Carolina Hurricanes Drop Another Divisional Game, Fall 3-2 to the Rangers

The Carolina Hurricanes’ divisional woes continue as they fall 3-2 to the New York Rangers. What went wrong?

Entering the contest fresh off a 2-0 shutout victory over the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night, the Carolina Hurricanes were looking to extend their win streak to three games when they visited Madison Square Garden last night. Suffering a 3-2 defeat by the hands of the New York Rangers, what exactly went wrong?

Dropping their last six divisional games, Carolina was looking to start on time and play “their game” if they wanted to solve Henrik Lundqvist, who has historically been dynamite against the Hurricanes in his career. With an impressive 31-12-1 record against the Canes, he has only given up two or more goals 13 times in his career. With 41 saves on 43 shots, it looks like his dominance continued for another day.

While the effort wasn’t there once again for a full 60, Andrei Svechnikov and Dougie Hamilton both found themselves on the score sheet. With a secondary assist on Carolina’s first goal of the game, Svech has extended his career long point streak to nine consecutive games, an impressive feat for the 19 year old.

Aside from a few shifts here and there, this game left a lot to be desired. For the first half of the game the Hurricanes struggled immensely in all aspects of the game. Another slow start ended up costing them a valuable two points in the standings, and another divisional loss in the books. Lets take a closer look at three things they can take away from this matchup and carry over into their next couple of games.