In Raleigh, Henrik Lundqvist got his second straight start for the New York Rangers and made 45 saves in a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
“It kind of carried over what I did last night,” Lundqvist said. “I felt pretty comfortable going into this game. Obviously, I was tested a lot in the first, but it was a fun test.”
Lundqvist was sharp after beating the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday night in New York.
Dougie Hamilton and Sebastian Aho were the Canes’ strikers.
The Canes outshot the Rangers, 47-19.
“These are tough ones because we played a pretty good game,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I think we were the better team from start to finish, and their goalie was great. I mean, it happens.
Artemi Panarin had a goal and assist in the win.
Brendan Lemieux also scored for New York.
“It’s a pretty simple answer to what happened tonight,” Rangers head coach David Quinn said.” our goalie was unbelievable. I thought that was probably the best game he’s played since I have been here.”
The third goal for New York was credited late to Filip Chytil after the initial call was to Pavel Buchnevich, who was given an assist on the strike.
Adam Fox added a late empty net goal to seal it.
“We kept shooting puck, getting on top of their [defense] and working them,” Warren Foegele said. “Their goalie played really well tonight.”
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Petr Mrazek made 15 saves in the loss.
“I’m in results mode, but what are you going to say after that? Bad game? You’d be stupid,” Brind’Amour said. “That was about as good a period as we could play to start a game. We’ve started every game on time. We’ve been really good in the first period. We just haven’t got goals to go in.”
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