Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes once again go for their first road win of the playoffs at the New York Rangers in Game 4 of their second-round NHL playoff series ...

Lorentz gets 2-5-10, Trouba just the 5 for fighting, and the Canes will be shorthanded. Devin Berg and Brad Kovachik are the linesmen. Best bet for the Canes to do at this point is reset after that first period and try to play their own game. Hurricanes on the board: Canes on the board. The rough stuff has surfaced: Jacob Trouba clobbers Max Domi, elbow to head, and Steven Lorentz responds by getting Trouba into a fight. In his best Mark Messier impression, fitting given the venue, Ian Cole insisted Tuesday morning that “We’re going to win this series,” before later qualifying that: “There are no guarantees.” Canes limp into the break: Rangers still getting the better of play here as the first period comes to an end. Great pass from Andrew Copp to set him up in the right circle. Also, Necas clangs the post on a shot Shesterkin never saw. Huge save to keep it 3-1, still a tough slog for Carolina but way more reasonable with the way its playing than 4-1. If the Clemson-North Carolina game at ACC baseball tournament game runs long on Bally Sports — and what are the odds of that? Necas DID have one golden chance on a one-timer, and misfired.

The Carolina Hurricanes put their 2-1 series lead on the line Tuesday as they take on the New York Rangers for Game 4 at Madison Square Garden.

Safe to say #75 in blue will be a player to keep an eye on tonight. Monday at practice Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo Teravainen swapped power play units for the Canes. Will that be the spark needed for Carolina to strike gold on special teams? While sometimes goalies have their day and there's just no way to beat them, Carolina will go into tonight's contest knowing that Shesterkin may be a Hart & Vezina Trophy candidate, but he is beatable. Some of this was a result of New York's Gerard Gallant getting his top line away from Jordan Staal's group, some of it was because of the seven power play chances between the two sides. The Importance Of Special Teams: Speaking of the man advantage, it's role in New York's first victory of the series was evident early on Sunday, as they scored on their first power play attempt midway through the first period. Carolina, who had 48 shots combined in Games 1 & 2, had 44 alone in the matinee at Madison Square Garden. New York also produced their most shots and chances in the effort, as the game veered a bit away from the shutdown defensive style that the games had on lock through the first two contests.

Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the ...

They are at 11% in the playoffs. Aho got his 26th career postseason assist, breaking a tie with Ron Francis for the most in franchise history. It was his third of the playoffs. Carolina's Steven Lorentz skated into Trouba and the two dropped gloves with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first. It was his fifth of the playoffs. Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the postseason.

After a testy ending to Game 3, New York coach Gerard Gallant said his team plays better when it's angry, and enforcer Ryan Reaves agrees.

"I don't want to say anything stupid here," he said, drawing a laugh. "I like to see our guys get a little pissed off once in a while," he said. "You don't want to be taking stupid penalties in a series that's this tight. I think we do well with that." "I'm sure [our] guys aren't going to shy away from finishing checks on those guys. "I think our team thrives on that. "I just think it's going to [happen] in the playoffs, when you play the same team over and over again," Reaves said. "He really said that?" "I wish I would have seen that. I wish I would have grabbed him first." Our guys know we have him there." We've got the guy that can handle all their guys if we want to."

The Hurricanes have been like two different playoff teams, depending on the location of the game. In Raleigh, they're 6-0 with a plus-15 goal differential, as ...

"I don't think it's on our mind that we haven't won in the postseason on the road. I think it's more the fact that we squandered some opportunities in the Boston series. You get one of those, you get confidence and all of a sudden you get all kinds of goals." Maybe as a forward group, we can do a little better to be in his eyes and get to loose pucks out there," Aho said. "To me, the start is what did it to us," Brind'Amour said. "We know we have a fifth game ahead of us at home.

(1M) Hurricanes at (2M) Rangers. 7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNO, SNE, SNP, TVAS. Hurricanes lead best-of-7 series 2-1. The New York Rangers have an opportunity to ...

