Possibly the holiday break will give the Rangers a chance to press the reset button. Laviolette says “it could go either way” on that. The schedule facing them on the other side is far from welcoming — road games at Tampa Bay on Saturday and Florida on Monday, a Jan. 2 home game vs. Boston and a Jan. 4 matinee in Washington.

For people wanting to place a bet on the upcoming battle between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers on Sunday at 12:30 PM ET, is Sebastian Aho a player who is likely find the back of the net?

Aho scored an empty-net goal, fired two shots on net and blocked two shots in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rangers.

Sebastian Aho probably would admit this season has taken a different turn from what he had in mind last summer when inking a two-year deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins worth $775,000 annually. At the time,

The Rangers lost for the 12th time in their last 16 games with a 3-1 defeat to the visiting Hurricanes on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 shots and assisted on two goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Sunday. William Carrier, Jack Roslovic and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fourth time in six games and improved to 10-3-1 against Metropolitan Division opponents this season.

Aho has been extremely productive of late, as he's riding a five-game point streak and has cracked the scoresheet in all but one of his last 10 games, a span in which he's racked up 11 points (four goals,

Sebastian Aho is trying to get his offense going for the Carolina Hurricanes. Aho is on track to have a lousy year of production.

Pyotr Kochetkov was solid between the pipes for Carolina to help the Hurricanes escape with a win over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

In a battle between two of the game's best Russian netminders, Pyotr Kochetkov shone brightest. Per Natural Stat Trick, Kochetkov stopped eight out of nine high-danger opportunities amidst his 22-save showing, and his season-long .855 HDSV% (high-danger save percentage) ranks second among goalies with 1000+ minutes played behind Connor Hellebuyck.

The Rangers (16-16-1) have lost three of four, 12 of 16 and 15 of 26.

Roope Hintz scored his team-leading 15th goal to help the Dallas Stars beat Utah 3-2 on Monday night. Hintz snapped a 1-1 tie 12:39 into the second period. Jamie Benn and Colin Blackwell also scored for Dallas,