What - Game 5 (1-3)
When - 7 p.m., Monday, May 13
Where - Madison Square Garden; New York, NY
How to Watch - ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes aren't dead yet.
After another tense, one-goal game, the Hurricanes finally managed to come out ahead this time thanks to a timely Brady Skjei power play goal, the first of the series.
The Canes are still staring up at a huge deficit but a big win, and off of a power play goal at that, could be quite the motivating catalyst.
The Rangers have been perfect at MSG this postseason and Carolina will have to play better than they did in Game 4 if they want to keep their season alive once again.
One day at a time.
Streaks
- Sebastian Aho (1g, 6a), Jake Guentzel (3g, 2a) have points in four straight games.
- Brady Skjei (1g, 2a) and Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 3a) have points in three straight games
Milestone Watch
- Sebastian Aho set the franchise record for most multi-assist playoff games in franchise history with his seventh Tuesday night.
- Sebastian Aho also passed Kevin Dineen for the most three-point games in franchise history with his sixth.
- Max Comtois made his playoff debut on Tuesday.
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 (6g, 21pts in 14 games) and Jake Guentzel (11g, 15pts in 11 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: 5-3; 0.897 Sv%; 2.63 GAA
- Igor Shesterkin: 7-1; 0.927 Sv%; 2.25 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis, Jake Guentzel & Stefan Noesen (4) / Vincent Trocheck (5)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (10) / Mika Zibanejad (13)
Power Play
- Carolina - 18.8% (6/32)
- New York - 33.3% (10/30)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 72.0% (18/25)
- New York - 91.2% (31/34)
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 - Jonny Brodzinski
Ryan Lindgren - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson - Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Injuries and Scratches: Matt Rempe, Adam Edstrom, Zac Jones, Connor Mackey, Chad Ruhwedel, Adam Sykora, Louis Domingue, Filip Chytil (illness), Blake Wheeler (LBI)
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