Shutouts and First Points and Debuts, Oh My!: Carolina Hurricanes Defeat New York Rangers

The Carolina Hurricanes had a bit of everything in their 4-0 win over the New York Rangers Tuesday night at MSG.

For one, Frederik Andersen was a driving force in the win, turning aside 22 shots for his first shutout of the season.

The 35-year-old netminder has won each of his first three starts since returning from knee surgery and he's been getting better with each game.

Tonight was the culmination of that work as Andersen saved 2.72 goals above expected.

It was also a good night for the new guys, who each picked up their first points as Carolina Hurricanes.

Taylor Hall, who had a strong showing in the third period of Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Islanders, started the game on the second line alongside Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Andrei Svechnikov and immediately made his presence known.

Less than a minute into the game, Hall saw Svechnikov coming down the slot and hit him with the perfect pass to get the scoring started.

Then late in the second period, Mikko Rantanen made a high-end pass to Svechnikov as well who grabbed his second of the night on the power play.

The team had a bit of an unusual lineup going in as forward Jack Roslovic was unable play due to illness and with the only extra body on the trip being a defenseman, the Canes played 11-7.

But it was a chance for Riley Stillman to make his Hurricanes debut.

The 26-year-old blueliner had been a consistent callup for practices and road trips along with Ty Smith, but had yet to play before tonight.

What makes the debut even more special is that he and his dad, Cory, became the first father-son duo to both play for the Canes.

Cory Stillman played parts of four seasons with the Hurricanes and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2006.

Stillman got 7:40 of ice time, with a shot and two hits, and had a 61.64 CF% and even dropped the gloves against Sam Carrick.

Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis rounded out the goal scoring with two quick ones to start the third period and the Canes just rolled from there, holding New York to just three shots on goal.

The special teams seemingly got back on track too with a perfect 3-for-3 PK and although the second Svechnikov goal wasn't a PP goal, it essentially was as it came just a few seconds after the man advantage ended.

Carolina also rebounded in the faceoff dot, winning 56.4% of their draws and the team now has points in six straight.

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