The Hurricanes and Rangers meet for the fourth and final time this season as the play at Madison Square Garden tonight. In all three meetings the road team has won by a score of 2-1. The Rangers won both their games in regulation while the only Hurricanes win came in overtime. When the Rangers and Hurricanes have 2 of the best goalies in the game its easy to see why all matchups have been low scoring.

The Hurricanes come into tonight winning two out of their last three including a dominating win over Boston 5-1. A lot of the recent success can be credited to the powerplay. On Thursday the Hurricanes scored three times out od four chances in a 5-3 victory over Atlanta. The Hurricanes have also seen shootout specialist Jussi Jokinen take off since being left off the Finish Olympic roster. Jokinen has 4 goals and 8 assists in his last eight games including a goal and two assists against Boston. The Hurricanes goaltending has picked up and Cam seems to be back to form and has really given the Hurricanes a chance in every game.

The Rangers actually come into tonights game as the team in most trouble. The Hurricanes have in all likley hood been eliminated from playoff contention. The Rangers still have a shot but come in losers of three in a row and 3-6-1 in their last 10. The Ranger had gone without scoring for a 156 minutes before two goals from Ansimov.

News & Notes: Final meeting of the season
Begins a back to back for the Hurricanes who play the Islanders tom.

Injuries: CAR Erik Cole
CAR Tuomo Ruutu
CAR Joe Corvo
CAR Manny Legace

Prediction: CAR 3 NYR 1