The New York Times – Sports:
Carolina hasn’t won a playoff game on the road during the Stanley Cup playoffs. If the Hurricanes end that streak on Saturday in New York, the Rangers’ season will be over.
Category: Hockey, Ice
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The Rangers Are Desperate for a Win in Game 6 Against the Hurricanes
The New York Times – Sports:
Carolina hasn’t won a playoff game on the road during the Stanley Cup playoffs. If the Hurricanes end that streak on Saturday in New York, the Rangers’ season will be over.
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To Win the Series, the Rangers Need to Do What No One Else Has
The New York Times – Sports:
Two Rangers wins at Madison Square Garden tied their second-round series at two games apiece. But the teams swing back to North Carolina, where the Hurricanes have yet to lose this postseason.
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Oilers and Flames in Battle of Alberta: Bedlam on the Ice, Torn Loyalties Off It
The New York Times – Sports:
The N.H.L. playoff series between the Oilers and the Flames is boiling over with the heavy hits, trash talk, deafening arenas and bountiful goal scoring that defined hockey in the 1980s, the last time the rivalry was so fierce.
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What We Expected (and Didn’t Expect) in the Rangers-Hurricanes Game
The New York Times – Sports:
A close game? Yes. A Hurricanes win? Sure. But it was hard to predict that the Rangers would outplay Carolina and still lose.
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The Rangers’ Goalie Is Adjusting to the Pressures of the Playoffs
The New York Times – Sports:
Igor Shesterkin struggled in goal during the first round against the Penguins. But he’s back to showing why he’s the best goalie in the world.
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In N.H.L. Playoffs, a Canadian Divide Between Winners and Losers
The New York Times – Sports:
The Maple Leafs set a record for futility, but the Oilers and the Flames made up for it. They will meet in a postseason Battle of Alberta for the first time in more than 30 years.
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Rangers Beat the Penguins in Game 7 in Overtime
The New York Times – Sports:
Artemi Panarin scored on the power play to send the Rangers to a second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes after they had faced a three-games-to-one deficit.
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Rangers Push the Penguins to Game 7 in New York With a 5-3 Win
The New York Times – Sports:
Linemates Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each scored two goals to extend the series and guarantee New York its first Game 7 since 2015.