Hurricanes stifle Rangers, grab 3-2 series lead
Vincent Trocheck buried a short-handed goal, Teuvo Teravainen scored on the power-play in Carolina's 3-1 win Thursday.
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Vincent Trocheck buried a short-handed goal, Teuvo Teravainen scored on the power-play in Carolina's 3-1 win Thursday.
Andrew Copp had a goal and two assists in New York's 4-1 win on Tuesday
Center has goal and assist and goalie makes 43 saves in Blueshirts' 3-1 win on Sunday.
The Rangers have managed one goal in the first two games.
Filip Chytil scored the first-period goal for the Rangers, while Igor Shesterkin finished with 24 saves.
New York will play Carolina next. The Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on Saturday night.
The Rangers will host Game 7 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden with some serious momentum.
Game 6 is Friday in Pittsburgh, and a potential deciding Game 7 would be Sunday back at Madison Square Garden.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists in Pittsburgh's 7-2 win as New York's defense took another night off.
The Penguins grabbed control of the series heading into Monday night's Game 4.
Artemi Panarin and Frank Vatrano each had a goal and two assists in the Blueshirts' 5-2 victory on Thursday.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday night in New York before shifting to Pittsburgh for two games.
The Rangers are in the postseason for the first time since 2017.
Ryan Reaves, Frank Vatrano and Ryan Strome scored for New York in the 4-3 loss, and Barclay Goodrow had two assists.
Vincent Trochek had a goal and an assist, rookie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 31 shots in Carolina's 4-3 victory.
