Rangers power past Hurricanes to even series at 2

NEW YORK — Andrew Copp had a goal and two assists, and Frank Vatrano and Adam Fox each had a goal and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Game 4 Tuesday night, evening the second-round series at 2-2.

Mika Zibanejad also scored, Ryan Lindgren had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for the Rangers, who won their fifth straight at home in the postseason. New York won two games at home after opening with two losses at Carolina.

“Everyone’s kind of contributing and has been over the course of the playoffs,” Copp said. “It’s not just one line, one D-pairing, it’s throughout the lineup. … Just trying to build off some of the momentum we’ve created these last two games.”

The Rangers have won two straight against the Hurricanes after losing eight of the previous nine meetings, including a three-game sweep in the qualifying round of the 2020 playoff bubble and three of four in the regular season.

“We’re confident,” Copp said. “We get two games where we win, we play well, we give up two goals total. Now the reverse of the talk of you guys is on them now. We just got to kind of block all that out and stay with our game. Guys are feeling better about themselves and we got to ride this momentum into Carolina.”

Former Golden Knights and current Rangers coach Gerard Gallant liked what he saw from his team, calling it ‘close’ to one of the most complete games by his team this postseason.

■ Oilers 5, Flames 3: At Edmonton, Alberta, Ryan Nugent-hopkins scored his second goal of the game with 3:27 left in regulation as Edmonton took a 3-1 lead in the second-round playoff series. Evander Kane scored his Nhl-leading 11th and 12th goals of the postseason, and

Zach Hyman added a goal for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl added two assists and Mike Smith made 29 saves.

Elias Lindholm and Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary, and Rasmus Andersson added a short-handed goal from his own end in the third period to tie the game at 3. Jacob Markstrom stopped 21 shots.

John Minchillo The Associated Press New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox, right, celebrates with defenseman Ryan Lindgren (55) after scoring against the Carolina Hurricanes in the first period of Game 4 of their second-round playoff series Tuesday. The Rangers evened the series at 2-2.