Canes eliminate Rangers from playoff contention with win
The Carolina Hurricanes got back to their home game and started out on fire as they defeated the New York Rangers, 7-3 at the Lenovo Center Saturday afternoon.
The Canes jumped out to a 4-0 lead and while things probably got a bit too close in the third, held on for the win.
The loss eliminated the Rangers from the playoffs this postseason.
It was also the first time the Hurricanes were able to sweep a season series from the Rangers since the 80’s, when they were known as the Whalers.
Jalen Chatfield got things started with a blast from the point about midway through the first period.
Later in the period, Seth Jarvis made it 2-0, off a pass by, you guessed it, Sebastian Aho.
Two minutes into the second period, Jackson Blake scored his 17th of the season.
About 10 minutes later, Mark Jankowski took a nice pass from William Carrier and roofed it to make it 4-0.
The Rangers would get on the board with just 17 seconds left in the second, then would start percolating in the third.
Early in the last period, Jordan Staal scored unassisted on a beautiful play to make it 5-1, but the Rangers scored two straight and got another puck past Kochetkov that was stopped by Chatfield to keep it at 5-3.
The Canes then scored twice into an empty net to wrap things up, one by Martinook and one by Stankoven.
The Canes have now won their 31st home game this season which tied the franchise record. Will they break the record on Sunday against Toronto?
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/GS021266.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20242025/ES021266.HTM
Team’s Recap – https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/recap-canes-match-franchise-record-with-win-over-rangers