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Head coach Rod Brind’Amour said before and after yesterday’s game that the team and coaching staff are confident in both goalies, and either could have started. Brind’Amour cited playoff experience as the factor in his decision, and that was the right call. The Lenovo Center was buzzing, and the captain-on-captain fight off the opening puck […]
Jordan Staal got the crowd going with a fight, Frederik Andersen was outstanding, and the Carolina Hurricanes took down the Ottawa Senators in a dominant 2-0 performance that saw the team take a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Any hopes of a sleepy start by either team, but especially the Canes who […]
We might as well preview each series as they come, and we need a gamethread. Why not both? Carolina vs. Ottawa – Fraudwatch East The Sens were the ones who got the final ticket to ride in the East, and must now face the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round. Truly, to two nicer teams, […]
It’s been a long road to get here. It started in a warm September within the Wake Competition Center and Lenovo Center ice, it’s gone through preseason games, 82 regular season games, a three week break for the Olympics that saw each color of medal come back to the area, a quiet trade deadline, injuries, […]
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The Florida Panthers are still the defending Stanley Cup champions, but not for long as this year’s NHL postseason kicks off with a trio of exciting games today. The Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators will meet for the first time ever in the playoffs this afternoon. The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will faceoff for the third time in the postseason this evening. And prime time sees intrastate rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers do battle in the playoffs for the f...
The Carolina Hurricanes and the Ottawa Senators face each other in an interesting matchup for round one of the playoffs. While the Canes have earned the highest number of points in the East, (113 to 99), both teams have been among the league’s hottest since the Olympic break. The clubs have been compared as being […]
Welcome back to the annual playoff pick’em contest! We are lucky enough to have the return of Brian LeBlanc to keep track of the points and determine a winner. I have not selected an appropriate prize yet, but it will either be a special puck(s) or some other notable memorabilia. I think last year the […]
The Colorado Avalanche won 55 regular season games, claimed the Presidents' Trophy, earned home ice throughout the Western Conference playoffs, and finished with 121 points, which was eight clear of the Carolina Hurricanes for the best record in hockey. They did all of that while dealing with a late-season wave of injuries that would have derailed most teams. Now, with Game 1 against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, coach Jared Bednar told reporters that he expects his full roster to be ...
The Carolina Hurricanes are potentially approaching a crossroads entering the 2026 playoffs. On one end, they have been undoubtedly one of the most dominant teams in the NHL over the better part of the last 10 years. On the other end, though, they don’t have much to show for it. Since 2018, Carolina is fourth […]
The NHL announced today that the Carolina Hurricanes will face the Ottawa Senators in game one of their series starting on Saturday at 3 P.M. at the Lenovo Center. The rest of the schedule will be announced later. The Canes held a morning skate Thursday morning and the normal suspects were in their typical spots. […]
Come on, man. The greedy, points-munching, perennially-falling-just-short Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t even concede us a little fun in a meaningless season finale. And the April walking ghost New York Islanders couldn’t even give us something frivolous to celebrate in the same. Sound Beach native (and feel-good story, to be honest) Brandon Bussi was stingy in making […]
The Carolina Hurricanes closed out their season with a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night at USB Arena. After clinching the Eastern Conference title by earning a point in Philadelphia last night for the first time in franchise history, they finished with 113 points which is good enough for second place […]
So the Islanders come to game #82. Hey just think: next season, there will be two more games after this. Though the playoffs are now set, and without them involved, we do have some things to watch for: Matthew Schaefer’s pursuit of yet more 18-year-old-defenseman-rookie awesomeness, and the NHL debut of Victor Eklund (wearing #73), […]
The Carolina Hurricanes visit the New York Islanders tonight to play in the “Mother of all Meaningless Games” at UBS Arena. The Canes have already clinched the Eastern Conference while the Islanders have officially been eliminated from playoff contention. Of course, the game does hold meaning for the players trying to impress their respective coaches, […]
The Philadelphia Flyers have already clinched the playoffs in dramatic fashion with a shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night. So, with their season finale happening just 24 hours later, they have decided to rest a lot of key players and bring up some prospects from the AHL for what is a meaningless game when it comes to standings and making the playoffs. Since, you know, the Flyers are making the playoffs. Flyers recall several prospects to give key players a rest ...
Last night marked a huge moment for the Flyers, as after a long and at times arduous regular season, they managed to overcome the bad bits, rallying from behind to a huge win over Carolina to punch their ticket to the postseason. But despite the fact that the Flyers got a little bit of help heading into that matchup, with the Hurricanes resting a number of their top contributors, this game was far from an easy one. They managed to find some early jump in the first period, but weren’t able...
The Islanders finish their season-killing homestand by hosting a longtime nemesis, the Carolina Hurricanes, who have nothing to play for and every reason to rest with first place in the East locked up. That didn’t stop them from forcing the Flyers to a shootout last night before Philadelphia clinched the final playoff spot and set […]
The Carolina Hurricanes lost to the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2 in a shootout on Monday night but the point earned guaranteed them the top spot in the Eastern Conference and home ice for the first three rounds of the playoffs. The Canes will face either the Ottawa Senators or the Boston Bruins, depending upon the outcome […]
Against a very depleted Hurricanes team, the Flyers pulled off a dramatic, comeback 3-2 victory in the shootout to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2019-2020. For the first time since the 2017-2018 playoffs, we’ll have a Battle of Pennsylvania against Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The basics First period: 8:41 – Bradly Nadeau (Nikolaj Ehlers, Sean Walker), 15:30 – Ehlers (Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake) (PPG) Second period: 7:57 – Matvei Mi...
The Philadelphia Flyers have done it. In a win-and-you’re-in opportunity Monday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, they did not crumble or succumb to the moment. Standing tall and being able to withstand the immense pressure of punching their ticket with a victory, the Flyers were able to do just that. With a 3-2 shootout win over the Hurricanes in front of the thousands of fans who have been hungry for this moment. Desperate to feel this feeling again of being one of the 16 teams who...
The final week of the regular season is upon us, and the Flyers have just two games to take care of that final bit of business and clinch a playoff spot for themselves. A win tonight against the Hurricanes would do it, and they have a prime opportunity ahead of them, as it looks like Carolina will be without some of their big guns in this final matchup of the season. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading It doesn’t lo...
The Philadelphia Flyers need just two points to then clinch the playoffs for the first time since 2020 and host a playoff game for the first time since 2018. Just one single, little win will get them that spot and thanks to the Carolina Hurricanes, it might come a little bit easier than once thought. It’s no mystery that the Hurricanes have proven to be unbeatable for the Flyers in recent years. This season they have two shootout losses and an overtime loss against them, last season it wa...
The Carolina Hurricanes (52-22-6) are in the “City of Brotherly Love” to do battle with the Philadelphia Flyers (41-27-12) in a game with playoff implications. The Hurricanes need just one point to wrap up first place in the Eastern Conference. The Flyers can clinch third place in the Metropolitan Division with a win, which of […]
On April 10th in 2010, Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron prevented a third period own goal stopping Blake Wheeler's pass from entering their empty net during a delayed Jerome Samson penalty up 3-2 in a must-win game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Boston added an empty net goal to their three shorthanded markers to beat Carolina that afternoon by a score of 4-2 and clinch a playoff spot.