Rangers' postseason winning streak halted, but still in control of series

All good things must come to an end, at least for the New York Rangers, and they did in droves on Saturday night at PNC Arena when the Carolina Hurricanes got themselves right back in the Eastern Conference Round 2 series with a 4-3 win in Game 4 to avoid the sweep. Snapped Igor Shesterkin's streak of 30 straight games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs of having allowed three goals or less. It is, of course, just one “W” for a team that still needs three more, but it also felt like the kind of win that could potentially turn the momentum in favor of the Hurricanes in what's been a very tight series; each contest has now been decided by just one goal. Skjei, who played his first four-plus seasons in the National Hockey League with the Rangers before being dealt to Carolina in exchange for a first-round pick on February 24, 2020, broke through with a one-timer from a few feet inside the blue line through traffic that beat Shesterkin cleanly up high.