The Blueshirts are set to wrap up their five game homestand tonight, and they’ll look to do it against yet another divisional opponent. The division leading Carolina Hurricanes are in town for the front half of a home and home set with the Rangers. These teams will square off in Raleigh on Thursday night, and these two games present a similar situation to the one the 2021-22 Blueshirts faced.
After disposing of the Penguins in three late season games and burying them in the standings, last season’s Rangers had a pair of games against Carolina as well. Two wins had the potential to vault them to a division title but the Rangers dropped both games before avenging those defeats in the playoffs.