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For the third time in four years, the Canes failed to get out of the second round, losing to the Rangers in a series that felt much tighter than 2022's clash.

The division champs and the defending champs clashed in the second round of an odd 2021 campaign, giving us a tight series where goaltending was the key.

There are few series in the Canes' history that hurt to relive as much as this clash with the Rangers, especially with how differently it started and ended.

Taking place in August 2020 in neither Boston nor Raleigh, the Canes and the Bruins reunited one year after their lopsided tilt in the conference finals.