The Rangers scored a power-play goal and the Hurricanes were 0-for-3 with the man-advantage in Game 3. "Every team wants to start with the puck, but it's always what happens after, winning it and losing it, that's important." Andersen took part in practice Monday for the first time since the goalie was injured April 16. Carolina has won 58.1 percent of face-offs during the series. That happened in Game 3, but goalie Igor Shesterkin was there to be the difference maker. The Hurricanes are 6-3 all time when leading a best-of-7 series 2-1, including 5-2 when starting at home. He also took part in the morning skate Tuesday, sharing a net with Kochetkov, the expected backup. So that's part of putting a bigger guy there. I mean, he's world-class and that's part of it. "Obviously special teams have not been a huge positive for us thus far," Hurricanes defenseman Ian Cole said. I like the way we battle back. Carolina is 68.4 percent (13-for-19) on the penalty kill and 5.3 percent (1-for-19) with a shorthanded goal against on the power play on the road in the playoffs.

Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the ...

They are at 11% in the playoffs. Aho got his 26th career postseason assist, breaking a tie with Ron Francis for the most in franchise history. It was his third of the playoffs. Carolina's Steven Lorentz skated into Trouba and the two dropped gloves with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first. It was his fifth of the playoffs. Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the postseason.

The Hurricanes have been like two different playoff teams, depending on the location of the game. In Raleigh, they're 6-0 with a plus-15 goal differential, as ...

"I don't think it's on our mind that we haven't won in the postseason on the road. I think it's more the fact that we squandered some opportunities in the Boston series. You get one of those, you get confidence and all of a sudden you get all kinds of goals." Maybe as a forward group, we can do a little better to be in his eyes and get to loose pucks out there," Aho said. "To me, the start is what did it to us," Brind'Amour said. "We know we have a fifth game ahead of us at home.

New York Rangers forward Andrew Copp was a hero in Game 4 against the Hurricanes and said of a key first period penalty: "At the end of the day, ...

It was only 5-for-43 in the playoffs prior to Game 4 where the issues persisted. Carolina was relatively sloppy while a man down and a turnover in their own end led to a missed opportunity to clear the zone. Copp and Vatrano, both acquired in March trades, were named first and third stars of the game, respectively. Instead of merely taking Trouba’s number, Lorentz immediately came to the defence of his teammate and dropped the mitts with Trouba in a rare playoff scrap. He did mention he thought Trouba should've been given a cross-checking minor for getting his stick up on Lorentz prior to the brief punch-up. Whistles were few and far in between during a frenetic first half of the opening period as both teams traded chances.

For a third consecutive game the Carolina Hurricanes could only get one goal by Igor Shesterkin, falling 4-1.

We have to get to those tough areas if we're going to put the puck in the back of the net." The Canes fly back to Raleigh immediately post-game. We have to get grittier and get harder around the net. You have to keep getting the chances. "No. To be honest, I don't really pay attention to who is in net and think of how I can create more chances against them. Teravainen put home the feed, giving Aho his fifth assist and ninth point of the postseason.

The Carolina Hurricanes lost yet another game on the road as they lost 4-1 in Game 5 to the New York Rangers Tuesday night at MSG.

But we have to be grittier and harder around the net and get to those tough areas if we are going to find a way to beat them. I thought we started to do that in the second and third, but giving teams like that, with a goalie like that, a couple of goals to start is never a good recipe for success. There was a few looks tonight, but with good goalies, just more traffic and more shots and more second chances around the net. We obviously wanted to come here and wins some games. We want to win that hockey game and move on. But I think especially in the third period, on the second power play, we had some looks. No. To be honest, I really don’t pay attention when I’m preparing for the game on who’s in the net. I usually start one because they have a better faceoff guy on one than the other. You have to keep getting the chances. We gave up a power play goal on the second one, but the first one was zipping it around too and had it in our zone the whole time. I know our guy comes in after the hit and I think they’re trying to do their job on that. Have to be better for sure.