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NHL season resumes with Carolina Hurricanes win over New York Rangers
NHL’s most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign.The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes got things going 142 days after COVID-19 forced a suspension of the schedule on March 12 with a noon ET opening faceoff at Scotiabank Arena.Any concern about a lack of emotion for the 24-team resumption of play without fans in attendance was put to rest early when Carolina’s Brady Skjei rocked Jesper Fast with a massive open-ice hit.Jaccob Slavin scored the NHL’s first-ever August goal moments later on the opening shot just 61 seconds in when he roofed a puck on Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist.