The Rangers had just killed a penalty to Ryan Lindgren and Vincent Trocheck, at the end of his shift, found himself on a partial breakaway in the final minute, with Carolina defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere chasing him. Trocheck opted not to shoot, but instead tried to drop a pass to a trailing K’Andre Miller. But the pass didn’t get through.

Less than one minute into the contest, Andrei Svechnikov scored, putting the Rangers in an early hole. After a sluggish start, the Rangers were quickly able to find their legs and started to settle back in.

"They're great players and those goals I was trying to be patient because I knew they were going to find me," Svechnikov said. The Hurricanes are the fourth team in NHL history and first since the 2002-03 St.