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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 the po...

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 out...

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 the ...

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 the...

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. N...

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 did ev...

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 Hurrican...

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 is ...

The Canes beat the Bruins, 6-5, in overtime, wrapping up the Metropolitan Division title with 4 games left to play. The Hurricanes have 106 points, a 4-point lead over Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Montreal in the race for the number one overall seed in the Eastern Conference with 4 games left to play. It was anything but standard in the Canes' final regular season game at home. Defensive breakdowns and some shaky goaltending allowed Boston to score 5 times -- three by former Hurricanes forward Morgan ...

The Hurricanes had a chance to wrap up the Metropolitan Division with just 1 point in the game at Ottawa. Alas they lost 6-3. They scored first through Logan Stankoven on the power play. Andrei Svechnikov gave them momentum with a great individual effort goal at the end of the opening period in a 2-2 game. But, that was it as puck management issues and mental mistakes cost them any chance at a win. The only positive was Taylor Hall's 300th career goal. The Canes Corner Podcast is sponsored by t...

The Canes twice fought back from a goal down, but then hung on for a 4-3 win over the Islanders. The win pushes Carolina to 104 points and gives them a magic number of 1 to wrap up the Metropolitan Division. That can happen Sunday in Ottawa. Seth Jarvis scored his first 5-on-5 goal in 24 days as he scored Carolina's first and last goals. He also set up Sebastian Aho for a go-ahead shorthanded marker in the 2nd period. That was the Hurricanes' 12th shorty of the season, which leads the NHL. Jacks...

The Canes raced out to a 3-0 lead after the first period and cruised home to a 5-1 win over Columbus. The win put the Hurricanes into the playoffs for the 8th consecutive season. Logan Stankoven scored twice. Alexander Nikishin registered his first NHL shorthanded goal. And Andrei Svechnikov's 3rd period goal extended Carolina's streak to 8 straight with at least one power play goal. Carolina is 12 for their 25 with the man advantage during the run. The penalty kill went 3 for 3 and has now eras...

The Canes scored 3 power play goals and Brandon Bussi made 23 saves as they beat the Blue Jackets in Columbus, 5-2. The win pushes the Hurricanes to the 100 point mark for the 4th time in the last 5 seasons and lowers their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to 3. In addition, Carolina has a magic number of 7 to win the Metropolitan Division for the first time in 3 years. Shayne Gostisbehere, Logan Stankoven and Andrei Svechnikov each scored power play goals and Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and ...

For the second time in three games the Canes lost a game that they probably should have won. But, in each, they could not adequately solve Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes and ended up on the losing end. Last Tuesday in Montreal, the Hurricanes scored the first 2 goals and had more than 60% of the high danger scoring chances only to lose 5-2. Sunday, at Lenovo Center, it was more egregious as the Hurricanes piled up 100 shot attempts and outchanced the Habs by nearly 3 to 1 only to come away wit...

Brandon Bussi's best start since the Olympic break helped the Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the Devils. Carolina fell behind 1-0 on a first period Timo Meier goal, but they roared back with 3 goals in the 2nd period as Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake and Jordan Staal each scored. Ehlers rang up his 13th in 22 games against the Devils. Blake's gave the Canes the lead they would never give up. Staal's deflection of an Ehlers pass gave him 19 goals on the year, just one shy of his season high with Car...

The Hurricanes scored twice in the first 7 minutes, but couldn't build on the lead and ultimately fell to the Canadiens, 5-2, in Montreal. Nikolaj Ehlers and Jordan Staal scored about 4 1/2 minutes apart in the 1st period as the Canes jumped out to a 2-0 lead. But Oliver Kapanen's high slot deflection bounced through Frederik Andersen to cut the lead in half and the Canadiens scored the next four goals for the win. It was one of those games where you don't play as poorly as the score indicates, ...

Alexander Nikishin's first NHL overtime goal gave the Canes a 4-3 win over the Maple Leafs. The Canes did not score a 5-on-5 goal in the win. Jordan Staal scored on the power play -- deflecting home a Seth Jarvis shot; Eric Robinson converted a penalty shot; and, K'Andre Miller scored a shorthanded goal -- all in the 2nd period. Brandon Bussi snapped a personal 3-game losing streak with 23 saves in the win. The Canes lead the Penguins by 10 points in the division race. The Canes Corner Podcast ...

Sean Walker's overtime goal sent the Canes to a 6-5 win over the Penguins, pushing Carolina to an 8-point lead in the Metropolitan Division. Walker's 7th goal of the season with about a half minute left in OT moved the Hurricanes to a 2-point lead over the Sabres in the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. It was a nice, normal game through two periods, with Carolina ahead, 2-1. But, the Penguins scored 4 times and actually had their first lead after Ben Kindle scored to make it 5-4 ...

The Hurricanes gave up a pair of power play goals in the 1st period and never really got going in a 5-1 loss to Columbus. Andrei Svechnikov scored a 4-on-4 goal in the 2nd to cut the lead in half. But, when Danton Heinen scored after his collision with Brandon Bussi behind the net left the Hurricanes goalie sprawled on the ice to make it 3-1 the Canes never recovered. Should that collision have resulted in a Columbus penalty? Would it have mattered anyway? Nicolas Deslauriers made his debut as a...

The Canes scored twice in the 3rd period and Frederik Andersen won his 3rd straight as Carolina beat Tampa Bay, 4-2. Saturday night was the third and final game of the season series with the Bolts, and the victory gives the Hurricanes a 2-1-0 record against the Lightning and they also have a 6-point lead over them for home ice advantage should they meet at any time in the playoffs. Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist. Jordan Martinook's 9th goal of the season snappe...

The Hurricanes lost to St Louis, 3-1, at Lenovo Center on Thursday night. Carolina wasted a dominant first period in which they could have scored 3 or 4 times but only saw Mark Jankowski find the back of the net. Jordan Binnington made a dozen saves in the first period as the Canes piled up 8 Grade A scoring chances but it didn't translate to the scoreboard. Brandon Bussi made 15 saves but has now lost consecutive starts for the first time in his career. The loss means the Hurricanes remain 9 po...

The Canes beat the Penguins, 5-4, in a shootout in a game that featured 10 total power plays, 71 shots on goal, 2 6-on-5 goals and a failed 2-on-none. The Penguins leave town with their 15th overtime/shootout loss of the season and the Hurricanes opened up a 9-point lead in the Metropolitan Division. Frederik Andersen is now 5-1-3 in his last 9 starts -- 3-1-0 since returning from the Olympic break. Canes Corner is presented by the Aluminum Company of North Carolina aluminumcompany.com

Carolina closed out the 4-game road trip with a 5-4 loss in Calgary. Brandon Bussi's 9-game losing streak -- actually, his second 9-game slide -- came to an end. Bussi's puck management struggles continued as he gave the puck away for the 1st and 4th goals. Seth Jarvis, Sean Walker, Alexander Nikishin and Andrei Svechnikov each scored in the loss. The Canes Corner Podcast is brought to you by the Aluminum Company of North Carolina. aluminumcompany.com

The trade deadline came and went without Carolina making the big splash so many wanted to see. Then the Canes went out and drowned the Oilers with their defense. Jaccob Slavin gave Connor McDavid 4 Nations Faceoff flashbacks, putting in a 25 1/2 minute masterclass of a defensive shift on the greatest player in the world. McDavid had an assist on the opening goal, but he was very much held in check. Slavin, paired with Jalen Chatfield handled him most of the time. K'Andre Miller and Sean Walker w...