The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday at PNC Arena in the second-round playoff game to take a 3-2 lead and put the Blueshirts on the brink of elimination.
It was a quiet game offensively for the Rangers, whose only goal came from the hand of Mika Zibanejad in numerical superiority. Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider, two of New York’s most productive players, also combined for 0 shots on purpose in the loss, which is the first. problem.
Fans brushed panarin and Kreider aside for their play in Thursday’s game, and mentioned that either player wants to step up if the Rangers hope to succeed in the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2015.
Kreider and Panarin remain safe and absolutely non-existent. Credit to Carolina, but NYR’s skill has done little or nothing on the road throughout the playoffs.
I don’t even need to see Panarin on the ice for the next game.
Strome, Panarin
Panarin must remain out of the ice
Ghosts of Kreider and Panarin
Panarin said he couldn’t do it on the blue line, but was doing it in his own zone.
Chris kreider and Artemi Panarin have been in the news for 2 weeks
Where did Chris Kreider go?
52 targets Chris Kreider, but tonight he plays as the fourth out-of-form trio on a beer league team. I don’t understand
The Rangers are looking for luck and opt not to show up tonight. They need much more Kreider and Panarin to create an offensive.
Will Chris Kreider appear? #NYR
If you can locate Chris Kreider, let me know. It turns out to be MIA. . .
Is it Chris Kreider?
The duo has disappeared in this series against Carolina. Panarin had just two assists in five games, while Kreider scored one goal in that span.
It’s a shocking feature of both players given their luck in the normal season. Kreider has 52 goals and 25 assists for 77 problems in 81 games, while Panarin has 22 goals and 74 assists for 96 problems in 75 games.
If the Blueshirts are going to make that series bigger, they’ll want Panarin and Kreider to step up when the series returns to Madison Square Garden for Game 6 on Saturday. That said, the Rangers have a great chance of forcing a Game 7, as Carolina has yet to win a playoff game away from home this year.
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