News and views about the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL
A 1:00 PM start, no Jordan Staal, and an adjusted 11/7 lineup were not a recipe for success Sunday afternoon. The Carolina Hurricanes fell to Buffalo 4-1 to close out their road trip. The Canes did not start on time and seemed to be chasing their game all afternoon. Defensive breakdowns and poor positioning were […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes wrap up their four-game road trip this afternoon in Buffalo. The Canes have earned points in five straight games and are looking to extend their lead atop the Eastern Conference. The Sabres are last in the East and have struggled to find consistent play this season. Buffalo put themselves in a hole […]
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Team Captain, Jordan Staal scored twice and Brandon Bussi held the fort in goal to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. The win improves the team’s record to 14-5-2 and keeps them at first in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference. Staal is riding a hot […]
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Nikolaj Ehlers returns to whence he came on Friday night as the Carolina Hurricanes , (13-5-2) travel to Winnipeg the take on the Jets, (12-7-0). Game time is set for 8 P.M. Eastern and the game will be back on FanDuel Sports along with homeboys, Tripp Tracy and Mike Maniscalco. Ehlers was originally drafted by […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes fell short in their bid to sweep the season series against the Minnesota Wild with a 4-2 loss in St. Paul on Thursday night. After the Canes took the first showdown between the two teams in Raleigh, Minnesota was able to jump out to an early lead just like it did the […]
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Tonight is going to be unnecessarily late for fans. Even though the Carolina Hurricanes are in the Central Time Zone, they are the second of a doubleheader featured on TNT. That means even though the listed start time is 9:30, it’s probably going to be closer to 10. Why? Because national TV demands it. You’ve […]
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The Hurricanes showed no ill effects from a back to back with two straight overtimes and managed to get revenge for one of their few losses on the season with a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins. The only reason the game wasn’t a shutout was a very late power play goal from the Bruins, […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
The Carolina Hurricanes are back in action for a somewhat-rare Monday night showdown on the road against the Boston Bruins. It’s a rematch of a game that took place just over two weeks ago at the TD Garden that the Canes dropped 2-1 after falling behind by a pair and getting just the one tally […]
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The positive: the Canes got a total of three points off a back-to-back that had both games go into Overtime and saw two starters get injured. The negative: if they had taken better care of the puck they wouldn’t have needed overtime either night and would have all four points. After a game where both […]
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Friday Night was so fun, why don’t we do it again? The Carolina Hurricanes get no rest today as they have to take an electric win last night, essentially forget it, and face two of the best players in the NHL in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The Edmonton Oilers are in town and have […]
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There’s an adage among old school ACC basketball coaches: You have to give the other team credit. Vancouver deserves a lot of credit tonight because they took advantage of every mistake by Carolina. However, the Hurricanes maintained their composure and kept to their game. This was despite holding sole possession of the lead for just […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes are coming off their worst game of the season and are looking to start a new winning streak tonight versus Vancouver. Adam Foote, known for being a physical stay-at-home defenseman during his 20-year NHL career, is in his first full season as an NHL head coach after being promoted on May 14, […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes saw their four-game winning streak come to an end at the Lenovo Center with a 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night. The Canes were not in control of this one at any point, as fthey were quickly forced into a shorthanded situation. They killed the penalty off, but Brandon […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes are set to face the Washington Capitals for the first time since last year’s second-round Stanley Cup Playoff series that saw the Hurricanes defeat the Capitals in five games to advance to the Eastern Conference Final. The reigning Metropolitan Division champion Caps have not quite positioned themselves well to repeat the feat […]
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Why is it always the Leafs? Whenever the Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs play each other, the chances that the game will be insane shoot through the roof for some reason. All you have to do is check the history of Steve Dangle Glynn with the Canes to see some of his best […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
The Canes are headed north for a quick trip to Scotiabank Arena to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7 p.m., hoping to extend the winning streak to four. Last night against the Sabres, Carolina’s offense was on fire, netting six goals en route to a 6-3 win on home ice. While Buffalo […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes improved their record to 10-4-0 with a 6-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night at the Lenovo Center. The victory gave the team three wins in a row and pushed them to a 5-1-0 record at home. Once again the Canes spread out the scoring as they had six different […]
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The Canes are back at Lenovo Center tonight for the second of a two-game homestand with tonight’s matchup against Buffalo. On Thursday, Carolina was able to notch their second straight win, coming against the Wild courtesy of three first period goals. Nikolaj Ehlers recorded his second goal of the season, and the marquee free agent […]
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After a wild and crazy first period, (no pun intended), both teams settled down and the Carolina Hurricanes ended up with a 4-3 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at the Lenovo Center. The win improved their record to 9-4-0. The first period had a little bit of everything except for outstanding […]
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After a two-game road trip to the northeast, the Carolina Hurricanes are back at the Lenovo Center for home games versus Minnesota and Buffalo. On Tuesday night, the Canes earned a great win over a struggling Rangers team. Nikolaj Ehlers netted his first goal as a Hurricane, and did so on the power play. Carolina […]
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Pyotr Kochetkov made his season debut a huge success as he earned a 25 save shutout while the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Rangers, 3-0 on Tuesday night at MSG. Kochetkov had been getting over an injury since the start of the season but he certainly looked healthy enough during this performance. The Rangers […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes (7-4-0) are in the “Big Apple” to do battle with the New York Rangers (6-5-2) on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Game time is 7 p.m. These two teams seem to be on opposite paths as the Rangers have won three straight after a slow start where the Canes have lost […]
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The Boston Bruins are in a weird place this year where people aren’t sure if they are rebuilding or if they are trying to contend for the playoffs. They have talent in goal and one of the game’s best players in David Pastrnak but beyond that they are breaking in a new coach and more […]
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The Carolina Hurricanes closed out October with a decisive win over the New York Islanders, and look to keep it rolling against the Boston Bruins. After a tough 10-day stretch in which Boston lost six games, the Bruins have won three of the last four, including three straight at home. The top story out of […]
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