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The Canes are STILL the Stanley Cup Champions. Joined by Ryan Henkel of Hockey news to discuss the parade, the landscape of the east and the potential of acquiring a top-flight goaltender.

Brandon Bussi made 22 saves, Jackson Blake had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-0, to claim the Stanley Cup. Jordan Staal was named the Conn Smythe Award winner as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs after a series in which he scored 6 goals, dominated the middle of the ice defensively and won 68% of his faceoffs. Taylor Hall put the Canes on the board less than 4 minutes in with his 7th goal of the postseason and 2nd of the series. Blake,...

The Canes are one win away from their second Stanley Cup after beating Vegas, 4-2. Andrei Svechnikov scored twice on the power play, Sebastian Aho broke a 5-game goal drought and Jordan Staal scored for the 5th straight game as the big boys backed Brandon Bussi's 2nd win in as many games. Carolina can close the series out on Sunday in Las Vegas in Game 6. Bussi made 23 saves in the game as he became the first goaltender ever to make his first two career playoff starts in the Stanley Cup Final...

The Canes beat the Golden Knights, 5-3, taking Game 4 and evening the Stanley Cup Final series at 2-2. Jordan Staal scored twice -- and has now scored at least one goal in each of the four Stanley Cup Final games -- and Brandon Bussi made 18 saves in his first every Stanley Cup playoff start as they head back to Raleigh for Game 5 on Thursday. Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake put the Canes ahead with two goals in the first 3 1/1 minutes. Staal scored on the power play to make it 3-1 later in...

The Canes trailed 4-0 almost midway through the 3rd period. Mitch Marner had the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history. But, the fastest three goals in Cup history, by Carolina starting with about 7 minutes gone in the frame gave them life and Andre Svechnikov's extra attacker power play goal gtied the game at 4 with just under 2 minutes to play. Unfortunately, Shea Theodore's wild drive caromed off the end boards and went off Brandon Bussi and in for the Vegas Game 3 winner. Yes, B...

Seth Jarvis picked a great time to score the biggest goal of his career. 3:54 into overtime, his power play goal from the left face off circle gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 Game 2 win as Carolina evened the series withi Vegas at 1-1. The Canes trailed 2-0 into the middle of the 3rd period. But, Logan Stankoven and Mark Jankowski scored within a 2 1/2 minute span to tie the game. Jordan Staal's deflection of a Shayne Gostisbehere power play shot got through Carter Hart to give the Canes a 3-2 le...

The Canes jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of Nikolaj Ehlers 1st period goals, but a series of turnovers and defensive breakdowns fueled a 5-4 Vegas win as the Golden Knights took a 1-0 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final. Ehlers scored on a 2-on-1 just 25 seconds into the game and then doubled the lead off a great pass by Jalen Chatfield. But, mistakes in their own end led to three Vegas goals and 4 1/2 minutes into the second period Carolina was behind, 3-2. Goals by Jordan Staal and Sha...

The Canes scored three times in the 1st period en route to a 6-1 win over the Canadiens and are heading to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years. Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson scored in a span of 7:35 in the opening frame as Carolina dominated the game from the opening face off. It was not dissimilar to Game4 -- or Game 3 or Game 2 -- only this time, the Hurricanes continued scoring. Jackson Blake and Shayne Gostisbehere added goals in the 2nd period as the Ca...

The Canes scored three times in a 2:47 span, late in the 1st period and went on to beat the Canadiens, 4-0. The win puts Carolina one win away from advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years. Sebastian Aho's power play goal with 5:01 left in the 1st opened the scoring. Jordan Staal doubled the lead 1:08 later and Logan Stankoven's 8th of the playoffs capped the uprising as the Hurricanes played their best game of the series in taking a 3 games to 1 lead. Game 5 will b...

For the second straight game, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, in overtime. It was the 5th overtime win of the playoffs for Carolina and all five have ended with the Hurricanes winning 3-2. The Canes stretch their playoff overtime winning streak to 7 in a row. For the 3rd straight game in this series Carolina scored the opening goal. Shayne Gostisbehere's 1st of the postseason opened the account with a rebound of a Mark Jankowski shot. Then, 54 seconds after Mike Ma...

Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Canes beat the Canadiens, 3-2. The Eastern Conference Finals are now even at 1-1 as the series heads to Montreal for Games 3 and 4, Monday and Wednesday. Eric Robinson scored early in the first period to give the Hurricanes the early lead for the second straight game. This time, however, Carolina wasn't a defensive mess, though a Taylor Hall turnover did lead to the tying goal -- the first of two by Josh Anderson. Spe...

The Canes started fast -- a Seth Jarvis goal just 33 seconds into Game 1 -- but unraveled from there in a disastrous 1st period that saw the Canadiens score 4 times in route to a 6-2 win. Carolina has lost their first game of the postseason and have yielded more than 2 goals for the first time. After Jarvis put the Hurricanes in front. Cole Caufield scored 27 seconds later. He was followed by Phil Danault's breakaway goal, Alexandre Texier's one-timer from the slot and an Ivan Demidov breaka...

