Canes Corner

Derek Stepan scored twice, Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho added special teams goals and Antti Raanta made 24 saves in a wild shootout win in Newark. Carolina has now won 11 in a row and earned at least one point in 17 straight games (15-0-2). Andrei Svechnikov's shootout goal was the only one to find its way through and when Raanta stopped Jack Hughes penalty try the celebration was on. Carolina now has a 25-6-6 record for 56 points, 7 more than New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division race. Next up, the Rangers Tuesday in New York.

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers, 4-0, at PNC Arena Friday night extending their winning streak to 10 games. That's the longest in franchise history. It also extends their stretch of getting at least one point to 16 consecutive games, which was already a franchise best. Carolina used special teams to dispatch the Panthers. The Canes scored three times on the power play and turned aside all six of Florida's man-advantage situations. It was the first time all year the Hurricanes rang up three power play goals in a game and the fourth goal came just seconds after another power play expired. Stefan Noesen, Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored goals, while Brent Burns and Seth Jarvis each had two assists. The Hurricanes will next play on Sunday -- New Years Day -- in New Jersey in a game that starts at 3:00.

Antti Raanta made 24 saves as the Hurricanes tied a franchise record with their 9th consecutive win. Martin Necas, Jesper Fast and Jordan Martinook each had goals as the Canes beat the Blackhawks, 3-0. It was the second time this year that Carolina beat Chicago 3-0. The last time, on November 14 at the United Center, it was Pyotr Kochetkov's 1st NHL shutout. Tonight it was Raanta's first clean sheet of the season.

The Carolina Hurricanes hung on for a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Friday night, going into the Christmas break on an 8-game winning streak and boasting a franchise best 14 game point streak. The Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook and Jesper Fast line was the Hurricanes' best -- again -- combining for 3 goals and 5 assists as Carolina built a 6-2 lead through two periods. What happened in the 3rd period is easily flushed because it didn't cost the team anything. But, allowing two shorthanded goals as Philly made the Canes sweat out the finish wasn't ideal. Antti Raanta won his second game in as many nights as Pyotr Kochetkov was nursing a lower body injury. Carolina is off until Tuesday night when they host the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Hurricanes stretched their point streak to 13 games with a 4-3 OT win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Jordan Staal's wrap around goal with less than five minutes left in regulation helped send the game into OT. And, once there, Jaccob Slavin finished off a great pass from Seth Jarvis for the win. On the play, Brent Burns recorded the 800th point in his career. In all, Carolina got two goals and four assists from the blue line including Jalen Chatfield's first. Chatfield was bumped up in the lineup due to the absence of Brady Skjei who missed the game for personal reasons. That also allowed Dylan Coghlan to jump back into the team and he posted a pair of assists. The Hurricanes will host the Flyers Friday night at PNC Arena.

Pyotr Kochetkov makes 37 saves, Jordan Staal scored his 9th of the season -- and the 5th time in the last 9 games -- and the Carolina Hurricanes reclaimed the top spot in the Metropolitan Division with a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. Jesperi Kotkaniemi opened the scoring just 20 seconds into the opening period winning a couple of net-front battles en route to his 4th goal of the year. Staal and Teuvo Teravainen would score twice in a 2:04 span of the 2nd period, the latter coming while shorthanded, as Carolina led 3-0 after 40 minutes. Stefan Noesen's 6th of the season, late in the 3rd period closed out the scoring. Canes will next play on Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Jordan Staal, Brady Skjei and Derek Stepan each had a goal and an assist to support Pyotr Kochetkov's 9th win as the Canes knocked off the Penguins, 3-2. The win was Carolina's 5th in a row and extends their point streak to 11 straight games (9-0-2). In addition, the two points drags them into a tie with the Devils on 44 points atop the Metropolitan Division with New Jersey coming to PNC Arena on Tuesday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes got goals from Andrei Svechnikov, Derek Stepan and Stefan Noesen in a 3-2 win over the Seattle Kraken in their return to PNC Arena for the first time in 19 days. Svechnikov's 16th of the year came off a turnover midway through the first period. Then another forced mistake led to Stepan's 1st, a whistling wrist shot just below the crossbar that beat Seattle's Philipp Grubauer. Stefan Noesen's penal;ty shot goal 2 minutes into the 3rd closed out their scoring. It was the first penalty shot goal Carolina's scored since January of 2016 (Elias Lindholm). Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 15 of the 17 shots he saw for his 8th win (8-1-4). It was his 11th appearance in the last 12 games for the Canes. Carolina is now 4 points behind the Devils in the Metropolitan Division after New Jersey lost at home to the Flyers.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves, Brady Skjei scored the lone goal of the game and the Canes beat the Red Wings, 1-0 in Detroit. Carolina closes out their longest road trip of the season 5-0-1 and have now extracted at least one point from 10 consecutive road games (6-0-4). The win, coupled with the Devils loss to the Stars (Saturday's opponent at PNC Arena) narrows New Jersey's lead in the Metro to 6 points over the Hurricanes and Penguins. Carolina is 6-0-2 in their last 8 and will host Seattle on Thursday as they open a 4-game home stand.

On a night when Carolina was down to 11 healthy forwards the Hurricanes thoroughly dominated the Islanders in a 3-0 win. Pyotr Kochetkov turned aside 16 shots, Paul Stastny scored his first goal of the season and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal added 3rd period goals in the win. The captain's line, with Jordan Martinook and Stefan Noesen, was dominant -- again. Carolina is 4-0-1 on this 6-game road trip that ends Tuesday night in Detroit. In all, the Canes have gone 5-0-4 in their last 9 on the road and are 5-0-2 in their last 7 games.