RALEIGH — With the Stanley Cup favorite Tampa Bay Lightning and perennial threat Pittsburgh Penguins swept out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the defending champion Washington Capitals were suddenly being painted […]
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes exited Game 3 of their first-round series with the Washington Capitals battle-scarred but also with a win to halve the defending Stanley Cup champions lead at two games to one. […]
RALEIGH — Already down two games in their first-round series against the Washington Capitals, it would have been easy for the Carolina Hurricanes to throw in the towel in Game 3 when they went down […]
WASHINGTON — A rat falling out of the arena hallway ceiling during the Carolina Hurricanes’ warmup game of soccer was just a precursor to a wacky afternoon of playoff hockey. Long after the dead rodent […]
The Carolina Hurricanes first playoff game in nearly a decade didn’t look like it would live up to expectations after the Capitals scored three first-period goals. Then it did. The upstart “Bunch of Jerks” pulled […]
WASHINGTON — Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin came out firing, the Carolina Hurricanes surged and the Washington Capitals showed why they’re the defending Stanley Cup champions when it mattered most. Backstrom and Ovechkin combined to […]
RALEIGH — Coach Rod Brind’Amour and captain Justin Williams delivered on their main promise this season: make the Carolina Hurricanes relevant again. But that goal along with one to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for […]
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