Rangers blitzed in 3rd
HURRICANES 8 RANGERS 5
RALEIGH, N.C. —Andrei Svechnikov long dreamed of scoring his first NHL goal. It could not have come at a better time for the Hurricanes.
Warren Foegele notched two goals and an assist, Svechnikov got his first career goal to snap a tie midway through the third period, and the Hurricanes rallied to beat the Rangers, 8-5, Sunday. Svechnikov, the No. 2 overall pick in June’s draft, deflected Justin Faulk’s shot in front of the net with 9:16 remaining to break a 5-5 tie and give the Hurricanes their first lead. Foegele followed with his second goal 47 seconds later and Teuvo Teravainen added an empty-netter to secure Carolina’s first home victory under new coach Rod Brind’Amour.
“I waited for this my whole life,” said the 18-year-old Svechnikov, who became the first NHL player born in the 2000s to score a goal. “This was my dream, and my dream came true.”
Svechnikov’s go-ahead score was one of four unanswered goals by the Hurricanes in the third period as they erased a 5-4 deficit. Lucas Wallmark scored the tying goal for the Hurricanes with 14:59 left.
Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal and Micheal Ferland also scored and Justin Williams had three assists for Carolina.
The Rangers had leads of 2-0, 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4 and failed to hold each of them.
Jimmy Vesey and Chris Kreider each scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich added a goal for the Rangers, who remain winless in three games under new coach David Quinn.
“Defensively we looked like we had never gone over these coverages or anything we had been working on,” Quinn said. “We had a hard time handling success tonight. When we got up, we didn’t pay attention to detail in the same situation.”
Petr Mrazek made 19 saves for the Hurricanes and Alexandar Georgiev had 32 for the Rangers in a wild offensive game.
The teams combined for four goals in each of the first two periods and were tied at four heading to the third.
Vesey and Kreider scored on the Rangers’ first two shots of the game, only to have the Hurricanes battle back.
“A lot of it was sloppy puck management,” Quinn said. “Making bad decisions, vacating the net front. We’ve got to learn to handle a little bit of success.”