

The Carolina Hurricanes cashed in a dominant performance Tuesday night as they defeated the New York Rangers 6-1 at Madison Square Garden.
Every facet of the game shone for Carolina who have found their stride, having won their last four in a row.
The penalty kill was perfect, the power play struck twice, the goaltending and defense were solid and the scoring came in an abundance. What more could you ask for?
"In general, we've certainly come together as a group in that department [special teams] and obviously it helps the penalty kill when our goalie is making some big saves to right the ship for us," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour. "It's been a good stretch."
"[We] also scored on pretty much every scoring chance we had which never really happens when we come here. That was nice."
The Canes got going quick as Jack Drury scored his first career power play goal just 1:49 into the game ripping home a below-the-goal-line feed by Stefan Noesen.
"We have a lot of good players on the unit so good poise by Necas," Drury said. "Skjei made a great play down to Noesen and like he's always done, Noesen found me. Fortunate to get a lot of good passes and put them in the back of the net."
Despite a slower start at five-on-five, the Hurricanes bookended the first period with some special teams magic as Andrei Svechnikov scored his first of the night with just 31 seconds left in the opening frame.
"I think we're confident," said Brady Skjei, who had three points in the win. "We're shooting the puck and we have some elite guys that can score. They're obviously doing their job right now and they've been really good for us the last month or so."
Chris Kreider got New York on the board early into the second period with a high-slot redirection, but just two minutes later, Carolina responded.
A defensive miscue by the Rangers saw the puck turned over behind the net and Jordan Staal barreled in to retrieve and hit Jordan Martinook streaking in out front to put the Hurricanes back up by two.
The even strength game still wasn't there yet for the Canes, as they were outshot 10-5 in the second period, but the play of Pyotr Kochetkov kept them ahead.
Kochetkov stopped 28-of-29 in the win, improving to 6-1-2 in his last nine starts.
"He's been amazing," Svechnikov said on his netminder. "I feel like every game he gets more confident and he's just been better and better, to be honest. He's already elite so it's exciting to see him being huge for us.
A power play opportunity in the closing seconds of the second period looked as if it would give the Rangers a chance for some life, but the Hurricanes' perfect PK came through and right out of the kill, the Canes turned up ice and cashed in another.
Drury and Martin Necas helped lead the rush up ice and Jalen Chatfield was teed up above the circles and he beat Igor Shesterkin with a Martinook screen in front.
The Hurricanes kept the pressure coming as Svechnikov showed off his skating and skills with a solid solo effort and in the final minutes, Michael Bunting finished off a 2-on-1 feed with Brendan Lemieux.
"Well, you've got great players there and they're kind of getting rewarded really," Brind'Amour said on Svechnikov and Aho. "I don't really see that they've done anything differently if you watched our games all year, it's just that right now... I mean that last goal was a great individual effort by Svech. He's getting the puck to go in which is great. We need that."
The Canes have now won four in a row for the first time this season and will have one more road game, Friday against the Washington Capitals, before returning home for the next six.