RALEIGH, N.C. — It was steamy outside the arena and heated at times inside once the game began Friday as the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers went at it again.
It was Game 2 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The Canes won the first game at PNC Arena and the Rangers desperately wanted to win the second to even the series.
But the Canes, still unbeaten at home in the playoffs, would not be denied, winning 2-0 on Brendan Smith’s short-handed goal in the second period and Antti Raanta’s stellar shutout work in net. Sebastian Aho added an empty-netter in the final seconds for good measure.
