After losing their first game of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Rangers are back home in their second attempt to close out the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canes played one of their best games of the postseason and still needed a late powerplay goal to seal the deal.
We haven’t seen a truly desperate Rangers team yet, and while tonight isn’t a must win, there will be some level of desperation to avoid having this series go back to Raleigh for a Game 6. The Rangers have been good in games following losses this season, and Peter Laviolette said all the right things after Game 4.
Let’s hope the Rangers close this out quickly tonight.
If you missed our previews, check them out: Stats preview. Systems preview. Goaltending preview. Matchup preview.
Canes Lines
Jake Guentzel-Sebastian Aho-Andrei Svechnikov
Teuvo Teravainen-Jordan Staal-Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook-Jack Drury-Martin Necas
Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Brady Skjei-Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov-Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jack Roslovic
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 gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers win by 3+ goals.
Game time is 7pm.
