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The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers will play each other in a best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifier series when the NHL season resumes. Though there is no date for the games to start, two NHL.com writers have already started the debate over which team has the edge in the series.
As the NHL trade season approaches, we should start to see some clarity on which teams will be buyers, which will be sellers, and how they could fit together in trade discussions. The Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers are two teams that already seem like a natural fit.
The Eastern Conference continues to confound and one of our three Central Division regulars finally drops out of the top five.
Jackson Blake’s power-play goal on a deflection 4:47 into overtime lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night.
Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim and Trevor Zegras each had a goal and an assist for Philadelphia (22-17-8), which has lost six in a row (0-5-1). Samuel Ersson made 22 saves in relief of Aleksei Kolosov, who was pulled after allowing goals on the first three shots he faced in the first period.