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The Carolina Hurricanes reached the 100-point mark once again with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday night. Columbus entered as the more desperate team, as they push for a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but Nikolaj Ehlers and the Carolina power play proved to be too much. […]
The Carolina Hurricanes (46-21-6) traveled to Columbus and will do battle with the Blue Jackets (38-24-12) tonight at Nationwide Arena. This is the first of two consecutive games between these teams in the next three days. The Canes are coming off another loss to the Montreal Canadiens where they like felt they played well but […]
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi was the subject of trade rumors leading up to the 2026 NHL trade deadline. While he ended up staying put, there is an expectation that the Hurricanes will listen to offers for him during the summer. Due to this, let's look at three teams that could look to acquire Kotkaniemi this offseason. Vancouver Canucks The Canucks were connected to Kotkaniemi this season, and it would not be too surprising if they pursued him during the summer. T...
Here are your links for today: Devils Links The Devils scored two goals in 19 seconds to give themselves a third-period lead and then held on to claim a 5-3 win over the Blackhawks on Sunday. [Devils NHL] A familiar result against the Hurricanes as of late: Three second-period Carolina goals pushed the Hurricanes to […]
The Montreal Canadiens finished off their season-series sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, riding a 34-save performance by Jakub Dorbes and a three-goal second period explosion to a 3-1 win at Lenovo Center. Carolina outshot Montreal 35-18 and held a 1-0 lead after a dominant first period. For the second time in a week, […]
Josh Anderson is unable to play with his illness, so Arber Xhekaj comes into today’s game. Not as a defenceman, but as a fourth-line forward. First period The Hurricanes have come out as the better team, so it seems the Habs didn’t learn anything from the previous meeting. They might give up more than 16 shots at this rate. Five minutes in, the Canadiens haven’t won a single puck battle. How do they go from last night’s performance to this? The puck has barely been out ...
Game 73: Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes Start time: **5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT** In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ Ivan Demidov had the best performance of his NHL career to date last night, a force in all three zone as he quickly turned possessions for the Nashville Predators into scoring chances for the Canadiens. The result was the 14th multi-point game of his ro...
The Carolina Hurricanes are back in action this afternoon with a 5:00 PM puck drop against the Montreal Canadiens at the Lenovo Center. After taking care of the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday night, the Canes will look to avoid the season sweep versus the Habs this evening. Montreal owns the season series so […]
Game 73: Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes Start time: **5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT** In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ The Carolina Hurricanes had an almost ideal performance in the first game of a back-to-back on Saturday, outshooting the New Jersey Devils 34-19 and winning 5-2. The Montreal Canadiens put in a similar effort versus the Nashville Predators, bringing an end t...
Brandon Bussi made seventeen saves in his best performance since the Olympic Break, the Canes shook off a slow first period, and then dominated the New Jersey Devils from the second period on to win 5-2 at Lenovo Center Saturday. The Hurricanes had been off since a 5-2 loss to Montreal on Tuesday—a team that […]
The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (37-32-2) at the Carolina Hurricanes (45-20-6) The Time: 5:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN; Radio — Devils Hockey Network The Game Preview: Jackson had it here. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear […]
After a rare three-day break, the Carolina Hurricanes return to action this afternoon as they host the New Jersey Devils at Lenovo Center. The game offers a rare break for the Hurricanes in the midst of a grueling schedule that has them playing teams still vying for a playoff spot. Five of their last six […]
The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (37-32-2) @ Carolina Hurricanes (45-20-6) The Time: 5:00pm ET The Broadcast: MSGSN, Devils Hockey Radio Network Last Devils Game New Jersey visited Nashville to battle the Predators on Thursday night. Nico Hischier scored twice and Jesper Bratt registered three points in a 4-2 win. Last Hurricanes Game Carolina hasn’t played until Tuesday, when they […]
Just a couple of years ago, Jesperi Kotkaniemi was a promising prospect who was on the rise. Now? He is a regular healthy scratch who is currently the 14th forward on the Hurricanes, one spot behind the newly acquired Nicolas Deslauriers who is best known for being a pugilist. There is talk around the team […]
Needing a win to keep pace in the Atlantic playoff race, the Montreal Canadiens hosted the top team in the entire conference on Tuesday in the form of the Carolina Hurricanes. After a horrific start saw them down two goals in the first period, they went on to score five unanswered goals, securing two points that didn’t seem within the realm of possibility in the early goings. At the centre of their comeback win was Jakub Dobeš, who stonewalled the Hurricanes after their two early goals. ...
For a team that usually swings big, the Carolina Hurricanes going quiet at the deadline raised some eyebrows. Especially when Jordan Binnington’s name was floating around. Hurricanes Didn’t View Jordan Binnington as the Upgrade The Hurricanes did do their homework on Jordan Binnington. They checked in with the St. Louis Blues , kicked tires, and that was reportedly about as far as it went. According to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun , talks “never got serious,” and that kind of s...
First period Josh Anderson is back in the lineup, but his first shift doesn’t last very long as he gets sent off for interference a second after Phillip Danault won a defensive-zone faceoff. Nikolaj Ehlers, the hottest goal-scorer for the Hurricanes, tries to send a pass to Seth Jarvis at the top of the crease, but instead Mike Matheson deflects the puck behind Jakub Dobeš in his attempt to cut off the pass. The puck gets behind Lane Hutson and Taylor Hall turns it into a brea...
Game 70: Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ Thank to three wins over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the past two weeks, the Carolina Hurricanes have all but locked up the Metropolitan Division by taking a 10-point lead over their nearest competitor. Now the Hurricanes are about to get a heavy dose of t...
The Carolina Hurricanes (45-19-6) wrap up their three game road trip tonight with a match against the Montreal Canadiens (38-21-10). The Canes have won three games in a row and they are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. The Habs won their last game against the Islanders and they are 5-4-1 in their last 10. […]
Game 70: Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ The Montreal Canadiens managed one shot in the first period when they played the Los Angeles Kings on the road on March 7. It was an opponent the Habs had struggled against for years, unable to penetrate the neutral-zone forecheck of a team with solid defensiv...
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins closed out another back-to-back set on Sunday, playing against the Carolina Hurricanes for the third time in 13 days. If we’re being honest with ourselves, the Penguins didn’t really deserve the two points they got against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, getting outhustled […]
The Carolina Hurricanes scored three power play goals and dominated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-1 on Sunday afternoon in the Steel City. The Canes controlled the puck most of the game and were holding the Pens to a paltry 12 shots on goal until the Pens finally found some offense with five minutes and change to […]
Pregame Ryan Shea isn’t able to play so the Penguins turn to Ryan Graves to make a rare NHL lineup appearance. Stuart Skinner gets the start in net. The visiting Carolina Hurricanes bring the following lineup for today’s game. First period Carolina chose to put the Jordan Staal line out for the opening faceoff, in […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes (44-19-6) return to action this afternoon as they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins (35-18-16) at the PPG Paints Arena starting at 3 P.M. This is a big game for the Penguins as they currently find themselves eight points behind the first place Hurricanes in the Metropolitan Division with time to catch them […]