Zibanejad had two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin also scored and the Rangers beat the Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in Game 1. “A week out from the last time you played, I thought the start was really good and we followed that through right through the game,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought we played a pretty good game,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. Panarin beat Andersen from the left circle at 8:21 to restore the Rangers’ two-goal lead. ‘Zibanejad got the Rangers on the scoreboard on the game’s first shot on goal 2:46 into the game.
