Facts: Quarterfinals Stanley Cup
Carolina – NY Rangers: 3-3 in games. The next match is played the night before Tuesday.
Ready for the semifinals:
Colorado (4-2 against St. Louis).
Tampa Bay (4-0 against Florida).
Edmonton (4-1 vs. Calgary).
The playoffs are played in the best of seven matches.
The home team Rangers, who before the meeting were down 3-2 in matches, linked grip on the match with 2-0 in the first period. Mika Zibanejad scored one of the goals.
It was 3-0 before Carolina got their first puck. Rangers Filip Chytil made it 4-1 with his second goal and Carolina did not succeed in more than reducing to 5-2.
Igor Sjestiorkin in the Rangers goal not only saved 37 shots, he is also noted for two assists.
– It is fun to have a goalkeeper who only has to score goals as the next step, says teammate Artemi Panarin according to Rangers Twitter account.
It was Rangers’ sixth home win in a row in the playoffs, and a record for most home wins in a row during a playoff. Meeting seven, on the other hand, will be away for New York. That match will be played the night before Tuesday Swedish time.