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Rangers beat the stuffing out of Hurricanes

November 22, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — If Rangers forward Chris Kreider’s goal 52 seconds into the game wasn’t enough to convince onlookers that Wednesday wasn’t going to be the Carolina Hurricanes’ night, what happened 94 seconds later was proof […]

TSA line stays hot, Ward stars in net in Hurricanes’ 4-2 win

November 19, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The reunited TSA line of Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Staal and Sebastian Aho had totaled 19 points in their last three games. It took the trio just 3:40 to score twice Sunday at PNC […]

Hurricanes squander two-goal lead, lose in OT

November 11, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Saturday’s game between the Hurricanes and Blackhawks was supposed to be about Carolina’s five players playing against their old team. Instead, it was the guy who came back to Chicago who ended up […]

Sixty shots not enough for Hurricanes against Avs

November 3, 2017 Cory Lavalette

DENVER — Semyon Varlamov had a career-high 57 saves, Carl Soderberg and Patrik Nemeth had a goal and an assist each, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Thursday night. Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog […]

On the Hurricanes’ scoring, Peters, Skinner and more

November 2, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — It seems early in the NHL season to call the next three games pivotal, but Thursday’s game in Colorado, Saturday’s in Arizona and the Panthers’ visit to PNC Arena on Tuesday has that […]

Hurricanes’ futile power play costs them in 2-1 loss to Blues

October 27, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes and Blues played 52 minutes of 5-on-5 hockey before Carolina got the game’s first power play opportunity in a tied third period. It was St. Louis that benefitted. The Hurricanes did […]

Hurricanes’ younger brothers together in Nebraska

October 18, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes started the season with players from five different countries on the roster, ranging as far east as Oulunsalo, Finland, all the way to Spokane, Wash. Carolina 23-year-olds Jaccob Slavin and Teuvo […]

Ward stops 48 shots, Slavin shuts down McDavid in Hurricanes’ 5-3 win

October 18, 2017 Cory Lavalette

EDMONTON, Alberta — The battle of the backups went to Carolina. With the Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers giving their No. 2 goaltenders their first starts of the season, Carolina’s Cam Ward outdueled Edmonton’s Laurent Brossoit with 48 […]

Hurricanes fall in OT after late goal earns them a point

October 10, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — There were 10,000 fewer fans at PNC Arena for Tuesday’s Carolina Hurricanes game than Saturday’s season-opening sellout against the Wild. That’s probably a good thing, because the first 58 minutes of Columbus’ 2-1 […]

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Hurricanes go back and forth with Wild, get shootout win

October 8, 2017 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t take a conventional route to their first season-opening win since 2011, but they’ll take it anyway they can get it. Carolina rallied from a two-goal deficit, took the lead […]