Tag Archives: Andrei Svechnikov

Devils’ season ends once again in Raleigh, fittingly in excruciating fashion

Posted on April 30, 2025 by hasan4978

Never has such an inevitable result been more annoying, other than I suppose the 2008 playoffs where we lost in five games to a Ranger team we couldn’t even beat in open play during eight games of the regular season … Continue reading →

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Devils revert back to form early in Game 4, run out of gas late in a 5-2 loss

Posted on April 28, 2025 by hasan4978

Fifty-two seconds…that’s all it took for all the good vibes of Game 3 and the fans’ energy in the pregame to evaporate. Fifty-two lousy seconds for Carolina to dominate us on the first shift, for Dougie Hamilton to make a … Continue reading →

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Devils live down to worst-case expectations in Game 1 loss at Raleigh

Posted on April 20, 2025 by hasan4978

If I didn’t know better I’d swear this was 2023…or 2006, or 2002. Whatever year you want to name where the Devils go down to Carolina to start a series and promptly look intimidated and not ready to play playoff … Continue reading →

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Devils begin postseason this weekend with a cloud of uncertainty

Posted on April 17, 2025 by hasan4978

In my recap of Devils-Canes playoff history I pretty well glossed over the most recent of the series, and the only one where a majority of the players were involved with – the second-round matchup two years ago. With good … Continue reading →

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Canes Dash Any Rangers’ Playoff Hopes

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Derek

A storm hit the Big Apple. The Hurricanes were way too strong for the Rangers in a 4-0 whitewash at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. They handed the Rangers their second straight defeat in regulation. It’s looking bleak on … Continue reading →

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Canes’ Blockbuster with Avalanche for Rantanen Flips Script

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Derek

On Friday night, the Avalanche and Hurricanes made a blockbuster trade involving Mikko Rantanen and Martin Necas as the main players getting moved. In a stunning trade that first was broken by Frank Seravalli, the Hurricanes and Avalanche made a … Continue reading →

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Rangers Come Back to Stun Hurricanes: Kreider’s natural hat trick in third period sends Blueshirts to Eastern Conference Finals

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Derek

It didn’t look good after two periods. Facing the prospect of a Game 7 after leading the series three games to none, the Rangers stood up to the pressure by rallying for a stirring 5-3 comeback win to stun the … Continue reading →

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Skjei’s power-play goal forces Game 5: Hurricanes edge Rangers to stay alive

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Derek

They had battled back from a two-goal deficit. Alexis Lafreniere banked in the tying goal early in the third period. But with a chance to end this second round series, the Rangers weren’t good enough. They only totaled five shots … Continue reading →

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Panarin Is The Overtime Hero! Rangers stun Hurricanes 3-2 to take Game 3

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Derek

It happened again. For the second straight game, the Rangers needed overtime to beat the Hurricanes. After allowing Andrei Svechnikov to tie the game with 1:36 left in regulation, there was no panic. Instead, Artemi Panarin won the game when … Continue reading →

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Laviolette should consider making a change for Game 3

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Derek

The Rangers were fortunate to take Game 2 against the Hurricanes last night. Despite being outshot 57-39, they came out victorious thanks to hero Vincent Trocheck’s power-play goal at 87:24 of the second overtime. Igor Shesterkin made 54 saves to … Continue reading →

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