POWER PLAYS

THREE STARS IGOR SHESTERKIN

Though he made a rare mistake on Nino Neiderreiter’s goal, Shesterkin was there when the Rangers needed him, bailing them out through a rocky first period and finishing with 43 saves.

MIKA ZIBANEJAD

Zibanejad opened the scoring with a power-play goal in the first period, assisted Chris Kreider’s goal and had by far his most effective game of this series as reshuffled line combinations helped open things up

CHRIS KREIDER

After a disappearing act early in the series, Kreider got on the board for the first time with a second-period goal and finished with four shots on net.

KEY MOMENT

Zibanejad’s goal at 11:54 of the first came during a period when the Hurricanes had been knocking on the door for some time and it swung the momentum back to the Rangers before Carolina could take an early lead.