Hurricanes win Game 5, push Rangers to brink in Eastern Second Round

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes remained undefeated at home in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 3-1 win against the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at PNC Arena on Thursday.

Carolina leads the best-of-7 series 3-2 with Game 6 at New York on Saturday. The home team has won each game.
Vincent Trocheck, Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov scored, and Antti Raanta made 16 saves for the Hurricanes, the No. 1 seed in the Metropolitan Division. Carolina is 7-0 here in the playoffs.
"Everyone played well. It's kind of the game we've been waiting for," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We were playing OK, but tonight was good all the way around, more how we want to play."
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Mika Zibanejad scored, and Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves for the Rangers, the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan.
"I didn't think we played our game at all," New York coach Gerard Gallant said. "I thought we were reaching with sticks all night instead of finishing checks with the body like we did the other nights. Obviously, to me it was the worst game in the five games in this series. They pretty well dominated that game tonight."
Trocheck's shorthanded goal gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 12:57 of the first period. Jacob Trouba turned the puck over in the neutral zone, and Trocheck finished a 2-on-1 off a saucer pass from Jordan Staal.
"It landed right on my stick," Trocheck said. "I think they were going so fast that they just skated by me, and I had a little bit of time so I could skate with it. The pass that Jordan made was incredible."

Zibanejad tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 17:06. He one-timed a pass from Artemi Panarin at the top of the left circle six seconds after winning a face-off in the right circle.
Rangers forward Ryan Strome had a goal overturned at 4:57 of the second period after Brind'Amour challenged for offside.
The Hurricanes went up 2-1 at 9:47 with their first power-play goal of the series. Seth Jarvis passed to Teravainen, who pinched down in the left face-off circle for a one-timer. Carolina had gone 0-for-9 with the man-advantage.
"He's a sneaky, skilled player," Brind'Amour said of Teravainen. "You see it on that goal. That's a great catch-and-shoot that not many guys can do at that pace and put it in the right spot."

Svechnikov made it 3-1 at 13:01 of the third period. He poked the puck away from Rangers defenseman Adam Fox in the neutral zone and scored through the five-hole on a breakaway.
Carolina allowed 17 shots on goal, its fewest in 12 playoff games this season. That total also tied New York's season low for shots, set in a 3-1 win at the New Jersey Devils on April 5.
"That's just the type of game we play," Trocheck said. "We play a hard-nosed game, we play smart and above them. That's how we played all the regular season. We kind of got away from that the first couple games of this series, but when we play that way and we play our game, I like our chances against anybody."
The Rangers outscored the Hurricanes 7-2 in Games 3 and 4 in New York after being outscored 4-1 in Games 1 and 2 here.
"We've got to win one game," Rangers forward Chris Kreider said. "That's our focus. It's a little cliché, but there are a lot of things we can take from that game and do a better job of. Learn from that and win one game. Win the first shift, win the first period and go from there."
NOTES: Zibanejad has a four-game point streak (three goals, one assist) and three-game goal streak. Three of his six goals in the playoffs have come on the power play. … Fox became the first Rangers defenseman with 10 playoff assists in a season since Ryan McDonagh (13) in 2014. … Panarin and Kreider each was held without a shot on goal. … In their seven home playoff games, the Hurricanes have outscored the Boston Bruins and Rangers 25-8. … Teravainen has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) during a seven-game home point streak. … Carolina forward Jordan Martinook had two hits in 7:54 of ice time after missing eight games with a lower-body injury.