Recap: Three Goal Third Sinks Rangers, 3-2

After a highly successful weekend, the Rangers took on the Metro-leading Carolina Hurricanes. The Canes have surrendered less goals that every team except Boston, so winning by a margin of six-plus was unlikely, but the Rangers did see Ryan Lindgren return to the lineup.

First Period:

It took until the final three minutes of the first, but the Rangers drew first blood. After facing Derek Stepan on an offensive zone faceoff, Barclay Goodrow got behind the erstwhile Ranger, retrieved the puck, and fed Tyler Motte in front the crease. Motte beat Frederik Anderson for his sixth goal of the season. The goal was also Motte’s third in the past four games. As Tom Dianora recently noted, the emergence…