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Hurricanes’ third period collapse ends their season

May 16, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes looked like they were forcing a Game 7. Then Chris Kreider happened. The Rangers winger scored a natural hat trick in just under nine minutes of play in the third period […]

Another night, another OT loss: Hurricanes on brink of elimination after Game 3 loss

May 9, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Rangers are one win away from the Eastern Conference final. The Hurricanes are one loss away from a reckoning. Carolina lost 3-2 in overtime Thursday at PNC Arena, putting them in a […]

Category 5: Hurricanes look to shift pressure onto Rangers

May 9, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes will look to stay unbeaten on home ice this postseason when they host Thursday’s Game 3 in their first round series against the Rangers. New York had one-goal wins in each […]

Category 5: Hurricanes aim to even series in Game 2 vs. Rangers

May 7, 2024 Cory Lavalette

NEW YORK — The Hurricanes will look to seize home-ice advantage in their second round series when the Rangers host Carolina on Tuesday in Game 2 at Madison Square Garden. New York won Game 1 […]

Rangers win goaltenders’ duel over Hurricanes

March 12, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The Rangers extended their Metropolitan Division lead to six points, beating the Hurricanes 1-0 Tuesday in a playoff-style matchup at PNC Arena. Adam Fox had the game’s only goal, while Igor Shesterkin and […]

Panarin’s 4 goals leads Rangers’ surge past Hurricanes

February 11, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — For most of two periods, the Carolina Hurricanes looked like one of the NHL’s best teams. And then they suddenly seemed more like a team that hadn’t played in nine days. Carolina entered […]

Hurricanes’ winning streak ends at Rangers

January 3, 2023 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Artemi Panarin, K’Andre Miller and Filip Chytil scored third-period goals as the New York Rangers rallied to beat Carolina 5-3 on Tuesday night, snapping the Hurricanes’ 11-game winning streak. Jacob Trouba and […]

Hurricanes run out of Game 7 magic in season-ending loss to Rangers

May 31, 2022 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — There’s an old hockey adage that the playoffs don’t really begin until the home team loses a game. If that’s the case, then this year’s postseason finally got started for the Carolina Hurricanes […]

Rangers hold serve at home, force Hurricanes into decisive Game 7

May 29, 2022 Cory Lavalette

It was the script the Carolina Hurricanes didn’t want to follow again. Looking for their first road win of the postseason, the Hurricanes had a chance to get ahead early when Sebastian Aho came in […]

Canes continue home ice dominance to take 3-2 series lead

May 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — For the Carolina Hurricanes, home continues to be where the heart is. As well as the playoff wins. Vincent Trocheck scored a shorthanded goal, Teuvo Teravainen scored on the power play and Andrei […]