Hurricanes goalie Antti Raanta leaves Game 7 with lower body injury
A rough start to Game 7 against the New York Rangers got even worse for the Carolina Hurricanes when goaltender Antti Raanta suffered a lower-body injury and had to be helped off the ice. The Hurricanes announced during the second intermission that Raanta will not return.
Raanta, 33, took over as Carolina's starting goaltender in April when Frederik Andersen suffered an injury. In his first 12 playoff starts, Raanta allowed 2.2 goals per game and recorded a .924 save percentage. He was injured Monday after lunging across the goal late in the second period to shut down a scoring opportunity for the Rangers' Mika Zibanejad.
After Raanta was helped off, he was replaced in goal by Pyotr Kochetkov who promptly allowed the Rangers to score their third goal of the game in his first minute on the ice.
Earlier in the game, Carolina center Seth Jarvis was ruled out after suffering an injury when he was hit by Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba.
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