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Domi stars with 3 points in Hurricanes’ Game 7 win over Boston

May 14, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes waited until the final moments before the March 21 trade deadline to finalize a deal with Columbus that brought Max Domi to Carolina for the stretch run and postseason. It paid […]

Antti Raanta, Seth Jarvis shine, Hurricanes top Bruins 5-1 in Game 1

May 2, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Despite winning a franchise-record 53 games in the regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes had questions entering their first round series with the Boston Bruins. Could Antti Raanta be the No. 1 goalie Carolina […]

Hurricanes’ Raanta injured, Kochetkov wins in relief

April 24, 2022 Cory Lavalette

For the second time in as many days, Pyotr Kochetkov earned a win for the Hurricanes. That was the positive. The negative could have much bigger implications. The Hurricanes, already without No. 1 goalie Frederik […]

Jarvis scores OT winner to give Kochetkov win in NHL debut

April 23, 2022 Cory Lavalette

New Jersey Devils rookie Dawson Mercer made a mistake that swung the momentum Carolina’s way. The Hurricanes’ rookies finished the job. Seth Jarvis scored 99 seconds into overtime, capping Carolina’s wild 3-2 comeback and giving […]

Patience pays off in Hurricanes’ 4-2 come-from-behind win

April 22, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — It took the Carolina Hurricanes nearly 40 minutes to get a puck past Winnipeg goalie Eric Comrie. Once they finally did it, they had no trouble doing it a couple more times. Teuvo […]

Hurricanes take over in 3rd period, extend Metro lead with win at Rangers

April 13, 2022 Cory Lavalette

Hurricanes rookie Seth Jarvis couldn’t help but be a little wide-eyed before his first game at Madison Square Garden. “It’s an iconic stadium,” said Jarvis, who was also visiting New York City for the first […]

Hurricanes squander late equalizer, lose 2-1 to Islanders

April 9, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Through 59 minutes of Friday night’s game between the Islanders and Hurricanes, just one goal had been scored between the two teams. Twice as many were scored in the last 60 seconds, but […]

Hurricanes throttle Caps but lose Kotkaniemi to injury

March 29, 2022 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes took two points out of D.C. The Capitals took a pound of flesh. The Hurricanes’ 6-1 win Monday was marred when Capitals forward Lars Eller delivered a hit on Jesperi Kotkaniemi with […]

Ovechkin spoils Jarvis’ 2-goal game in Hurricanes’ shootout loss

March 18, 2022 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

Category 5: Trade deadline, reunions as Hurricanes face Leafs

March 17, 2022 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes are back in action Thursday after three days without a game, the final this season they’ll have that amount of downtime. From now until the regular season finale April 28 at PNC Arena […]