NEW YORK (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and added an assist, Frederik Andersen made 22 saves, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fifth time in their last six games. The Rangers lost their second in a row after earning points in 10 straight games.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20), right, and New York Rangers' Filip Chytil chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen, left, looks as New York Rangers' Chris Kreider misses his shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, left, reacts while Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov, right, celebrates his second goal with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov (37), center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen, right, deflects a shot by New York Rangers' Filip Chytil during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov moves the puck up the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The shutout was Andersen’s first this season and the 28th of his career. He has won three straight since his return after knee surgery to improve to 6-1-0.
Svechnikov scored 56 seconds into the game with assists from Hurricanes newcomer Taylor Hall and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. It was the fifth time this season the Rangers have allowed a goal in the first minute.
Svechnikov scored again at 19:29 of the second after Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck had a chance on a rush as a penalty was expiring and tried to drop the puck for Reilly Smith. That attempt failed and Svechnikov finished off a three-on-one break by tapping in a pass from Mikko Rantanen, another new Hurricane.
Svechnikov also saved a goal midway through the second, deflecting a shot by Rangers forward Sam Carrick.
Aho made it 3-0 at 1:04 of the third and Jarvis scored another 2:30 into the period.
Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers.
Rangers: Finished January with a 8-3-3 mark after going 3-10-0 in December.
Hurricanes: Carolina improved to 14-4-3 against Metropolitan Division opponents.
Andersen kicked away an opportunity by Rangers forward Chris Kreider on the power play midway through the second.
Svechnikov had three or more points for the third time this season. He had three in a win over Boston on Oct. 31 and four points in a 5-3 win over Colorado on Dec. 5.
Rangers: Visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Hurricanes: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20), right, and New York Rangers' Filip Chytil chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen, left, looks as New York Rangers' Chris Kreider misses his shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, left, reacts while Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov, right, celebrates his second goal with teammates during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov (37), center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen, right, deflects a shot by New York Rangers' Filip Chytil during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov moves the puck up the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least five people across Ukraine on Friday, including in a “massive” missile and drone attack near the capital, local authorities reported. Ukrainian officials claim the Kremlin is changing its tactics to increase civilian suffering, shifting to daytime barrages and preparing to target more key infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled Kyiv's openness to a potential Easter truce. The holiday is celebrated on April 12 in both Ukraine and Russia.
Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine is preparing for a shift in Russian aerial tactics, with intelligence indicating that future attacks will move beyond energy infrastructure.
In Russia, 192 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over Russia and occupied Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday morning.
“The Kyiv region is once again under a massive Russian missile and drone attack,” said Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the regional military administration, in a Telegram post on Friday morning.
According to Kalashnyk, one person died and at least eight more were wounded in strikes on three of Kyiv’s satellite towns — Bucha, Fastiv and Obukhiv.
Another person was killed in Ukraine's northern Sumy region after a Russian guided aerial bomb struck an apartment block, local Gov. Oleh Hryhorov reported. Authorities in the Kherson, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv regions also reported casualties from Friday's attacks.
Ukrainian officials highlighted what they said were increased daytime attacks by Russia, which they said could lead to more civilian deaths. For months, Moscow pummeled Ukraine with nighttime missile and drone strikes that could involve hundreds of drones at a time.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, said in a post on X that “almost half a thousand drones and cruise missiles” attacked Ukraine overnight.
“This is how Moscow responds to Ukraine’s Easter ceasefire proposals — with brutal attacks,” Sybiha said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday signaled Kyiv's continued openness to a potential truce on Easter, which falls next week according to the Julian calendar followed by Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia.
Zelenskyy told reporters that the proposal had been communicated to Moscow through U.S. channels. He added that the Kremlin's response remains unclear.
Zelenskyy has previously offered a ceasefire for the Easter period — but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week that Moscow wants a lasting peace settlement, not a temporary truce.
President Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a 30-hour ceasefire last Easter, but each side accused the other of breaking it.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Russia was increasingly striking the country during the day, an apparent departure from months of nighttime barrages.
Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation within Ukraine's defense ministry, said that the daytime strikes aimed to “increase civilian casualties.”
“That is why the combined attack is carried out on a working day, using a large number of drones and missiles,” Kovalenko wrote on Friday in a Telegram post.
Zelenskyy told reporters on Thursday that Ukraine is preparing for Russian aerial attacks that could target water systems, logistics and other critical networks. After months of sustained strikes on power facilities, Kyiv now expects increased pressure elsewhere.
“According to intelligence documents we have received, the Russians will target logistics – railways and other infrastructure. They will also target the water supply,” Zelenskyy said at a press briefing.
Elsewhere in Ukraine on Friday, a Russian drone strike damaged a passenger bus in the southern city of Kherson, leaving the driver seriously wounded and at least eight passengers hurt.
Regional government officials said several people were hospitalized, adding that the 51-year-old driver was being treated for head wounds and multiple fractures.
Separately, authorities reported sustained attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, beginning on Thursday and continuing into early Friday. Drone strikes near the city center caused several injuries. One man died of his wounds after being taken to a hospital, local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov wrote in a Telegram update.
According to the head of Kharkiv's Department of Emergency Situations, Bohdan Hladykh, Russia struck the city at least 20 times during the day on Thursday, using explosive drones.
Two people were hospitalized on Friday following a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Leningrad region, over 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) from the border, regional Gov. Alexander Drozdenko reported. According to Drozdenko, the drones also set fire to an “unoccupied” building within the Morozov industrial zone.
The settlement of Morozov houses a state-owned plant that makes explosives and components for ammunition, including solid fuel used in Topol-M missile systems. The plant was put under U.S., EU and other Western sanctions following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Twelve people, including at least three Russian soldiers, were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike late Thursday on Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, local Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported. Separately, he said that seven people were wounded in the region after a drone struck a commercial facility.
Four drones were downed during the night on the approach to Moscow, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported Friday. He did not reference any casualties or damage.
In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Russian soldiers fire a grenade launcher towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
