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W/Pytor Kochetkov making his season debut, Canes had to have a few goals in mind. 1. Get the W, 2 Pytor look good, 3. Ehlers finally find the back of the net, 4. convert on the power play, 5. No one else gets hurt. Carolina checked all 5 boxes.

Kochetkov stopped all 25 Ranger shorts for the shutout in a 3-0 victory. Pytor had to be sharp early as the Rangers were dominating play the 1st 10-12 minutes. Kochetkov turned away several prime chances for New York, including a one on one stop of Panarin and a point blank saves on Laba.

On the offensive end, Ehlers checked off 2 boxes. Early on their 1st PP, he took a pass from Walker after an Aho face off win banged it in off the post. It was his 1st goal in a Cane uniform. It was only their 4th PP goal this season.

From there, the Canes dominated the ice. Canes had 26 of the final 38 shots. Rangers went over 20 minutes w/o a shot on goal. Sean Walker got the 2nd goal. Seth Jarvis finished it off w/an empty netter.

Brind'Armor shuffled the lines up a bunch. Aho centered one line Svechnikov & Hall. Stankoven teamed w/Ehlers & Blake. And the Captain Staal still is w/Martinook, but joined w/Jarvis. Among the defensemen, no longer is there a rookie pair. Nikishin is w/Walker, Chatfield w/Nystrom & Reilly is w/Legault. So each vet has a rookie w/him.