Hurricanes bounce back at home, beat Rangers to take 3-2 series lead

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

RALEIGH, (AP) — The controlled long stretches of play, stayed aggressive and even got a breakthrough in a two-month struggle on the power play. Now they can turn their attention to trying to put away the , too. Vincent Trocheck buried a short-handed goal, Teuvo Teravainen had a rare power-play score and the Hurricanes beat the Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the second-round series. It was part of yet another strong home performance for the Metropolitan Division champions, who improved to 7-0 at home in the postseason. Carolina, which had a short-handed goal from defenseman Brendan Smith in the Game 2 win, has two short-handed goals in the same postseason series for the first time since 1992....

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