Pete

What a great game. Gonna be an awesome series.

This bottom six has looked great all playoffs, aside from some questionable play by Wennberg during his "maintenance days".

Passing up that shot is why Mika is a third liner.

Yes because he can do some things not a single player in the rest of the playoffs can do.

Both teams have looked dangerous with the puck, but Rangers have puck way more.

2 mins for being Matt Rempe

3C - 2 Carolina - 1

I can see it not being a major, but it should be a 5 on 3.

What a fuckin lucky bounce

3C strikes again!

I completely agree. I like the POV from that article because it's from an exec, a coach, and a player and how they view the numbers inclusive of analytics. POVs from guys like Dom who just stare at spreadsheets and make up models based on what they think is true don't carry as much weight IMO.

https://theathletic.com/5471828/2024/05/05/rangers-hurricanes-nhl-playoffs-predictions-odds?source=user-shared-article Some great points made there, especially the first quote. Lots of "experts" pointing at how much "better" the Canes are at 5v5, despite naturalstattrick having Carolina at 30 more expected goals than the Rangers, they actually only scored three more at 5v5. Carolina generates a lot at 5v5, but they don't cash at the same rate the Rangers do. The Rangers score at a much more efficient clip, they don't need as many chances to score as Carolina does. So this will be another series where xGF% isn't going to be very relevant.

Amazing depth to this Rangers team, their 3rd line center leads the team in first round scoring! 7pts in 4 games! How are they underdogs?!?