Canes fans should be annoyed that their team went 0/5 on the PP tonight, including 0/2 in OT, and being 0/10 in the series. Score 1 PPG and it doesn’t go to OT

FORECHECK BACKCHECK TROCHECK

The reffing tonight was fucking terrible. It wasn't just bad, it was inconsistent.

Adam Fox made Jake Guentzel look like Mike Tyson

Trocheck is one of the best value contracts this season. 5.625 for that is incredible.

I'm happy we got the win, but even I'll admit we barely escaped with this win tonight. Need to play better in game 3.

Here's my take: why is the Rangers Canes series potentially 50% finished before the Nucks Oilers series has even begun? Scheduling such a 💩 show this year

Every time trouba is on the ice in the defensive zone I get nervous

I'm glad I'm young and have a healthy heart because these Ranger games are going to be the death of me.

I still can’t stop laughing from that intro 😂

Did you guys see that for one or two seconds beside the ice a logo showing the Hurricanes win popped up for a few seconds. Probably so one hitting the wrong button. I believe this happened close to the half way point in the first overtime

Gotta love the opening clip of trouba chicken winging his elbow aiming for the head

“Just over the pad of Svechnikov” - Ray Ferraro

Love the way you comment, you aren’t blind for your team. You have a team, but you are a hockey lover, plain and simple. I’m a Habs fan, still watching as much as I can because I love the game.

im a flyers fan, so you know theres no bias when i say i think they make it to the final this year. i think a new york- edmonton final would be so much fun

It really sucks to see my Canes struggle the same way they have in previous playoffs. Unremarkable special teams and unable to win close games on the road. Still time to turn the series around, but not feeling great.

I am a Ranger fan too... and I agree..The Canes have played great and this is a series that could still go 7 a bounce here or there and it is a different series.... I am reminded of the Stanley cup finals Rangers VS Kings where a lot of OT games that could have gone either way....

Canes fan here. This is so frustrating. Killed our own penalty not once but TWICE with stupid mistakes. And then once we were on the PP we didn't shoot. Rangers are capitalizing on our mistakes and Igor going god mode last night is giving me PTSD against Florida last year. We can win this series, we just have to stop beating ourselves.

Refs were calling BS penalties against both teams. They called a weak one against the Rangers in both OTs. The differences is that the Rangers went 2/7 and the Canes went 0 for 5.

Jacob Trouba be jumping at the canes player like withered foxy bruh LMFAO.

Rangers Special teams are incredible. Series is far from over though no way Canes bow out this easily.

I’d also like to mention Igor’s 0.982 SAVE PERCENTAGE!? like dude was unreal.

This might be a hot take but watched the game last night and was fuming at how many bad calls or missed calls by the refs there were. The missed calls went both ways but there were definitely way more Carolina guys on the ice than whistles blown.

The one thing I can be sure of as a Canes fan is we won't ever get a PP again in this series. Thanks Svech😑

This is the series we were hoping for, crazy one goal difference games. Enjoy, everyone….!

Dude this series is just awesome 6-0 is a jaw dropping start, as a ranger fan, Carolina played so damn good, props to them

I saw my boys in blue struggling to get to pucks, win board battles, make passes, make defensive plays, and watched them practically dump and chase (or mostly just dump) pucks all game. Carolina had the puck for simply too much time. From the 3rd period on, outside a few opportunities it looked like they were skating in molasses. I fully expected to take an L here, but Igor stole this game. Reminded instantly of Hank putting on a clinic in front of incompetent defense. Hope to clean it up on the road!

This coming out during intermission for the second OT of the night is perfect timing :’) Anywho, Igor definitely carried the team until they got their second wind. The Canes (mainly Svechnikov) seem to be beating themselves.

Great game to watch! I’ve been looking forward to this series and the Dallas series the most.

Bruins fan here and both those teams look darn good to me

Trouba is increasingly reminding me of Dan Girardi. The guy has been an absolute warrior and a great leader for NYR, but his play is clearly declining. Sadly I think they're going to have to get out of his contract

I agree with you that this series is far from over , but the Rangers have the momentum

I watched this game and the colorado dallas game. I gotta say this one was so much faster i mean both teams were speeding up and down the ice it was some good hockey but I felt like the red heads were taking too many penalties throughout the game but it was a tremendous effort on their part to tie the series. Both these teams are a force this year.