The Canes became the first modern NHL team to sweep each of their first two playoff series as Jackson Blake sent his team into the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight season with a 3-2 win over the Flyers in overtime. Carolina trailed 1-0 entering the second period, but Blake's first of the night got them even. Logan Stankoven's 7th of the playoffs gave the Hurricanes the lead, but they would need overtime to seal the deal. At 5:31, Blake took a pass from Taylor Hall (3 assists)...

The Canes are one win away from the Eastern Conference finals after a 4-1 win over the Flyers in Philadelphia. Jordan Staal had a power play goal and set up Jalen Chatfield's 2nd period shorthanded marker as the Canes used their special teams prowess and rod the continued play of Frederik Andersen to a 3-0 series lead. Andersen's best work was done early as Philadelphia had chances to take the lead in the first 5 minutes. But, saves on Travis Konecny and Alex Bump plus some help from the post...

For the first time this playoff season the Canes found themselves trailing. Phildelphia scored twice in a 39 span early in the 1st period to jump out to a 2-0 lead. But, Nikolaj Ehlers and Seth Jarvis each scored their first goals of the postseason and Taylor Hall continued his torrid stretch with a goal at 18:54 of overtime to give the Hurricanes the win and a 2-0 series lead heading to Game 3 on Thursday in Philadelphia. Ehlers' goal came on the power play in the first period and cut the Ph...

Logan Stankoven scored twice and Frederik Andersen made 19 saves as the Canes took Game 1 of their second round series with the Flyers, 3-0. It was Andersen's second straight series-opening shutout, having blanked the Senators to start the playoffs exactly two weeks ago. And for the 4th time in 5 postseason games Logan Stankoven opened the scoring. It was the first of two goals on the night giving him 6 for the playoffs. Jackson Blake added a goal and an assist, while Taylor Hall picked up a...

The Canes won the type of game you would have never thought they could win. A penalty-filled, post-whistle scrum-laden, 4-2 affair, as they completed a 4-game sweep of their opening round series with the Ottawa Senators. Taylor Hall and Logan Stankoven scored for the Hurricanes as they took a 2-1 lead into the latter stages. Sebastian Aho scored a pair into an empty net. Frederik Andersen stopped 25 shots as he went 4-0 with a .955 save percentage. Carolina finished the series 2 for 15 on t...

Freddie Andersen stopped 21 shots, Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake each scored a goal, and the Canes beat the Senators, 2-1, to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their opening round sesries. For the 3rd straight game Stankoven opened the scoring, this time ripping home a one timer from a sharp angle to the left of Linus Ullmark off a Taylor Hall feed just more than 5 minutes into the game. The Ottawa crowd was raucous to that point, but the Stankoven goal understandably took some of the starch o...

Frederik Andersen's 36 saves and Jordan Martinook's overtime heroics help the Canes survive game 2 with a 3-2 win and a 2-0 series lead. Andersen, after allowing a poor goal to Dylan Cozens in the latter portion of the 2nd period that tied the game at 2, became the man who shut the door on Ottawa on Saturday afternoon. Twenty two saves later, Freddie is 2-0 in the playoffs and the Canes can sleep a little better with a 2-game lead. Martinook, who had a penalty shot saved by Linus Ullmark in t...

The Canes took Game 1 of the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Senators, 2-0, as Frederik Andersen made 22 saves for his 3rd postseason shutout with the Hurricanes. Andersen is 3-0 in playoff opening starts for Carolina with a save percentage of .975. The game started with the two captains, Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk and Carolina's Jordan Staal, fighting in the center ice circle. One punch squarely landed -- Staal delivering a right hand to Tkachuk's jaw -- and then it ended and ...

Brandon Bussi made 28 saves as he carried the Canes to a 2-1 win over the Islanders in the final game of the regular season. Called into action when the Hurricanes were informed that they could not activate Pyotr Kochetkov before the game, Bussi turned in one of his best performances of the season. That is came the night after his best game of the post Olympic schedule should give the head coach something to think about as he decides on his Game 1 starting goalie for the series against Ottawa....

The Canes only needed one point to clinch the home ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs and they got that in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Flyers. Bradly Nadeau and Nikolaj Ehlers scored in the 1st period. Brandon Bussi made 21 saves and the Canes dragged the game into overtime. Jackson Blake could have scored a half dozen times -- including ringing an overtime try off the left post -- but it wasn't his night. K'Andre Miller also hit the post in overtime as the Hurricanes di...

The Hurricanes beat the Mammoth in Utah, 4-1, as Freddie Andersen made 26 saves and Jordan Staal scored his 20th goal of the season. Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho also scored, as Andre's career high 31st goal got Carolina on the board first on the power play. Aho's deflection of a Shayne Gostisbehere point shot pushed Carolina's lead to 3-1 with less than 5:00 to play in regulation. Sean Walker scored into an empty net, but it was one of his best -- and feistiest -- games with the Hurri...

The Canes rested 7 regulars and still battered the Blackhawks, 7-2, at United Center. Logan Stankoven and Mark Jankowski scored two goals apiece, Will Carrier had 3 assists, and Frederik Andersen made 23 saves in the win which lowers the Carolina magic number to 3 over the Buffalo Sabres. Stankoven also had an assist on the Taylor Hall goal. K'Andre Miller and Sean Walker also found the back of the net in the win. Carolina up to 108 points with 3 games left to play. The Canes Corner Podcast i...