Tuesday night’s matchup against the New York Rangers was one doozy of a trap game for the Carolina Hurricanes.
At the end of a 8-game, 13-day stretch, the Canes strolled into Madison Square Garden, a place where they haven’t won since October of Jeff Skinner’s rookie season, and got dealt with by a bottom-dwelling Rangers team that got called out by their head coach David Quinn after their most recent game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
From the opening puck drop, the Hurricanes were a step or seven behind the Rangers and, all of 75 seconds into the first period, New York scored the opening goal in the form of a long-range floater off the stick of Anthony DeAngelo.