I can't get over how bad the ref's are in this series so far. so many missed calls. so many bad calls. the ref's are acting like theyre in over their heads

Good honest coverage bro, LGR!

Trouba trying to behead necas is a thing that happened

My two cents as a person who has no dog in this fight (I'm neutral/friendly with regard to both teams): The Rangers giving up penalties like that will bite them in the ass if they keep it up. Carolina will figure out how to get the PPGs. Carolina: same advice, except that the Rangers already have your number. Get more disciplined. I called Rangers/Carolina with the Rangers in 7 way back at the beginning in my bracket. I still stand by that. Minor tweaks to that last game, and Rangers lose in reg 4-2. Carolina gets home ice next, and I think we'll see. MSG is a notoriously difficult place to get an away win in and both games were hard fought by both sides. I think this series and the Canucks/Oilers series will be the most exciting hockey this round.

Thank you for that Tuba Fail , as a Ranger fan i’m not impressed by his play so far.

The Canes PP learned from the Isles in round 1. Pass the puck around for 45-60 before shooting a puck 3 ft wide of the net only for it to go out of the zone....rinse, repeat. Word of advice for the Canes. Do not mimic the Isles PP!!!

Oilers: I can do better

Just got home from the Stars game :|

The fact that it is double ot, should have no impact on wheter you call a penalty or not.

Eck, what is your opinion on that attempted hit by trouba on necas there.

Canes suck at PP, have for the past few years. They do good in the regular season but playoff time they get stuck with 1 guy in the center just standing there while they pass it around the outside and let time run down.

I love the honest editing

No dog in the fight but there was an obvious missed call when the Canes player tripped the Ranger D behind the net early on in OT...then the Canes had 2 PP's of their own. Overall Rangers are value for the 2-0 lead.

Great win. Super entertaining! Trouba needs to stop taking stupid penalties... as the captain, you have to be more disciplined. Both games could have gone either way, but the reality is the Rangers have been more clutch. In my opinion, these are the top two teams (with a shout out to Dallas) in these playoffs. This serious won't be easy, and it is probably gonna go 7 games. Im just glad the Ranger's goalie, PP, & PK are elite.

All we can hope for is a repeat of 2006; down 2-0 to Montreal and won 4 straight on the way to an eventual cup win. Unlikely to happen though. The injury bug with Pesce and Fast, the inconsistency of special teams with being one of the top PP and PK teams in the league during the regular season and then just falling apart in the playoffs is a killer. Igor is getting WAY to many easy shots that are keeping him hot and his head in the game. Hopefully our stars can stop trying to force a win, play disciplined hockey (SVECHNIKOV) and play the game has done so well for them over the regular season. If not, well the golf scene in Raleigh ain't too bad.

Special teams. Special plays. Special players. Let’s win this brother ☝️ 🤓

At least nobody scored when ESPN switched broadcasts lmao, I think that’d be the worst way

Tonight something under the radar is that after playing a game and a half is that the rangers trust more forwards to be on the ice allowing their big guns to be fresher during crucial PP moments. Only Rempe played less than 10 mins and 11 forwards played at least 15 mins. The canes whole fourth line played under 10 mins and barely played in OT, effectively they went with 9 forwards for most of the game. These little things matter in a series with 2 evenly matched teams it could easily be 1-1 going back to Carolina, we need to steal 1 in Carolina LGR!

Its the same shit every year and Carolina does nothing about it. Wash rinse repeat

Canes SHOULD have won that game... BUT they didn't 🤨

I was feeling depressed going 0-2 but I gotta say you guys made me feel better

then do not call the Goodrow penalty near the end of the first ...Rangers get the PP and their 4 on 4 goal is off the board and on point about the 2 missed calls just before

this series is just fucking great. easy to say as a rangers fan when we are up 2-0 but the quality of play from both teams is really high across the board

That Guentzel penalty against Fox was horrible. Fox punches first, right in front of the ref, and then flops to the ground after Guentzel responds. This was just goddamn awful officitating over and over again.

