Canes Corner

The Carolina Hurricanes won their 4th straight, a 4-1 win over the Blues, as Andrei Svechnikov busted out of a 19-game goal drought with a pair of 1st period goals. Andrei's 20th and 21st goals of the season staked the Canes to a lead they would never relinquish. Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis would add goals in the 2nd and 3rd period's, respectively as that trio accounted for all four goals and 8 total points on the night. Freddie Andersen's 3rd straight win continued his strong run of play. In his last three games he's sporting a save percentage of .959 and he is now 14-4-0 on the season. Carolina leads New Jersey by 5 points in the Metropolitan Division with a game in hand over the Devils. The Hurricanes are off for two days before hosting the Senators and Ducks in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday.

The Carolina Hurricanes, the Triangle and hockey fans all over the state showed the NHL world what this market was all about. Nearly 57,000 folks showed up -- and showed out -- as the Canes beat the Capitals, 4-1, and stamped themselves a bonafide hockey destination with the entire presentation at Carter-Finley Stadium. I'm joined by two friends of mine (@RealJaiKumar and @BWSTanley26) who were there to talk about the experience, the meaning, and a little about the game.

Seth Jarvis notched his first career NHL hat trick, Andrei Svechnikov dished out (some big hits and) 3 assists, and Antti Raanta was excellent in net as the Hurricanes smacked the Canadiens, 6-2, on the night the Canes inducted Cam Ward into the team's Hall of Fame. It was the second straight win for the Hurricanes who padded their Metropolitan Division lead to 5 points as the Devils were losers in St Louis on Thursday night.

The Hurricanes kept it simple in their 3-2 win in Washington. They got to the front of the net to create traffic in front of the Capitals' goal. They got pucks through from the blue line and the Canes scored two of their three goals on net front deflections. Throw in 34 Freddie Andersen save and you have the recipe for a 3-2 win. Brent Burns, Paul Stastny and Stefan Noesen scored and Noesen added an assist hitting for 2 points for the 4th time this year. Carolina is off Wednesday before coming back to PNC Arena on Thursday to induct Cam Ward into the Hurricanes Hall of Fame

Artemi Panarin scored 4 goals, 3 in a decisive third period as the Rangers beat the Hurricanes 6-2 at PNC Arena. The loss ended Carolina's 7 game winning streak and trimmed their lead over the Devils to 3 points in the Metropolitan Division. The Canes led 2-1 on goals from Teuvo Teravainen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi until Panarin's 1st goal, with just over 2:00 remained in the 2nd period. From that point on, the Hurricanes sort of fell apart. Panarin's 2nd of the night was the product of a Vincent Trocheck steal and proved to be the game winner. Carolina is off until playing in Washington on Tuesday.

What is going to happen at the trade deadline? What goes into getting ready for the Stadium Series game? The answers to those questions are right here as I'm joined by Cory Lavalette of the North State Journal and The Athletic to talk about what may -- or should -- happen over the next few weeks. Then a conversation with Steve Mayer of the NHL who's in charge of putting on the party that is the Stadium Series game against the Caps.

Canes won their 7th straight, 5-1 over the Buffalo Sabres and head into the All Star break with a 10-game point streak. Sebastian Aho scored for the 6th consecutive game, netting a power play goal early in the 1st period. Stefan Noesen, Brent Burns, Derek Stepan and Jordan Martinook each scored, with Martinook's coming shorthanded into an empty net to close out the scoring. The Hurricanes have 8 shorthanded goals since the start of January and have only allowed 9 power play goals. Now, everyone is headed to a beach until we resume the schedule Saturday, February 11 at PNC Arena against the Rangers.

Sebastian Aho's 22nd goal of the year capped a 4-goal comeback as the Carolina Hurricanes won for the 6th straight time. The Canes entered the 3rd period trailing 4-1 after an utterly disastrous 2nd period. Carolina was a puck management and decision-making catastrophe in the middle frame and the mistakes cost them on 3 of the four goals -- at least. But, similarly to Friday's win over the Sharks, this team doesn't understand that sometimes it's just not your night. And, when Paul Stastny potted a rebound of a Derek Stepan shot 3 1/2 minutes into the 3rd period, you could sense the difference. Jordan Staal scored 6 minutes later to draw within 1. Then Teuvo Teravainen's power play goal leveled the score. Freddie Andersen won his 6th straight decision since returning from injury. Canes are in Buffalo Wednesday night as they close out the pre All Star Game portion of the schedule.

Special teams won the day as the Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins, 4-1, at PNC Arena. Paul Stastny scored a power play goal, Jordan Staal scored a shorthanded goal into an empty net and the Canes' penalty kill was a perfect 6 for 6 in sending the Bruins to their third straight loss. Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis also scored in the win, Carolina's 5th in a row as they also extend their point streak to 8 consecutive games (7-0-1).

With less than 2 minutes remaining, the Hurricanes trailed the San Jose Sharks, 4-2. But, Sebastian Aho's second goal of the period gave them a chance and Martin Necas' 20th of the year forced overtime. From there, just put Marty on the ice and go warm up the car. Necas scored his 2nd OT goal in as many games and his 3rd of the year. This one came off a feed from Andrei Svechnikov (2 assists) just 55 seconds into extra time. Antti Raanta got the win and extends his personal point streak to 11 games. The last time Raanta lost in regulation was November 12. Canes are back at it Sunday at 5:00 against the Boston Bruins.