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Tonight is game five of a closely contested Eastern Conference semifinal series between the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes.

Out of the two conditions for the pick to elevate to the opening round of the draft, one has already been met. During that draft, the Jets selected Patrik Laine second overall and Logan Stanley eighteenth overall. If these conditions were not met, then the Jets would just obtain the Rangers’ second-round pick.

Veteran defenseman Jacob Trouba has steadily become the physical presence on the back end that the Rangers always expected him to be.

The Rangers are tough, in every sense of the word, and it’s become a part of their identity. Reaves and 20-year-old Alexis Lafreniere led the Rangers in hits in Game 4 with five each. While he’s the name that most opponents look for, sometimes it seems like teams forget about Trouba, who had the third-most hits in the league this postseason entering Thursday night’s game at PNC Arena. “The hit was good,” fellow defenseman Justin Braun said of Trouba’s hit on Domi. “His response after that, you know, gets the guys going. There was the payback hit on Max Domi in Game 4 for the Hurricanes fourth-liner’s late cross-check on Ryan Lindgren after Game 3. Jacob Trouba has been at the forefront of it all.

If the New York Rangers are going to prevail in this second-round series, they'll need to find a way to snap the Hurricanes' home winning streak.

... If you win special teams battles over the course of a series and in every game, I think you have a pretty good chance to win." Historically, the team that wins Game 5 in a 2-2 scenario advances 78.8% of the time, according to Hockey Reference. They're playing fast, but I think if we can try to do a good job to disturb their forecheck and not feed into their transition, I think we give ourselves a pretty good chance. "Make it hard for them to gain entries, I think, is step one," Motte said of the PK. "Being good when we can pressure on opportunities is big, as well, and then just maintaining structure and working as four-man unit. "Their forecheck is huge for them, and I feel like the same thing goes for us. When they get the chance to do it, they'll do it. So, we've got to be ready to go right from the drop of the puck. strength, sending their top line out against the No. 1 unit of their opponent, the Hurricanes operate differently. While the Canes been excellent on home ice, they’ve yet to win on the road. Whether that momentum will travel south or be thwarted by the rowdy Caniacs is a point of curiosity heading into Game 5. "You want to match their intensity at the start," defenseman Justin Braun said. Or making a hostile crowd fall silent on the road?

At this point, the Rangers are used to reviews against them and Thursday's Game 5 3-1 loss to the Hurricanes was no different.

In replacing Steven Lorentz, Martinook lined up on the right wing of the Hurricanes’ fourth line and recorded two hits in 7:54 of ice time. It definitely sucks, but that’s the way it goes. While they’ve been able to get through it mentally in the past, this one was particularly deflating. Unfortunate, but that’s the way the game is, a rule is a rule. “Unfortunate, but we’ve been in this position before and I like our chances on home ice. Unfortunately, they got the power-play goal after that, but that’s how close these games are, right?

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The Rangers already became the first team since that season to recover from multi-game deficits in consecutive playoff series. Shesterkin fought through a crowd in front to smother a pusk on a short side chance by the Staal line. Svechnikov sits for two minutes and the Rangers get their first power play of the game. The Canes outshot the Rangers 11-5 in the frame, and at even strength Carolina was the better team. Given Lafreniere was sliding and not in control, no penalty on the play. Rangers strike back: Ian Cole’s penalty costs the Canes a goal. Hurricanes will get a shot on the PP for the first time tonight. He was in discomfort heading to the bench for the media timeout, flexing his leg as he skated. The teams traded goals on Rangers power plays and emerge from the first period even at 1-1. UPDATE: Jarvis back on the bench after being tended to in the room. Canes carry play in the second: The period was played almost entirely at 5-on-5, and the Canes were decidedly better all around. Power play looks good, but no scoring: Igor Shesterkin made a couple of solid saves on the Canes’ PP, which still looked a lot better this time than in past games, despite no goal.

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The Rangers’ marquee forwards went quiet during five-on-five play — and it was far from the first time in these playoffs. PNC Arena then took a page from Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena’s book and echoed “IIIGGOORRR” around the building. Shortly after the overturned tally, Frank Vatrano was called for hooking to send the Hurricanes on their first power play of the night. “I thought we were reaching with sticks all night instead of finishing checks with the body like we did the other nights. The Rangers lost all of their jump after a goal by Strome was overturned due to an offside challenge early in the second period. It was just single game, we got to get back at it and win one game.”

The Carolina Hurricanes have now won seven home playoff games in a row, with the New York Rangers running out of chances to snap that streak.

Our backs against the wall again and we play pretty well in those situations." That forced New York to make desperate hope passes and spend much of the game pinned in its own zone, resulting in a 34-17 shots on goal advantage for Carolina. Personally, I’ve got to do a better job on the wall." "I'm not disappointed in my top guys," Gallant said. "There are certainly a handful of plays where I know that I could have gotten (pucks) out on the wall – made a decision to try to chip it by the pinching defenseman, as opposed to chipping it to his left or in the middle," Kreider said. It was another quiet night for Panarin and Kreider, in particular, who have both struggled in this series. They converted their second power-play opportunity to tie the score at 1-1, thanks in no small part to Mika Zibanejad. Momentum seemed to be in their favor when Strome scored less than five minutes into the second period. I'm really confident in our group and the belief is super high." "We're down 3-1 last series, we're down 2-0 in this series, and all that matters is that next game. "They did a pretty good job of pinning us in our D zone," Chris Kreider said. "I didn't think we played our game at all," he said.