Hurricanes spoil Rangers’ Stanley Cup ‘celebration’ with 3-0 victory

Mrazek makes 27 saves as Canes end 16-game losing streak

NEW YORK, Feb 9, (AP): Petr Mrazek and the Carolina Hurricanes had a reason to enjoy themselves, too, on Friday night.

Mrazek made 27 saves and the Hurricanes spoiled a celebration at Madison Square Garden that honored the last Rangers team to win the Stanley Cup, blanking New York 3-0.

Warren Foegele scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as the Hurricanes ended a 16-game losing streak at the Garden. He took a pass from Saku Maenalanen in the slot and wristed a shot past Henrik Lundqvist at 6:43.

“It was nice to get rewarded there,” Foegele said. “It was a great play by (Kegger) Greg McKegg to enter the zone with speed and then a beautiful pass by Saku.”

Rookie Andrei Svechnikov and Brock McGinn added empty-net goals as Carolina won its third in a row. It was Carolina’s first win at MSG since a 4-3 victory on Oct 29, 2010.

New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist (30) stops a shot by Carolina Hurricanes’ Andrei Svechnikov (37) during the firstperiod of an NHL hockey game on Feb 8, in New York. (AP)