WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Hurricanes power play had opportunities Saturday night to get Carolina back into Game 5 of the team’s first-round playoff series. The Washington Capitals had everything else. Carolina’s power play went 0-for-5 while […]
RALEIGH — With the Stanley Cup favorite Tampa Bay Lightning and perennial threat Pittsburgh Penguins swept out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the defending champion Washington Capitals were suddenly being painted […]
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes exited Game 3 of their first-round series with the Washington Capitals battle-scarred but also with a win to halve the defending Stanley Cup champions lead at two games to one. […]
RALEIGH — Already down two games in their first-round series against the Washington Capitals, it would have been easy for the Carolina Hurricanes to throw in the towel in Game 3 when they went down […]
WASHINGTON — A rat falling out of the arena hallway ceiling during the Carolina Hurricanes’ warmup game of soccer was just a precursor to a wacky afternoon of playoff hockey. Long after the dead rodent […]
The Carolina Hurricanes first playoff game in nearly a decade didn’t look like it would live up to expectations after the Capitals scored three first-period goals. Then it did. The upstart “Bunch of Jerks” pulled […]
RALEIGH — Coach Rod Brind’Amour and captain Justin Williams delivered on their main promise this season: make the Carolina Hurricanes relevant again. But that goal along with one to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs for […]
RALEIGH — It took more than 55 minutes for the Carolina Hurricanes to get a power play opportunity Thursday night against the Washington Capitals. Still licking their wounds from a Nic Dowd goal less than […]
RALEIGH — For the second time in as many games, the Hurricanes entered the third period with a one-goal lead. After getting run over by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, Carolina was looking for […]
RALEIGH — If the Carolina Hurricanes want to learn what the playoffs are like, they took a step toward it Tuesday night. Carolina and Pittsburgh spent most of the hard-fought game tied, but it looked […]
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