and PGA Tour pro Chesson Hadley in the second. That was the Canes’ sixth shot on goal of the first period, some 14:23 into the game. Speed difference notable: The biggest takeaway from the first period is that the Rangers are a far faster team than the Bruins were, and some plays where the Canes may have had time and space against Boston, they don’t here. Tough to find space: Neither team here has much room to move in the offensive zone, which has made the game drag a bit. Rangers still getting shots, and Raanta in the zone there, but the Canes can’t seem to generate anything against Igor Shesterkin, which is a problem given he’s, you know... The Rangers’ active defense is frustrating the Canes, who appear to be jumpy and out of sorts facing the constant pressure — much like teams often feel playing against Carolina. Not going to beat the best goalie in the NHL that way. Canes have been the better team in the third to this point. Big Clanger: Nino Niederreiter gets a clear breakaway and rings it off the crossbar, beating Shesterkin, but not the iron.

Sebastian Aho scored the game-tying goal with just 2:23 to go in regulation, then the veteran defender won it just 3:14 into the extra frame.

We turned it on in the third and then it continued on into overtime. You never know what's going to happen in OT, but it just felt like the game was going to open up a bit more. "When it started, you had the feeling that it wasn't going to take long. Hockey is a game of weird bounces and it happened to go in. So I decided to throw it on net and see what happens. The commonplace attempts of tips, redirections and rebounds was sniffed out, so the crew will have to get creative with their offense ahead of Friday's Game Two. We shot it and it bounced right to me and I was looking to pass to someone but no one was anywhere dangerous. All it took was just one elongated sequence of hemming New York in their own end and just 3:17 in Ian Cole floated a relatively harmless shot toward Shesterkin's crease. Surging all period long, Carolina started to get their chances over the course of the final 20. We were lacking a little of that for two periods. Amassing just 14 shots through two periods, the Canes head coach mixed personnel on three of his four lines, resulting in an instantaneous spark for the home side. We played with a little more desperation, which we needed.

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The Rangers only have one player from their starting lineup on the shelf to begin this series. However, the flip side of that is that there are always injuries to heal up in the playoffs, and having three days off gives those nagging knocks a chance to resolve themselves. It’s the way of the world when these two teams play (or when the Penguins or Bruins are in town). No sense lamenting it.

With the opening round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs in the rear view mirror, only eight teams are left standing in the chase for the greatest trophy in ...

While the current Blueshirts shed some of their inexperience by defeating Pittsburgh to advance this far, Carolina is still a far more talented, battle-tested group. The Rangers are one of those teams, and they’ll look to take the next step in their journey towards a champsionship tonight in Raleigh. The Blueshirts will clash with Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, and the rest of the Metropolitan Division winning Carolina Hurricanes in this second round matchup to determine who will represent the division in the Eastern Conference Finals. In addition to star players up front, Carolina boasts six former Rangers on their roster, five of whom were a part of the team during their most recent playoff run in 2017.

For the second straight series, the Rangers lost a Game 1 heart-breaker in overtime.

I think [for] two-and-a-half periods we play [how] we want to play and we dictated the tempo of the game. Hurricanes backup goalie Antti Raanta, who is filling in for their injured No. 1 netminder Frederick Andersen, was the only thing standing between the Rangers and a multi-goal lead. Shesterkin was sturdy and unfazed by the opposing crowd in the fourth road playoff game of his career. “They put a big push on in the third period for the first 10 minutes and we weathered that storm. The Rangers outshot Carolina in each of the first and second periods. They were commanding every inch of the ice, actively taking away what made their opponents so effective and holding the lead.

Carolina just completed a 4-3 series win over the Boston Bruins. All seven games were won by the home team. The Hurricanes were 29-8-4 at home in the regular ...

But I thought it was their best game of the year, I really did.” But the Rangers outshot the Hurricanes, 28-26. Igor Shesterkin of the Rangers was the league’s best goalie this season. They were also favored in Wednesday’s game — with odds of around 1-2 — and favored in the series. Carolina is the top seed from the Metropolitan Division, but the Rangers finished just 6 points behind. Carolina just completed a 4-3 series win over the Boston Bruins. All seven games were won by the home team.

Carolina's Ian Cole scored the game-winner in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in the opening game of the second round ...