What - Game 2 (0-1)
When - 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 7
Where - MSG; New York, NY
How to Watch - ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to bounce back from a Game 1 loss and hopefully steal a game at MSG as they take on the New York Rangers tonight in Game 2.
But to do that, it will start with a better showing on special teams. Despite having a 5-2 edge in power play opportunities, the Canes' special teams had a combined percentage of 0% in Game 1.
The good news there is it can't get much worse than that.
The Hurricanes will hope to do a better job at special teams and continue to keep up their strong play at 5v5.
Just as big as special teams though will be for their star players to start showing up.
The Canes' top line has scored just one 5v5 goal this postseason and that's just not going to get the job done.
That and Frederik Andersen needs to find his rhythm again after a few less than stellar performances in a row.
Streaks
- Martin Necas (1g, 3a) has points in four straight games.
- Seth Jarvis (3g, 2a) has scored in three straight games.
- Brent Burns (2a) and Jaccob Slavin (1g, 1a) have points in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- Jack Drury scored his first career playoff goal on April 30.
- Jack Drury and Stefan Noesen scored the fastest two goals in franchise playoff history (8 seconds) on April 30.
Game Notes
- Carolina went 1-2-0 against the Rangers this season, having a 2-1 loss on Nov. 2, a 6-1 win on Jan. 2 and a 1-0 loss on March 12.
- The two teams will be meeting in the postseason for the third time ever.
- Carolina won the first meeting, a 3-0 series sweep in the 2020 Eastern Conference Qualifying Round and New York won the latest matchup, a 4-3 series win in the 2022 second round.
- Sebastian Aho (5g, 16pts in 11 games) and Jake Guentzel (8g, 11pts in 8 games) are playoff point-per-game players against the Rangers.
- New York head coach Peter Laviolette coached Rod Brind'Amour and the Hurricanes when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006.
- Jack Drury is the nephew of Rangers general manager Chris Drury.
- Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei, Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux and Antti Raanta are all former Rangers while Vincent Trocheck was a former Hurricane and Carolina formerly held the rights to Adam Fox.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Frederik Andersen: 4-2; 0.899 Sv%; 2.54 GAA
- Igor Shesterkin: 5-0; 0.921 Sv%; 2.00 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis (4) / Vincent Trocheck (4)
- Points - Seth Jarvis (8) / Mika Zibanejad (10)
Power Play
- Carolina - 25% (5/20)
- New York - 44.4% (8/18)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 61.5% (8/13)
- New York - 90.9% (20/22)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sebastian Aho - Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Max Comtois, Dylan Coghlan, Scott Morrow, Ronan Seeley, Bradly Nadeau, Jackson Blake, Spencer Martin, Antti Raanta, Jesper Fast (UBI), Brett Pesce (LBI)
Rangers Projected Lineup
Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle - Alex Wennberg - Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey - Barclay Goodrow - Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson - Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Injuries and Scratches: Jonny Brodzinski, Adam Edstrom, Zac Jones, Connor Mackey, Chad Ruhwedel, Adam Sykora, Louis Domingue, Filip Chytil (UBI), Blake Wheeler (LBI)
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