RALEIGH — Seth Jarvis had a aim and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes eradicated New York from playoff competition, beating the Rangers 7-3 on Saturday.
Jalen Chatfield, Jackson Blake, Mark Jankowski, Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook and Logan Stankoven additionally scored for the Hurricanes. Pytor Kochetkov made 28 saves.
Adam Fox, Ok’Andre Miller and Will Cuylle scored for New York, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 photographs. The Rangers have misplaced 4 of their final 5.
Chatfield and Jarvis gave Carolina 2-0 lead within the first interval. Jarvis scored his twenty fifth aim at dwelling this season to match probably the most because the franchise moved to North Carolina in 1997.
TAKEAWAYS
Rangers: New York was swept (0-4-0) within the season sequence for the primary time since 1987-88, when the Hurricanes had been the Hartford Whalers.
Hurricanes: New York knocked the Hurricanes out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2022 and ’24, so there was a small measure of payback for Carolina on Saturday. The Hurricanes’ first-round matchup within the Stanley Cup playoffs with the New Jersey Devils is already set.
KEY MOMENT
Artemi Panarin had a wide- open web with 7:27 left within the second interval and the Rangers trailing 3-0. As an alternative of slicing into Carolina’s lead, he hit the suitable submit and Jankowski made 4-0 simply 26 seconds later.
KEY STAT
Kochetkov had misplaced 4 of his earlier 5 begins and given up 21 objectives within the course of.
UP NEXT
The Rangers are at Florida on Monday evening. The Hurricanes host Toronto on Sunday.
