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Skjei’s PP goal keeps Hurricanes’ season alive in 4-3 Game 4 win

May 12, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — One would think Rod Brind’Amour would have loved to see the Hurricanes score early and often and coast to a win in Saturday’s Game 4 against the Rangers at PNC Arena. Carolina got […]

Another night, another OT loss: Hurricanes on brink of elimination after Game 3 loss

May 9, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Rangers are one win away from the Eastern Conference final. The Hurricanes are one loss away from a reckoning. Carolina lost 3-2 in overtime Thursday at PNC Arena, putting them in a […]

Trocheck’s 2OT winner sinks Hurricanes

May 8, 2024 Cory Lavalette

NEW YORK — There have been plenty of big prizefights at Madison Square Garden over the years, and the Eastern Conference’s two heavyweights traded blows for much of Tuesday’s Game 2. The Hurricanes suffered an […]

Svechnikov scores twice as Hurricanes rout Rangers 6-1

January 3, 2024 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Pyotr Kochetkov made 28 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 6-1 on Tuesday for their fourth-straight win. Former Ranger Brady Skjei added three […]

Canes, Raanta put clamps on Rangers to take 2-0 series lead

May 21, 2022 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — This time, the Carolina Hurricanes didn’t wait until the third period to impose their will on the New York Rangers. Energetic and aggressive virtually from the opening faceoff, the Canes and goalie Antti […]

Depth key for Hurricanes against Rangers

May 18, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Parity is alive and well in the NHL. Five of the eight first round series went to seven games and two others to six. Only Colorado, which dispatched Nashville in four straight games, […]

Hurricanes beat Rangers to win Metro, set team records

April 27, 2022 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes built their record-setting regular season on a few key pillars: balanced scoring, ferocious penalty killing and timely goaltending. So it was fitting that those three things were instrumental in their 4-3 win over […]

Category 5: 4 more games until Hurricanes start postseason

April 22, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The slog through the rest of the regular season has a light at the end of the tunnel. The Hurricanes will fly to the Tri-State area Friday afternoon for three road games in […]

Hurricanes pick 13th in 2020 NHL Draft

September 30, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The 2019-20 NHL season finally ended Monday night — more than three months after it was initially supposed to conclude — with the Tampa Bay Lightning claiming their second Stanley Cup. While next season’s start […]