Rangers-Hurricanes nastiness carries over into Game 3

The nastiness between the Rangers and Hurricanes picked up from right where it left off when the puck dropped in Game 3 in Raleigh. As the two teams came together after a whistle with 8:36 left in the first period, Jimmy Vesey mixed it up with several Hurricanes players as he attempted to drop the gloves as three 'Canes tried to fight him. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Vesey finally looked as though they would square off, with the Rangers forward getting a punch off before the Hurricanes player wrestled him to the ground and the officials jumped in. THINGS JUST KICKED UP A NOTCH 😳 pic.twitter.com/53h07MbQBe — B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) May 9, 2024 As the refs sent Kotkaniemi and Vesey to the box, Barclay