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Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis each had a goal and 2 assists as the Canes beat the Red Wings to clinch their 6th consecutive postseason bid. The Hurricanes scored all 4 of the their goals in the 2nd period. Aho got the first one. Then he fed Seth Jarvis for a power play goal 57 seconds later. Martin Necas and Brady Skjei also scored in the win. Freddie Andersen's second shutout of the season ran his streak to 7 wins with just 8 goals allowed since returning to the lineup. 

Former Hurricanes goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 39 shots as the Canes fell to the Penguins in Pittsburgh, 4-1. Dimitri Orlov scored Carolina's only goal in the 2nd period when his drive from above the left face off circle was deflected by a Penguins forward and beat Nedeljkovic to tie the game at 1. The loss, coupled with the Rangers win over the Flyers at Madison Square Garden saw the Hurricanes slip to 3 points behind New York with just 9 games left to play. Carolina hosts Detroit on Thursday at PNC Arena. 

Frederik Andersen's 31 saves led the Hurricanes to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Canes swept the season series (3-0-0) from Toronto for the first time since 2014-2015.  Brady Skjei scored 1:05 into the game and Sebastian Aho added his 31st goal of the season -- on the power play -- later in the first period and Andersen made it stand up.  Carolina is within 1 point of the Rangers for the Metro lead with 10 games left in the season.  Carolina will next play Tuesday night in Detroit.

Sebastian Aho's 8th career hat trick couldn't get a win in Washington as the Caps survive in shootout, 7-6. Aho's third of the game, with Carolina's net empty, sent the game into overtime. Seth Jarvis scored his 27th of the season on the power play. It was the sixth straight game with a goal for Jarvis. Jaccob Slavin and Brady Skjei each scored as well. Skjei doing so in his 600th career NHL game. Carolina's normally reliable penalty kill allowed three Washington power play goals. 

Seth Jarvis ran his goal streak to 5 straight games with an overtime game-winner to give the Canes a 3-2 win over Philadelphia. Jarvis has 6 goals in the streak and 4 of them were game-winners. Frederik Andersen has won all five of his starts since returning to the lineup. He's allowed just 7 goals in those starts, with 1 shutout and a .947 save percentage. Jordan Martinook and Jalen Chatfield also scored for the Hurricanes who have now won 5 straight games. Carolina's magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 9. Any combination of 9 points earned by the Hurricanes or not earned by Washington will clinch a postseason spot for the 6th straight year. Carolina plays in Washington Friday night. 

Seth Jarvis scored the game's first two goals, Jake Guentzel had a goal and two assists, and Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 29 shots as the Canes beat the Islanders 4-1. The win pulls Carolina within 2 points of the Rangers in the Metro. Brady Skjei had 2 assists. Martin Necas scored a power play goal with 1.1 seconds left in the first period that probably ended the competitive portion of the game. It was Necas 13th goal in 26 games since returning from injury. 

Dmitry Orlov scored twice and assisted on two other goals as the Hurricanes bombed the Senators in Ottawa, 7-2.  Orlov scored the game's first goal on a 1st-period breakaway, then added his 2nd goal of the game to blow open the game early in the 3rd to make it 5-2.  Former Capitals teammate and BFF Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored, as did Seth Jarvis, Jalen Chatfield, Jake Guentzel, and Brendan Lemieux.  Sebastian Aho had 3 assists.  Freddie Andersen made 30 saves for his 4th straight win since returning to action.

Jake Guentzel's shootout goal completed a comeback from 3-0 and 4-2 deficits as the Canes beat the Leafs, 5-4.  Jordan Martinook and Seth Jarvis scored in the 2nd period, cutting a 3-0 Toronto lead to 3-2.  Jarvis' goal was on the power play and came with 2.7 seconds left in the period.  Then, Sebastian Aho scored twice in the final minute and a half including the game-tying goal with 7 seconds to play.  Brent Burns drive from the left face off circle was redirected by Aho and we went to OT.  Carolina's Penalty kill was 4 for 4.  they scored twice on the power play.  And Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 36 shots and William Nylander, Auston Matthews and Max Domi in the shootout before Guentzel's heroics. 

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his first goal with the Canes and added an assist as Carolina thumped the Panthers, 4-0. It was the second time in three weeks that the Hurricanes shut out the Panthers in Raleigh. Seth Jarvis scored with 49 seconds left in the 1st period to give Carolina the lead. Martin Necas and Andrei Svechnikov added goals as well. Frederik Andersen made 10 of his 21 saves in the 1st period as he held the Canes in the game until they could get to their game. Once they did, it was a pretty dominant, controlling performance. 

In Season 3 of A Brief History of Triangle Sports, Brian Murphy from WRAL News and Tim Donnelly from 99.9 The Fan explore the history of sports betting in North Carolina. Mobile sports betting is legal today but getting to this point wasn’t easy. Brian and Tim cover the legislative twists and turns on the road to legal sports gambling and how NC’s “new normal” will change sports and sports fans going forward. 

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