The Carolina Hurricanes are making history this postseason, folks.
The Canes are the first team in NHL history to lose their first six road games of a single postseason, as they fell 5-2 Saturday night in Madison Square Garden as the Rangers forced a winner-take-all game seven back in Raleigh.
It was a pretty familiar night for the Canes, as special teams struggled on the road as Carolina got off to a pretty rough start and couldn’t claw its way fully back into things.
About last night:
Let’s talk about the penalty kill
The Canes posted one of the greatest penalty kills in NHL history during the regular season, pacing the league with a monstrous 88 percent kill rate.