Blueshirt Breakdown: NYR 1 vs. CAR 2 - Game 1

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT- Alexis Lafrenière (2G-3A), Filip Chytil (2G-1A) and Kaapo Kakko (1G-1A) now have a combined 10 points in these playoffs. With an average age of 27 years old, the Rangers are the youngest remaining team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Four players (Miller, Schneider, Kakko, Lafreniere) in tonight's lineup were born in 2000 or later.
SHOOTING PERFORMANCE - The Rangers outshot the Hurricanes, 28-26, including a 23-14 mark through the first two periods.

• Filip Chytil opened the scoring with his second goal of the playoffs, giving him three points (2G-1A) in eight playoff games.
  - Alexis Lafrenière notched an assist on Chytil's goal for his fifth point (2G-3A) of the postseason. Lafrenière became the fourth player in Rangers history to collect at least five points in a single postseason at age 20 or younger, joining Don Maloney (7G-13A-20 PTS in 1979), Niklas Sundstrom (4G-3A-7 PTS in 1996) and Rod Gilbert (2G-3A-5 PTS in 1962).
  - Jacob Trouba led the Rangers with six hits and 28:13 of time on ice. It the fourth time in these playoffs he's recorded six or more hits. Trouba leads the Blueshirts with 38 hits over the course of eight games.
  - Andrew Copp, Kevin Rooney, and Ryan Strome all recorded a faceoff percentage of 50 percent or over. Copp led with 67 percent (4/6), Rooney registered a 56 percent mark (5/9) and Strome went 3/6 in the dot.