Indeed, and frankly even if he looks poor/rusty tonight, the sooner he can get into game shape, the sooner the Rangers will stand to benefit from some much needed secondary scoring.
Not too bad of a period overall. All you wimps throwing in the towel need to remember this is a must win for Carolina. In front of the home fans. They needed to have their best period of the series. And despite their best, they're only up 1-0. That too with a lucky deflection. The Rangers have to be feeling fairly good going into the 2nd and turning the tide.
Yea, pretty soft start by the Rangers. No push back. Hopefully they can capitalize on this PP, or worst case get out down only a goal and regroup for the second.