Dec 20, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren (55) shoots the puck into the Dallas Stars zone throughout the third interval on the American Airways Heart. Obligatory Credit score: Jerome Miron-Imagn Photos The New York Rangers spent current weeks coping with trades, hypothesis and an absence of wins that dropped them effectively off the tempo within the Metropolitan Division.
The Carolina Hurricanes are also experiencing an absence of wins not too long ago, however their struggles will not be as intensive as these for the workforce that beat them within the second spherical of the Jap Convention playoffs final spring.
The division rivals get collectively Sunday afternoon in New York. The Rangers are in search of consecutive wins for the primary time in over a month whereas the Hurricanes try to cease a five-game highway shedding streak (0-4-1).
New York is 4-11-0 in its previous 15 since profitable three straight video games on Nov. 14-19. The Rangers face a double-digit factors deficit within the division attributable to a turbulent stretch that noticed trades of captain Jacob Trouba and Kaapo Kakko together with a hypothesis about how the workforce feels about president and normal supervisor Chris Drury, who informed the opposite GMs the Rangers have been open to creating trades final month.
New York scored three targets in a three-game shedding streak earlier than incomes a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday to conclude a three-game highway journey.
Igor Shesterkin made 21 of his 41 saves on seven Dallas energy performs. Three of these penalties have been to Matt Rempe, who was whistled for a five-minute main after rejoining the workforce. Rempe was provided an in-person listening to by the NHL on Saturday for his hit on Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen.
After a light-hearted follow on Thursday following Kakko being traded to Seattle, the Rangers held a lead by the primary interval towards Dallas. New York obtained a short-handed purpose by Reilly Smith and an even-strength tally by Vincent Trocheck, who informed reporters on Thursday {that a} current workforce assembly was to not vent about Drury.
“We have to win video games. We’re not desirous about yesterday in any respect, we’re simply transferring ahead taking it one sport at a time. Tonight was an excellent step in the correct route,” Trocheck stated. “It is 17 minutes on the (penalty kill), so it is fairly gritty. The PK got here up large tonight, and we are able to get a whole lot of momentum from our penalty kill when it is enjoying prefer it was tonight.”
Carolina’s droop is just not as intensive as that of the Rangers, whom they defeated 4-3 at dwelling on Nov. 27. The Hurricanes are 4-6-0 of their previous 10 because the earlier assembly.
After consecutive blowout dwelling wins over the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders, Carolina opened a four-game journey with Friday’s 3-1 loss to the Washington Capitals. The Hurricanes allowed two targets within the final minute of the primary and second intervals, have been held to 25 pictures on purpose and didn’t rating till Sebastian Aho arrange Seth Jarvis halfway by the third interval.
“These are brutal,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour stated. “Begin of video games or begin of intervals and finish of intervals, that is what you form of eat going again into the locker room. That is not an excellent style in your mouth. I suppose on the finish of the day that was the sport. Two targets within the final minutes cannot occur.”
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