Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour said to reporters that Pyotr Kochetkov will start Game 3 against the New York Rangers on Thursday and that he wants Frederik Andersen to get rest, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Frederik Andersen missed a lot of time this season due to injury, but returned as the starter ahead of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Hurricanes fell down 2-0 in the series against the Rangers, and Game 2 went to double overtime. Given Andersen's lack of a work load this season coming back form an injury, the rest angle makes a bit of sense, but Game 3 is as much of a must-win for Carolina as it gets without being an elimination game.

Andersen has started all seven games in these playoffs for the Hurricanes and has posted an .899 save percentage in those games. His performance against the Islanders was better than it has been against the Rangers so far.

Pyotr Kochetkov did get a good amount of playing time for the Hurricanes this season, playing in 42 games and posting a .911 save percentage, according to NHL.com.

If the Hurricanes are able to come away with a win in Game 3 and Kochetkov performs well, it will be interesting to see what Brind'Amour decides for Game 4. For now, the Hurricanes will just focus on trying to get a win in Game 3 and playing well in front of Kochetkov. Despite being down 2-0, both games were hard-fought and could have gone either way. There is no reason to believe that will change as the series shifts to Carolina.

Keys for a Hurricanes comeback from 2-0

Anyone who has watched the first two games of the series could tell that the difference so far is the performance on special teams from both teams. The Hurricanes have gone 0-for-10 on the power play, which is not going to cut it no matter how well Carolina grades out from a five-on-five perspective analytically. The Rangers have gone 4-for-9 on the power play, with one of those goals being the winner in double overtime form Vincent Trocheck.

Simply put, the Hurricanes will have to improve on special teams when man advantages do take place, and they will have to reduce the amount of penalties they do take. The Rangers' power play is a great strength, and that unit along with the elite play of Igor Shesterkin is why they are in the situation they are in right now. No matter how good Carolina's penalty kill is, the Rangers seem to have figured something out to still be dangerous against it.

The Hurricanes' power play has not been good enough, and although the Rangers' penalty kill has been great throughout the playoffs, Carolina has to muster up some kind of production with those chances, regardless of who is in net.