Carolina Hurricanes

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.

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.

Cole's rebound winner clipped the stick of Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren, with the puck changing direction before slipping past Shesterkin. “I was looking to ...

As defenseman Tony DeAngelo tried to send the puck back to teammate Jaccob Slavin for a reset, Rangers forward Alexis Lafrenière stole the pass to lead a 3-on-2 rush. The Hurricanes never trailed in that series nor in their four home wins. And that allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to escape their first home loss of the playoffs despite being completely outplayed most of the night. ... I thought it was our best game of the year, I really did." Yet it overshadowed the fact that the Metropolitan Division winners were fortunate to win after the Rangers controlled the first 40 minutes. “Kudos to our guys, they got it going in, it certainly was a good third period,” Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said.

This game hub is restricted to residents of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

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.

Ian Cole's second career playoff goal capped a late comeback by Carolina after they trailed most of the night.

They even twice got pucks past Shesterkin only to ping the crossbar, first on a breakaway by Nino Niederreiter and later from Aho. But Aho responded less than 30 seconds later to finally find the net, taking a feed from rookie Seth Jarvis and then going to his backhand side. As defenseman Tony DeAngelo tried to send the puck back to teammate Jaccob Slavin for a reset, Rangers forward Alexis Lafrenière stole the pass to lead a 3-on-2 rush. They nearly handed it over to the Rangers on the series' opening night, but now will look for a sixth straight home win this postseason when they host Game 2 on Friday night. Sebastian Aho finally pushed one past Shesterkin in the final minutes of the third period to send the game into OT. The Hurricanes never trailed in their series nor in their four home wins.

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.