Rangers 2, Hurricanes 1 (SO)
Rick Nash scored the only goal of the shootout in the third round as host New York snapped a three-game losing streak and continued its domination of Carolina.
Derick Brassard scored for the third consecutive game, netting the tying tally midway through the third as the Rangers beat the Hurricanes for the 12th time in 13 meetings - including seven straight at Madison Square Garden. Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves and denied all three attempts in the shootout to improve to 9-1-0 in his last 10 against Carolina.
Chris Terry scored the only goal for the Hurricanes, who absorbed their second straight shootout defeat to remain winless (0-2-2) on the season. Anton Khudobin made 33 saves in his second start of the campaign.
Carolina finally broke the scoreless deadlock with 3:07 remaining in the second session, when Terry's wrist shot from the left point was deflected over the right shoulder of Lundqvist. Nash nearly tied it after stealing the puck just over six minutes into the third, but Khudobin denied his initial shot and rebound from the doorstep.
The Rangers finally got the equalizer midway through the third as Brassard redirected defenseman Dan Girardi's shot from the right point. New York received its fifth power-play chance with 6:38 remaining but was unable to capitalize, falling to 0-for-16 with the man advantage on the season.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Nash failed to hit the scoresheet in regulation and had his goal-scoring streak to open the season halted at a franchise-record four games. ... Hurricanes D Andrej Sekera, who crashed head-first into the boards in Tuesday's loss to Buffalo, missed the contest along with captain Eric Staal and F Patrick Dwyer, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. ... C Nathan Gerbe (lower body) was injured in the contest and did not return for Carolina, which recalled C Brody Sutter from Charlotte of the American Hockey League - making him the ninth member of the Sutter family to play in the NHL.