This is the first Rangers crisis

Monday night was supposed to be a coronation, and it felt like that for two periods.

The Rangers carried a one-goal lead into the final 20 minutes.

Then, everything went wrong, the Hurricanes ripping off four goals in the final stanza for a 4-1 victory at a stunned Madison Square Garden to force a sixth game in this second-round series.

Game 6 is Thursday in Carolina.