What - Game 3 (0-2)
When - 7 p.m., Thursday, May 9
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to defend home ice tonight as they try to dig out of the 2-0 series hole they are in against the New York Rangers.
The Canes have done a lot of good things in the series, but the special teams collapse has put them in a tough spot.
If not for the power play and penalty kill imploding, Carolina could perhaps be up 2-0 but instead now face a tough uphill climb.
They always say a series doesn't start until you lose at home though, so perhaps the Canes can bring it back.
It all starts with one.
Streaks
- Sebastian Aho (5a), Jake Guentzel (2g, 1a) and Dmitry Orlov (1g, 1a) have points in back-to-back 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 (5g, 19pts in 12 games) and Jake Guentzel (10g, 13pts in 9 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
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 2024 Playoff Debut
- Igor Shesterkin: 6-0; 0.929 Sv%; 2.01 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis (4) / Vincent Trocheck (5)
- Points - Seth Jarvis & Sebastian Aho (8) / Mika Zibanejad (11)
Power Play
- Carolina - 20% (5/25)
- New York - 40% (10/25)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 65.0% (13/20)
- New York - 92.6% (25/27)
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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