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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have the home-ice advantage with the flawless record when playing in front of their rowdy home crowd.

The Carolina Hurricanes obviously would've rather avoided another Game 7, but at least they'll be back in their comfort zone.

It's not a surprise for us, but fortunately for us he makes those saves at key times, and that gave us a 2-0 lead and a lot of confidence after the first period." We have to play our game and just don't focus on any other things, just focus on the game and I think we can win." "Makes me a little nervous, but he gets into the game and he focuses, and he makes those key saves for us. "We have to find a way to win the game and just play how we play at home," Rangers center Filip Chytil said. We have another shot here." He may have delivered his best stretch of the playoffs in the first period of Game 6, making several difficult saves while New York was building a 2-0 lead.

587) advantage in the 189 all-time Game 7s in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (4-1 in 2022). The key? While Rangers forward Artemi Panarin said if there was one ...

We have to find a way to win the game and just play how we play at home. In the first series, we found a way to win in Pittsburgh. So, it’s a Game 7 now. Both of those wins occurred on home ice, which is something that, notably, the Hurricanes will enjoy on Monday night.

The home team has won each game in a second-round series that returns to Raleigh, N.C., on Monday with a berth in the Eastern Conference finals against the ...

To get there, the Rangers must first discover that elusive key to winning in Carolina. If it is the Rangers, then they will have home-ice advantage in the series. You’re just trying to change the momentum, and also, we have another game, so trying to get him ready for that one.” In the first series, we found a way to win in Pittsburgh. I know they have the fans and the building they are used to. Shesterkin has been bedrock for the Rangers, and a primary reason the team feels confident it can finally end Carolina’s home domination, in their very last chance to do so. It can save the goalie from exhaustion and from the confidence-draining experience of conceding more goals on an off night. They also possess some momentum going into Game 7, while the Hurricanes counter with that familiar, home-ice infallibility. Raanta has played beyond expectations since stepping in for Frederik Andersen, the Hurricanes’ lead goalie, who has been sidelined since April with an undisclosed lower-body injury. “We have to play how we play at home,” Chytil said. Then they won Game 6 in Boston, only to go to Raleigh, where they lost Game 7. Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin provided another standout performance with 37 saves and two assists, on goals by Mika Zibanejad and Filip Chytil, as the Rangers extended their season at least one more game. Carolina became the first N.H.L. team to lose six road playoff games.

They've added to that in the Stanley Cup playoffs in a big way. Of their 7 wins in this postseason, 3 of them were comeback wins in Games 5, 6, and 7 against ...

Just focus on the game and I think we can win the game.” The team is going to have to be solid defensively and let Shesterkin win them Game 7. “We have to play a very disciplined game,” Panarin explained. I ask them to play the same way every night.” “The three games in Carolina were different type of games than the three games in New York. Why? I don’t know,” Gallant tried to explain. They’ve added to that in the Stanley Cup playoffs in a big way.

The Western Conference Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers begins Tuesday, and the Eastern Conference Final between the Tampa Bay ...

Yet to be nicknamed "Mr. Game 7," Williams had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes. Carolina defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final to win its first championship. Rod Brind'Amour's power-play goal with 8:38 remaining in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and proved to be the game-winner for Carolina, which advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in four seasons. Chicago jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals from Andrew Shaw and Marian Hossa in the opening 6:19, but Anaheim responded with goals from Andrew Cogliano at 9:14 of the first period and Corey Perry with 2:30 remaining in the second to tie it. Rookie Adam Henrique gave Brodeur and the Devils their revenge 18 years to the day after their Game 6 loss to the Rangers on May 25, 1994, by scoring 1:03 into overtime to send New Jersey onto the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2003. Nathan Horton scored with 7:33 remaining in the third period and Tim Thomas prevailed in a goaltending duel with Dwayne Roloson to propel the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1990. The Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Final to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1940. Messier backhanded the puck past Brodeur to tie it 2:48 into the third period and gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead by scoring on a rebound with 7:48 remaining before clinching the win with a shorthanded empty-net goal with 1:45 left. The Kings led 3-1 in the best-of-7 series after a 5-2 victory in Game 4, but the Blackhawks pushed the series to the limit with a 5-4 double-overtime win in Game 5 and a 4-3 victory in Game 6. Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his eighth playoff hat trick to carry the Kings into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time and deny the Maple Leafs their first trip to the Final since their last championship in 1967. Roloson made 37 saves for the Lightning in what turned out to be the final playoff game of his 14-season NHL career. With New York trailing 3-2 in the best-of-7 series following a 4-1 loss in Game 5, in which coach Mike Keenan benched Leetch, Messier told reporters the day before Game 6 at New Jersey, "We know we are going to go in there and win Game 6 and bring it back to the Garden." The Rangers promptly fell behind 2-0 in the first period with Scott Niedermayer and Claude Lemieux scoring goals for the Devils. Richter, who finished with 28 saves, held the fort until Alexei Kovalev began the Rangers' comeback by scoring with 1:41 remaining in the second period. Stephane Matteau, Matteau, Matteau scored 4:24 into the second overtime and the Rangers survived an epic series with the rival Devils that featured three double-overtime games to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1979.