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The Rangers and Hurricanes played a pretty sloppy Game 1 of their play in series, with Carolina coming out on top. It felt like the majority of this game was played on special teams, with very little 5v5 action. The Carolina powerplay got a goal, and the penalty kill came up huge. The Rangers won’t last long if they can’t score with the man advantage.

  • That hit by Brady Skjei on Jesper Fast looked to injure him on that Jaccob Slavin goal, as Fast lost his man on that goal. That’s rare for him.
  • And now Fast to the dressing room. Oof.
  • And now a fight. Ryan Strome and Justin Williams. Interesting.
  • Rangers playing with 10 forwards right now, and the two missing are from the top-six. That won’t end well.
  • The refs are in midseason form already – they are calling everything. Lots of weak calls.
  • Lundqvist looks sharp. He’s a little more aggressive in net, he came out further than usual on that Svechnikov chance.
  • Brendan Smith laid out a nice hit, but it caused a 2 on 1 against. This team is confusing intensity with productivity. They are sloppy because of it.
  • Brett Howden led all forwards in ice time in the first period. That basically sums up that period.
  • This isn’t a slight against Howden, it’s that the Rangers couldn’t get their best players out there. That’s a problem.
  • Lundqvist has been keeping this a one goal game, this time a big save on Foegele.
  • The Rangers are also 0-4 on the powerplay right now. That needs to get going in such a short series.
  • And Carolina converts – this has the potential to get ugly.
  • Boy the refs are calling everything. Rangers now 0-5 on the powerplay.
  • Man, Pavel Buchnevich is good. He basically drove everything leading to the Zibanejad goal.
  • Kakko got tripped, drew a penalty, and still maintained possession for a chance.
  • Bizarro world Rangers right now. They owned the 2nd period, but got crushed in the 1st period.
  • That period had 8 minutes of 5v5 time. Normal.
  • Broadcast quality has been pretty good.
  • And Staal with the own goal. Ugh. That’s a back breaker.
  • Boy do the Rangers really miss Fast in this one.
  • Carolina’s best players were better than the Rangers better players. It’s as simple as that.
  • And not Staal gets one back shorthanded! We have a game folks!
  • Wasted 20 seconds behind the net – just sloppy.
  • They didn’t deserve to win this.

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