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2022 - 5 - 18

Hurricanes-Rangers updates: Carolina forces OT with Rangers on ... (Charlotte Observer)

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.

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Cole plays unlikely OT hero role, Hurricanes battle back to beat ... (Sportsnet.ca)

Ian Cole stunned the Rangers and sent the hometown Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 OT victory against the New York Rangers in Game 1 of their Eastern ...

After a sleepy start, the Hurricanes started to find their legs in the second period and finally generated a few scoring chances. Carolina was fortunate New York didn’t find the back of the net twice more in the first 20 minutes. The Hurricanes knew they probably stole this one, but credited their ability to find their attacking game before it was too late. Carolina owned the faceoff circle, with a 59 per cent advantage. “But it was still a one-shot game.” His best stops came in the first period, when the Rangers threatened to put up a big number. So much for the Rangers long-shot scheme of nursing a 1-0 lead to the finish line. Chytil had lots of room if he could have lifted the puck, but was busy one-timing the pass and couldn’t elevate. “We’ll take the win,” BrindAmour said. That left a little something on the table for Carolina’s best forward, Sebastian Aho. After receiving a nice feed from Seth Jarvis, the Finn broke in alone on Shesterkin, who made the original save but couldn’t stop Aho’s rebound. Through 40 minutes, they clearly held the advantage in play. Hockey is a game of weird bounces and it just happened to go in.

Cole's OT Goal Lifts Hurricanes Past Rangers for Game 1 Win (Sports Illustrated)

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.

Cole's OT winner propels Hurricanes past Rangers in series opener ... (CBC.ca)

Ian Cole beat Igor Shesterkin at 3:12 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the visiting New York Rangers 2-1 Wednesday night and take Game 1 of ...

As defenceman Tony DeAngelo tried to send the puck back to teammate Jaccob Slavin for a reset, Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere stole the pass to lead a 3-on-2 rush. ... I thought it was our best game of the year, I really did." 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 was looking to pass it to someone," Cole said. Yet it overshadowed the fact that the Metropolitan Division winners were fortunate to win after the Rangers controlled the first 40 minutes.

How the Hurricanes won Game 1 over the Rangers in overtime (The Athletic)

Boston? Gone. Pittsburgh? See ya. The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers, the two Metropolitan Division teams remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, ...

Colorado finally broke through with an overtime winner, but they dominated that game for more than 45 minutes. Anyways, we’re going to overtime. Well, you could almost feel that tying goal coming for Carolina in the third period. Antti Raanta turned aside 26 of 27 shots, and has saved 2.11 goals above expected according to NaturalStatTrick. Carolina generated 22 shot attempts in the third period at five-on-five, and conceded just nine. In all situations, Igor Shesterkin’s saved 1.67 goals above expected, and stopped 23 of 34 shots on goal. Sometimes the philosophy is simple: just get pucks on net and see what can happen. At five-on-five, the Hurricanes ended with about 49 percent of the shot share. They didn’t rely on Igor Shesterkin and a hot power play to hang around this one. I think most would argue Raanta deserves better than fifth place after he saved 2.12 goals above expected. Mika Zibanejad, as you’d expect, was looking on the bright side after the Rangers’ 2-1 overtime loss. May 19, 2022 at 3:32 AM UTC

Hurricanes tie it late, beat Rangers in OT in Game 1 (Toronto Sun)

Ian Cole scored 3:12 into overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 win against the New York Rangers in Game 1 of their second-round Stanley Cup…

He then missed an open net with 6:44 remaining. Shesterkin stopped the puck behind the net and sent it up the wall. Sebastian Aho scored the tying goal late in regulation for Carolina, and Antti Raanta made 27 saves.

Rangers vs. Hurricanes - Game Recap - May 18, 2022 - ESPN (ESPN)

Get a recap of the New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes hockey game.

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. ... I thought it was our best game of the year, I really did." And that allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to escape their first home loss of the playoffs despite being completely outplayed most of the night. 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.