RALEIGH — When the Carolina Hurricanes decided to trade Calder Trophy finalist Alex Nedeljkovic and rebuild their goaltending from the ground up last offseason, there was plenty of consternation in Raleigh and beyond. Their decision […]
RALEIGH — Past the game’s midway point and down two goals, the fans in PNC Arena were looking for something — anything — to cheer, scream or yell about. They got it when Sabres defenseman […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning couldn’t figure out how to score on Hurricanes goalie Antti Raanta at 5-on-5. They found other ways to do it. Steven Stamkos scored the Lightning’s third power play goal of the […]
It wasn’t just Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour. Anyone on the Carolina payroll if asked why the team was struggling to score would say the same thing. “It’s coming.” And that it did Saturday in St. […]
RALEIGH — When word leaked at 2:56 p.m. that Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s long-rumored eight-year contract extension had been signed, it looked like that would be the news Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell would share on NHL […]
RALEIGH — For two periods, the Hurricanes had held the No. 3 goal scorer in NHL history without as much as a shot attempt. But as teams have learned during his 17-year career, Alex Ovechkin […]
Coming off a couple of playoff-style wins in which they won third periods in tight games to move into the top spot in the NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes faced a different task Sunday afternoon in […]
RALEIGH — Martin Necas didn’t just lead the Hurricanes to two points against the visiting Seattle Kraken. He got the monkey off his back. Necas scored his first goal since Jan. 15, spinning, falling and […]
RALEIGH — Losers of two straight and coming off three games in which they didn’t seem like themselves, the Hurricanes needed something to snap them out of their dog days of the season funk. Enter […]
RALEIGH — When hockey historians look back on Antti Raanta’s performance Tuesday in Detroit, they likely won’t think much of anything: 37 saves, four goals allowed in a 4-3 overtime loss. But the goalie probably […]
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