Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Rangers Game 6: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch
What - Game 6 (2-3)
When - 7 p.m., Thursday, May 16
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, SN360, CBC, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes just won't go away.
After falling behind in the series, 3-0, the Canes have battled back, winning the last two games to force Game 6.
Carolina is getting a good balance of scoring from both its top line as well as the remainder of its depth while also combining that with solid defense and goaltending.
The only real black eye is the power play which has been outscored 2-1 in the series.
But the Hurricanes are finding ways to win in spite of it and they'll be hoping to have a similar fate tonight as they look to push New York back to the brink.
Streaks
- Brady Skjei (1g, 3a) has points in four straight games.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov (2g) has scored in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal passed Rod Brind'Amour for the most games played in franchise playoff history (73)
- Jaccob Slavin passed Niclas Wallin for the most games played by any defenseman in franchise playoff history (70)
- Sebastian Aho set the franchise record for most multi-assist playoff games in franchise history with seven
- Sebastian Aho also passed Kevin Dineen for the most three-point games in franchise history with six
Game Notes
- Carolina went 1-2-0 against the Rangers this season, having a 2-1 loss on Nov. 2, a 6-1 win on Jan. 2 and a 1-0 loss on March 12.
- The two teams will be meeting in the postseason for the third time ever.
- Carolina won the first meeting, a 3-0 series sweep in the 2020 Eastern Conference Qualifying Round and New York won the latest matchup, a 4-3 series win in the 2022 second round.
- Sebastian Aho (6g, 21pts in 15 games) and Jake Guentzel (11g, 15pts in 12 games) are playoff point-per-game players against the Rangers.
- New York head coach Peter Laviolette coached Rod Brind'Amour and the Hurricanes when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006.
- Jack Drury is the nephew of Rangers general manager Chris Drury.
- Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei, Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux and Antti Raanta are all former Rangers while Vincent Trocheck was a former Hurricane and Carolina formerly held the rights to Adam Fox.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Frederik Andersen: 6-3; 0.902 Sv%; 2.46 GAA
- Igor Shesterkin: 7-2; 0.924 Sv%; 2.33 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis, Jake Guentzel, Stefan Noesen & Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) / Vincent Trocheck (5)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (10) / Mika Zibanejad (13)
Power Play
- Carolina - 17.1% (6/35)
- New York - 30.3% (10/33)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 75.0% (21/28)
- New York - 91.9% (34/37)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sebastian Aho - Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Max Comtois, Dylan Coghlan, Scott Morrow, Ronan Seeley, Bradly Nadeau, Jackson Blake, Spencer Martin, Antti Raanta, Jesper Fast (UBI), Brett Pesce (LBI)
Rangers Projected Lineup
Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle - Alex Wennberg - Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey - Barclay Goodrow - Jonny Brodzinski
Ryan Lindgren - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson - Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Injuries and Scratches: Matt Rempe, Adam Edstrom, Zac Jones, Connor Mackey, Chad Ruhwedel, Adam Sykora, Louis Domingue, Filip Chytil (illness), Blake Wheeler (LBI)
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