John Tavares

Hurricanes can’t capitalize on strong start in 4-1 loss to Leafs

April 13, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes couldn’t capitalize on a dominant start, and Pontus Holmberg’s goal with 17 seconds left in the first period swung momentum in favor of the visiting Maple Leafs, who never relinquished the […]

Hurricanes cap improbable comeback with shootout win over Leafs

March 16, 2024 The Associated Press

TORONTO — Jake Guentzel scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from two goals down late to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday night. Sebastian Aho had two goals and an […]

Aston-Reese’s 2 goals leads Maple Leafs past Hurricanes

March 17, 2023 The Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Zach Aston-Reese scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 Friday night to snap a two-game skid. Morgan Rielly had a goal and an assist, and Mitch Marner […]

Hurricanes drop 3-1 decision to Maple Leafs

November 6, 2022 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes had the Maple Leafs right where they wanted them. Coming off a day of rest while Toronto traveled in for the second half of back-to-back games, Carolina faced the Leafs’ third-string […]

Mistakes, misfires cost Hurricanes in loss at Toronto

March 17, 2022 Cory Lavalette

Hockey is, above all else, a game of mistakes. The Carolina Hurricanes were reminded of that Thursday in Toronto. “You hit the nail on the head. Not much more to say about it,” Vincent Trocheck […]

His Ayresness: Emergency goalie inspires Hurricanes to 6-3 win in Toronto

February 23, 2020 Cory Lavalette

If you thought Carolina Hurricanes equipment manager Jorge Alves getting 8 seconds in net in 2016 was a moment, buckle up for this one. After Carolina goalies James Reimer and Petr Mrazek both went down […]

Hurricanes can’t solve Greiss in Isles’ 3-0 win

February 17, 2018 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters has essentially called the coach’s challenge a crapshoot. Peters and his team got the bad end of it Friday. A surprisingly low-scoring affair saw just one goal scored […]

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 […]