Hurricanes win first game against Rangers

The Carolina Hurricanes have the upper hand in the series against the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup-kvartsfinal, after winning 2-1 (0-1, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0) at home after an overtime drama in game one. Carolina leads the series by 1-0 games.

The game-winning goal was scored by Carolina's Ian Cole.

The Rangers took the lead in the first period, with a goal scored by Filip Chytil. Alexis Lafreniere assisted.

In the third period, Sebastian Aho then scored with 2 minutes remaining assisted by Seth Jarvis and Teuvo Teräväinen, to tie the game. With this goal, the score was tied and then, the game went to overtime.

Carolina improves to 1–0–0, while New York drops to 0–0–0.

The teams meet again for Game 2 on Friday, May 20 at 8 p.m., this time in Carolina.