They played the way they needed to in the 1st to beat carolina. Moving the puck north with patience and precision, not throwing pucks away so carolina could retrieve them, dump it in and forecheck to their heart's content. Unfortunately that slipped in the 2nd and 3rd and there was nothing the Rangers could do to counter them. I hate playing that team.
The precision went away after the 1st. There were multiple opportunities to spring odd man rushes that were missed because the passes just didn't connect or were off target. Panarin had a half dozen of these alone.
This game is annoying because despite being ass for the last 40, they should have still won and really beat themselves.
GA 1 - 2 on 2 turned 3 on 2 because Vesey for some reason decides to glide over his own blue line instead of keeping his feet moving.
GA 2 - Mika loses a battle in the corner, Miller follow him for no reason, Trouba gets caught behind the net (which is where hes supposed to be, he can't assume that Miller is going to chase Staal into the corner) and bam, back of the net.
GA 3 - Panarin over handles the puck in the OZ leading to a turnover, puck goes the other way, Lindgren fails to clear it out and we saw the rest.
Give them credit, they cashed in but the Rangers really did this to themselves tonight.
Edit: On 2nd watch Trouba f***ed up on GA 2 as well. No need for him to go below the goal line at all and he took a dumb route getting there.