RALEIGH, N.C. — For Thanksgiving, the Rangers must be grateful they are only over .500.
A 4-2 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Hurricanes on Wednesday night tipped the Blueshirts that way just in time for the Nov. 27 benchmark, giving the team a middling 12-11-2 record with roughly 30 percent of the season gone.
Although Carolina is hampered by injuries, this was a victory the Rangers could hang their hat on.
Because 25 games into the 2025-26 campaign, they’re fortunate to not be lower within the standings.
“Today, I don’t think we were at our greatest. We found a solution to win, and I assumed our third was our greatest period,” said captain J.T. Miller, who returned to the lineup after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury. “It’s funny, you undergo the primary 15 games of the yr, what number of games we thought we should always have won. That is one in every of people who hopefully can assist even a few of those out. It’s a extremely good team. They play right in your face, on top of you. It’s no surprise, they’ve done it for thus long.
“I feel they played a little bit quicker than us for a majority of the sport, but I assumed within the third we began to play behind them and held on to pucks and had our greatest period. After we did have some breakdowns, [goalie Igor Shesterkin] played unreal.”
It’s been a somewhat turbulent ride to start out the season, one which’s been full of inconsistent play, an abysmal record at Madison Square Garden and a surplus of injuries which have definitely factored into their struggles.
On Wednesday night inside Lenovo Center, nevertheless, the Rangers overcame the well-oiled machine that is that this Hurricanes team to lean toward solid ground fairly than off the cliff.
Behind a two-point effort from Artemi Panarin, the Rangers handed the Hurricanes their third regulation lack of the season on home ice. They were outshot and under siege at times through 60 minutes, however the Rangers generated timely scoring and let Shesterkin handle the remainder with 36 saves.
“They’re a high shot-volume team, they shoot from all over the place,” former Hurricane Vincent Trocheck said. “You may’t let the shot clock pull you a whole lot of times on this constructing.”
Someway, the Rangers emerged from a lopsided opening 20 minutes with a 1-0 lead.
Carolina limited the visitors to only 4 shots on goal in the primary period, but Noah Laba found the back of the online on what was the team’s second shot on the 16:53 mark. From the best faceoff circle, Laba picked the far corner on Canes goalie Frederik Andersen to snap a nine-game stretch with out a goal.
The Rangers struggled to remain out of the penalty box within the second period. While one or two were questionable, the Rangers were called for 3 consecutive penalties and, in consequence, weren’t capable of find any rhythm at five-on-five.
A Shayne Gostisbehere one-timer on the Canes power play evened the rating at one-all just over five minutes into the center frame.
Toward the tip of the second, Panarin blasted a bullet one-timer by Andersen to regain the lead for his team. The Rangers then captured their largest lead of the night just 45 seconds into the third period, when Vincent Trocheck put one in from between the circles for the 3-1 advantage.
Seth Jarvis kept his team in it by responding together with his twelfth goal of the season, but Will Cuylle’s empty-net goal sealed the victory.
“We’re twiddling with more structure,” head coach Mike Sullivan said. “I feel we’re twiddling with higher intentions. We’ve got numbers back. I feel that’s the sport that’s going to provide us one of the best probability to win.”
RALEIGH, N.C. — For Thanksgiving, the Rangers must be grateful they are only over .500.
A 4-2 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Hurricanes on Wednesday night tipped the Blueshirts that way just in time for the Nov. 27 benchmark, giving the team a middling 12-11-2 record with roughly 30 percent of the season gone.
Although Carolina is hampered by injuries, this was a victory the Rangers could hang their hat on.
Because 25 games into the 2025-26 campaign, they’re fortunate to not be lower within the standings.
“Today, I don’t think we were at our greatest. We found a solution to win, and I assumed our third was our greatest period,” said captain J.T. Miller, who returned to the lineup after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury. “It’s funny, you undergo the primary 15 games of the yr, what number of games we thought we should always have won. That is one in every of people who hopefully can assist even a few of those out. It’s a extremely good team. They play right in your face, on top of you. It’s no surprise, they’ve done it for thus long.
“I feel they played a little bit quicker than us for a majority of the sport, but I assumed within the third we began to play behind them and held on to pucks and had our greatest period. After we did have some breakdowns, [goalie Igor Shesterkin] played unreal.”
It’s been a somewhat turbulent ride to start out the season, one which’s been full of inconsistent play, an abysmal record at Madison Square Garden and a surplus of injuries which have definitely factored into their struggles.
On Wednesday night inside Lenovo Center, nevertheless, the Rangers overcame the well-oiled machine that is that this Hurricanes team to lean toward solid ground fairly than off the cliff.
Behind a two-point effort from Artemi Panarin, the Rangers handed the Hurricanes their third regulation lack of the season on home ice. They were outshot and under siege at times through 60 minutes, however the Rangers generated timely scoring and let Shesterkin handle the remainder with 36 saves.
“They’re a high shot-volume team, they shoot from all over the place,” former Hurricane Vincent Trocheck said. “You may’t let the shot clock pull you a whole lot of times on this constructing.”
Someway, the Rangers emerged from a lopsided opening 20 minutes with a 1-0 lead.
Carolina limited the visitors to only 4 shots on goal in the primary period, but Noah Laba found the back of the online on what was the team’s second shot on the 16:53 mark. From the best faceoff circle, Laba picked the far corner on Canes goalie Frederik Andersen to snap a nine-game stretch with out a goal.
The Rangers struggled to remain out of the penalty box within the second period. While one or two were questionable, the Rangers were called for 3 consecutive penalties and, in consequence, weren’t capable of find any rhythm at five-on-five.
A Shayne Gostisbehere one-timer on the Canes power play evened the rating at one-all just over five minutes into the center frame.
Toward the tip of the second, Panarin blasted a bullet one-timer by Andersen to regain the lead for his team. The Rangers then captured their largest lead of the night just 45 seconds into the third period, when Vincent Trocheck put one in from between the circles for the 3-1 advantage.
Seth Jarvis kept his team in it by responding together with his twelfth goal of the season, but Will Cuylle’s empty-net goal sealed the victory.
“We’re twiddling with more structure,” head coach Mike Sullivan said. “I feel we’re twiddling with higher intentions. We’ve got numbers back. I feel that’s the sport that’s going to provide us one of the best probability to win.”
