What - Game 4 (0-3)
When - 7 p.m., Saturday, May 11
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS
Is this the end of the line?
After another strong season, the Carolina Hurricanes are once again with their backs against the wall facing a 3-0 series deficit.
Razor thin margins and a powerless power play has been the same story over and over for three games in a row now and the Canes still don't seem any closer to a solution.
They have a monumental task ahead of them, one that's only been accomplished four times in NHL history, but the team is focused on only one day at a time.
Tonight's only about Game 4.
Streaks
- Sebastian Aho (6a), Jake Guentzel (3g, 1a) and Dmitry Orlov (1g, 2a) have points in three straight games.
- Brady Skjei (2a) and Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 2a) 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, 20pts in 13 games) and Jake Guentzel (11g, 14pts in 10 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: 0-1; 0.880 Sv%; 2.96 GAA
- Frederik Andersen: 4-3; 0.899 Sv%; 2.58 GAA
- Igor Shesterkin: 6-0; 0.929 Sv%; 2.01 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis & Jake Guentzel (4) / Vincent Trocheck (5)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (9) / Mika Zibanejad & Vincent Trocheck (12)
Power Play
- Carolina - 16.7% (5/30)
- New York - 34.5% (10/29)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 70.8% (17/24)
- New York - 93.8% (30/32)
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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