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Ehlers’ overtime winner evens Hurricanes’ series with Canadiens

May 24, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Nikolaj Ehlers created a personal highlight reel in Saturday’s Game 2. It’s one he, his teammates and Hurricanes fans will look back fondly on. Ehlers scored a show-stopping goal in the second period […]

Canadiens feast on Hurricanes’ early mistakes, win 6-2 in Game 1

May 22, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — For at least one day, rust won over rest. The Hurricanes scored 33 seconds into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final against the visiting Canadiens but then proceeded to allow four goals […]

Category 5: Subplots of Eastern Conference final between Hurricanes, Canadiens

May 21, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The wait is over: The Hurricanes and Canadiens open the Eastern Conference final Thursday at Lenovo Center, three days after Montreal won an overtime Game 7 against the Sabres to advance — and […]

Hurricanes re-sign Jankowski to 2-year extension

May 11, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes have some time off to see who they will face in the Eastern Conference final. It was enough time to take care of some off-the-ice business. Carolina announced Monday it has […]

Blake’s OT winner sends Hurricanes back to Eastern Conference final

May 10, 2026 Cory Lavalette

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes are perfect through eight games of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re also off to their third Eastern Conference final in four seasons. Jackson Blake’s overtime goal handed the Flyers a 3-2 […]

Hurricanes win again, move to 1 win away from conference final

May 8, 2026 Cory Lavalette

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes have spent most of the postseason suffocating the opposition. In Thursday’s Game 3, they let their special teams do the work. Jalen Chatfield scored the go-ahead shorthanded goal late in the […]

Hall’s overtime goal keeps Hurricanes perfect in playoffs

May 5, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said before Game 2 that his team hadn’t yet faced adversity this postseason. Now they have — and they passed the test with flying colors. Taylor Hall drove the […]

Stankoven scores twice, Andersen posts shutout in Hurricanes’ Game 1 win over Flyers

May 3, 2026 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes, despite a weeklong break, picked up where they left off in Round 1 of the playoffs. So did Logan Stankoven. The Carolina center scored his fifth and sixth goals of the […]

Hurricanes regain composure, finish off Senators to complete series sweep

April 25, 2026 Cory Lavalette

KANATA, Ontario — A second period hit that knocked Hurricanes defenseman Alexander Nikishin out of Game 4 between the Hurricanes and Senators set off a maelstrom of scrums and penalties that temporarily derailed Carolina’s quest […]

Hurricanes push Senators to brink with 2-1 Game 3 win

April 24, 2026 Cory Lavalette

KANATA, Ontario — The Hurricanes needed something old and something new to earn a 2-1 road win and take a commanding lead in their series with the Ottawa Senators. The new is becoming old hat: […]