The New York Rangers held on for a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday at Madison Sq. Backyard to take a 1-0 lead within the Jap Convention second-round playoff collection.
Sport 2 is Tuesday evening in New York.
It’s the Rangers fifth consecutive win to start out the playoffs. They swept the Washington Capitals within the first spherical. It’s the third time in franchise historical past New York has received its first 5 playoff video games.
Mika Zibanejad had two objectives and an help, Vincent Trocheck tallied a purpose and an help and Artemi Panarin additionally scored. Chris Kreider added two assists and Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers.
Defenseman Jacob Slavin, Martin Necas and Seth Jarvis obtained the objectives for Carolina, whereas Sebastian Aho added two assists. Frederik Andersen stopped 20 pictures.
Necas pulled the Hurricanes to inside 3-2, 2:48 into the third interval.
However Panarin restored New York’s two-goal lead 8:21 into the interval.
Jarvis once more trimmed it to a a one-goal deficit for the ultimate margin with goalie Andersen pulled for the additional attacker with 1:47 left.
The Rangers led 3-1 after the primary interval,
After Zibanejad and Slavin traded objectives within the first 4 minutes, Zibanejad (9:55 left within the first interval) and Vincent Trocheck (3:32 remaining within the opening interval) scored power-play objectives for New York.
Slavin is a finalist for the Woman Byng Trophy, which matches to the league’s most gentlemanly participant. It’s uncommon for a defenseman to win, and even be nominated, for the Woman Byng.
Slavin had solely eight penalty minutes through the common season.
