The Rangers are officially in spoiler mode. The Blueshirts came into last night’s game against a Carolina team needing a win and came away with the two points the Hurricanes needed. Henrik Lundqvist was the story of this one, stopping a flurry of shots in the third period to preserve a 2-1 lead, including a final two minute firing squad with Curtis McElhinney on the bench.
Connor Brickley got his first goal as a Ranger on a goal that was overturned by video review. Vlad Namestnikov got the game winner. Aside from those two goals, the entire game was played in the Rangers’ end, with Carolina getting a whopping 74 (!