Stanley Cup Playoffs

Canes’ D, Andersen shut down Caps

May 10, 2025 Shawn Krest

For 20 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals exchanged haymakers on offense in a game three that looked like it would be decided by which goalie blinked first. Instead, the Canes turned up the […]

Hurricanes drop Game 2 to Caps, head home with split

May 8, 2025 Cory Lavalette

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The bounces didn’t cost the Hurricanes the first game of their second round series against the Washington Capitals. One did in Game 2. A dump-in attempt by Sean Walker early in the […]

Slavin’s OT winner gives Hurricanes Game 1 over Capitals

May 6, 2025 Cory Lavalette

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The last time the Hurricanes played the Capitals in a playoff game, they won in overtime at Capital One Arena. Why ruin a good thing? Jaccob Slavin’s point shot early in overtime […]

Hurricanes, Devils reignite rivalry in Round 1

April 19, 2025 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — The NHL regular season didn’t end until Thursday, but the Hurricanes have known for some time who they would be facing in the first round of the playoffs. For the second time in […]

Category 5: Do-or-die Game 4 for Hurricanes

May 24, 2023 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Hurricanes face elimination Wednesday when they play the Panthers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals at FLA Live Arena at 8 p.m. Carolina trails 3-0 in the series, and […]

LAVALETTE: Hurricanes, in 3-0 deficit, must tap into past experiences

May 23, 2023 Cory Lavalette

After the clock expired in Game 3, sending the Hurricanes to a 1-0 loss and 3-0 series hole to the Panthers in the Eastern Conference finals, frustration reached a boiling point. A video of center […]

Bobrovsky, Panthers push Hurricanes to the brink with 1-0 Game 3 win

May 23, 2023 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky had done everything in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals except earn a shutout. Now he has one of those as well. The Panthers goalie stopped all […]

Category 5: Hurricanes have to ‘be a little sharper’ in Game 3

May 22, 2023 Cory Lavalette

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Hurricanes will try to start to dig out of a 2-0 hole in the Eastern Conference finals when they play Game 3 against the Panthers on Monday in Sunrise. Carolina dropped […]

Tkachuk strikes in OT again, Hurricanes in 2-0 hole in Eastern Conference finals

May 21, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Matthew Tkachuk stuck a knife in the Hurricanes in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals. He gave it a turn in Game 2. With Carolina’s Jesperi Kotkaniemi in the penalty box […]

Category 5: Hurricanes, Panthers regroup for Game 2

May 20, 2023 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Friday was a recovery day for everyone involved in Thursday’s epic four-overtime game — the players, coaches, staff, media and fans all needed a reboot after the nearly six-hour game won 3-2 by […]