Carolina Hurricanes (47-18-8) at New York Rangers (47-20-6)
With just over two weeks left in the regular season, both the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers have sewn up their spots in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Once they get there, it’s exceedingly unlikely that they will play each other in the first round.
But that’s all we really know at the moment. These two teams will face each other twice in the next 14 days, both in Manhattan, and the results of that 120 minutes (plus potential overtime) of game action will go a long way in determining each team’s potential road map to the Stanley Cup.