Rangers rally to stop Hurricanes win streak at 11

NEW YORK -- The Carolina Hurricanes winning streak ended at 11 games with a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

Brent Burns, Martin Necas and Jalen Chatfield scored, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 26 saves for the Hurricanes (25-7-6), who also had their 17-game point streak end (15-0-2).
"We came off it," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "It was going to happen at some point. You know, and you say that and we were still going into the third and we had a chance to win the game. So not great on our part. Got to be better if we're going to win at a consistent pace like we have been. That game was not indicative probably of the way we played, and yet we were still right there to the end."

Mika Zibanejad, K'Andre Miller, Filip Chytil and Jacob Trouba each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers (21-12-6), who are 3-1-1 in their past five games. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves.
"This one feels good," said New York's Vincent Trocheck, a former Carolina forward. "Obviously it's a former team but it's also a team that's been really hot lately, they had won 11 in a row, a divisional team, so to get a win against these guys, it means a lot for our club."
Miller gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead at 10:27 of the third period, tipping shot from Zibanejad. With Kochetkov pulled for the extra attacker, Chytl scored an empty-net power-play goal with 1:03 remaining for the 5-3 final.
"It's a big game," Miller said. "I don't think we're too worried about their record and shutting down their streaks and things like that, but I think they're a good team over there and they have a lot of skill, and they definitely have all the skill and power to have that [win] streak."

Artemi Panarin tied it 3-3 for the Rangers at 36 seconds of the third.
"For sure we try and focus 100 percent for every game, but that game, that team is special," Panarin said. "… Maybe it was harder for them to keep focused, but they still played good."
Zibanejad tied it 2-2 with a power-play goal at 16:45 of the second period. It appeared he was trying to pass to Trocheck in front, but the puck went through Kochetkov's five-hole.
It was Kochetkov's first start in six games.
"He's going to want those back, obviously," Brind'Amour said. "But he made some nice saves in the game, it's just a couple of those goals are tough. He'll bounce back."

Chatfield gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead 29 seconds later at 17:14.
Carolina allowed three power-play goals on five opportunities after not allowing one in its previous four games (14-for-14).
"We have a big emphasis on our penalty kill and want that to be really strong, and tonight just wasn't our night for that," Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei said. "So, we'll watch some video and learn from this and then definitely move on."
Burns got to a loose puck in front and gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 7:24 of the first period.
Trouba tied it 1-1 on the power play at 16:26 with a wrist shot from the blue line.
The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead 14 seconds later at 16:42 when Necas scored on a one-timer from the left face-off circle. It was his NHL career-high 17th goal of the season.
This was the first game between the teams since the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season, when the Rangers eliminated the Hurricanes in seven games in the Eastern Conference Second Round.
"Obviously they've been one of the hottest teams in the NHL the last number of games and a top team in the League, so we weren't perfect tonight," New York coach Gerard Gallant said. "We got some puck luck tonight, but it's a big win, it's a good game for us and we've got to continue to do that, build on games like this."

Carolina hasn't lost since Dec. 6 (4-3 in overtime at the Anaheim Ducks); its last regulation loss was Nov. 23 (4-0 to the Arizona Coyotes).
"A good team like this, they are going to take advantage of mistakes and [we] just didn't quite have it tonight," Skjei said. "Obviously we've done something very special here the last few weeks. So, try to forget about this one and then move on and try to get a streak going."
NOTES: Trocheck had two shots on goal and won 10 of 19 face-offs in 24:18 of ice time in his first game against the Hurricanes since signing a seven-year contract with the Rangers in the offseason. He had 96 points (39 goals, 57 assists) in 135 games during three seasons with Carolina from 2019-22. … Necas extended his point streak to six games (seven points; four goals, three assists). … Burns extended his point streak to four games (five points; one goal, four assists). … The Hurricanes lost for the first time in regulation this season when leading after two periods (16-1-2).