The Metropolitan Division Finals are down to a best of three. After dropping the opening two games in Raleigh, the Rangers came home to New York and took care of business by winning Games 3 and 4 to knot the series up at two wins each. The scene of the action shifts back to North Carolina tonight, and the Blueshirts will need to change up an alarming trend if they want Game 6 to be an elimination game for the Hurricanes rather than themselves.
Home teams are 9-2 in the eleven games New York has played thus far in the playoffs, and 11-0 in games played by the Hurricanes.