Trouba when he sees an unelbowed head:

That's a call all day long, rules don't change in overtime.

it's always interesting to me that special teams matter so much in the run to the Cup But in the finals 5 on 5 matters more because they call FAR less. It'd be nice if the whole run were the same

Felt like we stole that one. Love your content btw.

0 seconds ago I agree shot difference is not a great stat to look at and the advanced stats bear it out the Rangers had the much higher expected goal total from the 3rd period on into the first and second overtime with much higher danger chances. I thought CAR played a great roughly first -70% of the game but the Rangers got stronger as the game wore on. Ultimately it felt like the NYR were going to get it done given the pressure. CAR has been right there and they need to find a way to win both at home. CAR PP needs to wake up if they are going to have a chance.

If the Hurricanes had even performed to HALF their regular season averages for PP/PK, this series would be 2-0 Carolina ... 0-10 PP, Allowed FOUR Rangers PP goals. This is the series in a nutshell ... special teams, one side's living up to the regular season rankings, the other has totally abandoned their regular season form.... guess which is which?

Special teams are gonna kill the Canes in this series, and their fans are gonna complain just like LA about how the refs sold. When in reality, you can't be going 0/5 and saying the game was unfair 😂

The intro😂😂

Just watched the highlights wow what a game I feel this series is going to get better. Rangers took care of home ice let's see what the canes can do at home

As a canes fan, it's been two very good games so far.

Refs have been calling those soft push / cross checks all playoffs and in critical times. Against canes in 2OT, against Van in 3rd of gm 6, and at least a couple more come to mind. Let em play

So far this is exactly what I expect in this series- Igor is the difference maker. Canes are better 5-5 and Rangers special teams are better on PP and PK. It’s Igor that puts the Rangers at the decisive edge

As a Canes fan, the only positive I have from this series is I’m falling in love with the Ranger’s goals song. Which we’ve heard more than I’d like 😂 GG New York

As a canes fan, we aren't winning of we cant score a powerplay or kill off a penalty. Thats what we've done all season, its what helped us win and get to the first round. The rangers are not gonna be easy and if we cant capitalize on someone like trouba in the box, might as well pack for Cabo now

Trouba with another of his patented flying elbows into the boards

I don’t get this “special teams bailed them out” mantra. Special teams are a part of the game just like 5 v 5 is. Rangers just did better on it than Carolina. Rangers are also good at generating powerplays by their movement and play. Not to mention, as you said, they had a lot of high-danger chances this game and most weren’t on the PP - in fact, several Powerplays Carolina’s Penalty Kill actually had the better chances ie at the end of regulation. Also, there were plenty of missed and weak calls on both sides throughout the game, not to mention several sketchy icings/offsides going against both teams. Refs have really been on one in this series and not in a good way. ETA: as the ESPN announcer mentioned at the time of the Skjei penalty, it was also about where the crosscheck occurred. If that was in the corner, probably no penalty. But you can’t take a guy down like that in the middle of the ice when he has the puck, it’s just begging for a break/odd-man rush going the other way, then Rangers fans would be angry over the non-call that lead to a prime scoring opportunity.

Regardless of what calls were made, 12 power plays is too many for a playoff game. The refs saw it get a little chippy early then tried to calm it down by calling too much. Ruins the flow of what's two great teams

Carolina favours the shooting-from-anywhere strategy all game long, so they often have high shot totals, even if they don’t have many great chances. Like where some teams will throw the puck down low and go battle for it again when they don’t have options, the Hurricanes will throw it on net for a weak SOG.

Laffy score 2nd goal when i pee in bathroom

Goodrow was called for the same penalty in the 1st. Refs will make this call 100% of the time because of where the puck was.

Is it the second 5-hole Freddie's goal that is also a loosing goal for Carolina vs NYR?

that might have been a weak call, but the refs missed Zibanejad getting high sticked in the face in front of the net before this.

