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Carolina beat New York 3-1 at home. The Hurricanes shot twice as many shots as the Rangers and outshot them by 34-17. Andrei Svechnikov was the leader of Carolina with five shots. Teuvo Teravainen, Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter followed with four each. New York had only one player with four shots: Ryan Strome. There were also two players with two shots each, Mika Zibijad and Andrew Copp.
The Hurricanes scored goals from Vincent Trocheck and Teravainen, while the Rangers received one from Zibanejad. Carolina scored a short-handed, power-play and even-strength goal.
Although Antti Raanta, Hurricanes’ starting goalie, was not too challenged, he stopped all but one shot that came his way. While Igor Shesterkin, the New York starter, took the loss. However, he was able to stop 31 of 34 shots for a good save percentage of.912.
This series has not seen a blowout so far. Carolina won Game 1 by 2-1 in overtime, Game 2 by 2-0, and the Rangers won Game 3 and 4. Game 5 was won 3-1 each. Just one or two goals won most of the games in this series. New York won the only game that wasn’t. The majority of the series saw close calls.
Carolina was outshot by the Rangers 28-26 in Game 1. New York was outshot 22-21 by the Hurricanes in Game 2. 44-33 in Game 3, and 31-28 in Games 4 and 5. 34-17 in Game 5.
Zibanejad is the leading player in this series, scoring three goals in five-game. With four points, he is tied with Adam Fox, Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, and Teravainen. Svechnikov is the leader in shots with 15. Next are Teravainen, Trocheck, plus Rangers centre Zibanejad, who have 13 each. Check out the best bookmakers for betting on the NHL Playoffs!
Carolina is riding high with the momentum from its win. However, it hasn’t won any postseason games on the road this season. Game 6 will be at Madison Square Garden. The home team has won all of this series’ games. The Rangers have the chance to force a game seven against the Eastern Conference’s best team in this series. However, they will need Artemi Pantarin to lead the charge. He led New York to score 96 points but has only two points this series.
Prediction: Rangers win 3-1
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