Athletistic / Hockey. The second round of the NHL playoffs began last night. In the first match of the series between the New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes, the Blueshirts won with a score of 4:3.

The winners scored goals from Mika Zibanejad (double), Vincent Trocheck, as well as Russian striker Artemy Panarin, who scored the winning goal. Jaccob Slavin, Martin Necas and Seth Jarvis scored for Carolina. The Russian defender of the “Hurricanes” Dmitry Orlov this time scored an assist.

The Rangers’ goal was defended by Igor Shesterkin. The 28-year-old Russian managed to stop 22 of the 25 shots in his possession.

The series score became 1-0 in favor of the New York team. The next match in the series will take place on the night of May 8 and will start at 2:00 Moscow time. All NHL playoffs come down to four wins by one of the teams.



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