I am a Rangers fan as well, and I'm glad they're up 2-0, but losing at even strength and having special teams be the crutch isn't a sustainable way to win a series or a cup. I'm getting vibes of the Tampa and Devils series and I don't like it. All that being said the only concern now is beating the Canes a 3rd time and continuing to work from there

Die hard NYR fan here, 36 years and counting. I haven't felt great about the rangers overall through the first 2 games. I have been impressed by their resilience, their special teams, and Igor of course, but the canes have looked to be the team pushing the pace more often than not. Rangers have put on heavy pressure at times and also had as many good scoring opportunities but overall I feel the ice has been tilted a little bit throughout the first 2 games. Happy to be where we are though. Every team remaining is tough and you need every advantage you can get in these playoffs. LFGR!!!!

Trouba with a spectacular miss! Good thing he missed because if he had he connected, I could see supplemental discipline.

As a Canes fan they are definitely horrible at special teams so far this series but what is driving me the most crazy is how easily they are coming off their discipline....not that they would have scored anyway but they miss 3 or 4 full power plays by taking stupid penalties right after starting a power play. Svech is off his rocker.......trochek baited guetzel (great play by Tro!!) and guetzel went for it. Very frustrating but outside of that the rangers PP is so scary!! Gotta win game 3 or the brooms come out. Go Canes!

I'm only annoyed that THIS series is in the second round. The Canes having 111 points, being the overall 2nd best record in the East and playing a series on the road in the second round just feels wrong. But hey, the NHL loves their divisions.

What was Trouba trying to do with that elbow?

The Officiating was bad. On both sides. Missed calls and obvious ones at that on both sides. However: this was the most exciting hockey game since the most recent regular season match between these very same teams. It was a clash of polar opposites. pure chaos versus absolute structure. It was close, entertaining, exciting and great hockey all around. Several points where i thought my rangers blew it and several points i thought the canes blew it. It was great, i want more of it. just better officiating.

Good teams find a way to win. That’s what you gotta do for these 16 wins

I am not a rangers fan, but to me that cross checking call is more or less textbook cross checking. Not a particularly hard crosscheck, but badly placed, and timed. That it led to the guy wiping out I think is the only reason it got called, but I have a hard time seeing it as a non-call that makes sense too. Both hands on the stick, and a shove using the stick, causing a turnover is fairly cut and dry. Now, if you wanted to say 5 on 5 via a diving penalty, sure. Id be surprised if the guy who charged for a headshot at the start of the video doesn't get a suspension, regardless of missing the hit

The thing is this probably isn't even top 3 most painful Hurricanes playoff losses in the last calendar year. Shoutout to the Rangers, but man Carolina has no puck luck come playoff time

The Rangers better figure out how to win a game with a more commanding lead. These one goal wins won’t last forever in their favor.

people kept saying how great their ST's are as if we're not top 3 in both as well - in the playoff the single biggest factor for a winning team imo is a hot goalie, i cant remember the last to win in spited/despite their goalie - Iggy > Freddy all day!

This series is going to be a drag out brawl. The Hurricanes are still very much in it, and neither team should feel at all comfortable until they have a fourth win.

As soon as Carolina got a PP in OT, the refs were going to look for anything to even it out. That’s usually how it goes, even if the second is weak

Am I the only one that wasn't laughing at the Trouba/Necas almost-collision? I saw the way Trouba's skate was coming down right on Necas' head/neck region and got extremely scared. That could have been very, very bad.

Canes fan here, frustration is definitely a good word to describe this series. The Canes powerplay has such good passing but nobody's willing to shoot, screen or move their feet to wear out the Rangers PK. Not to mention we get to watch as offer sheet KK is invisible and warms the bench during OT, meanwhile Troch scores the game winner because we let him walk. 5-on-5 though the Canes are definitely the better team thus far but special teams have to come back into form if we've got a shot. Good luck to your squad the rest of the way, hopefully the Canes make this a series in the next 2.

They mentioned on the broadcast that the penalty had to be called because of the location on the ice. Although weak, it is a penalty and could have resulted in a breakaway. If it happened anywhere else on the ice, they probably don't make that call.

They had to call that. The Canes would have gotten a glorious scoring opportunity because of it. It wasn't the action itself, it was the place where it was done.

Such a bummer. I would love to see the Canes have success.

yeah that cross checking call was pretty bad with a bunch of missed calls in that game I wouldn't call it

Overall a great game, but a tough loss for this Carolina fan.