Canes Corner

The Hurricanes chased the game all night in Anaheim, yielding the 1st score, and was never able to get their nose in front. The result was an OT loss to the Ducks. Three times Carolina tied the score. Three times the Ducks had an answer. Carolina has the rest of the week off as they're playing at the Islanders on Saturday night. Brady Skjei, Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal each scored in the loss and Seth Jarvis extended his point streak to 6 games.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 31 saves, Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas and Andrei Svechnikov each scored as the Hurricanes beat the Kings, 4-2 in Los Angeles. Brent Burns registered a couple of assists and two stellar defensive plays in the win which also marked the return of Teuvo Teravainen. Turbo returned after missing the last 10 games with an upper body injury and played just under 16 minutes. The Hurricanes kept pace with the Devils who won in Philadelphia. Carolina sits second in the Metropolitan Division, 8 points behind New Jersey. The Canes are on the ice next in Anaheim on Tuesday night.

The Hurricanes spotted the Blues 2 goals, lost the battle of starting goaltenders and gave up a pair of power play goals. But, when you have Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal and Jesper Fast on your side, that makes up for a lot of mistakes. The Captain's line was as dominant as ever, Martinook registered his first hat trick since November of 2018 and the Canes won their 3rd in a row.

Brett Pesce waited 22 games before he scored his first of the year, helping the Canes to beat Calgary, 3-2, on Saturday. That was so much fun, he decided to do it again, converting an Andrei Svechnikov feed into the OT winner as Carolina won for the second straight game, 3-2. Martin Necas (11th) and Svechnikov (14th) each scored, Sebastian Aho dished off a pair of assists. And, Carolina overcame the downer of Jake Guentzel's game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation to win their second in a row. The Hurricanes will try to make this a winning streak in St. Louis on Thursday

The Carolina Hurricanes rode their power play to a 3-2 win over Calgary Saturday night, snapping a 5-game losing streak. The 5 game winless stretch tied the longest in the Rod Brind'Amour regime as head coach. Seth Jarvis broke an 11-game goal scoring drought and Martin Necas and Brett Pesce scored on the power play which now has 4 goals in their last two games. For Pesce, it was his first goal of the season and it was the game winner at 8:46 of the third period. Antti Raanta made 18 saves in the win, his first since November 4 against the Sabres. The Canes start a 6-game road trip Tuesday in Pittsburgh.

The Hurricanes winless streak continued with a 3-2 overtime loss in Boston. On the bright side, Carolina did score two power play goals. But, they failed on their next four tries and ultimately gave up a 2-0 lead when the second of David Krejci's two goals beat Pyotr Kochetkov midway through the 3rd period. David Pastrnak's 14th goal of the year won it for the Bruins in overtime. Boston is now 12-0-0 at home this season, the best in NHL history to hope a home schedule.

The Hurricanes were shut out by the Coyotes, 4-0, on Thanksgiving eve. Carolina is winless since last Monday in Chicago and have scored just 18 goals in their last 9 games. The power play is scoreless in their last 6 games and is just 1 for the last 28. But, it's Thanksgiving, so enjoy your family and we'll run it all back on Friday when the Canes meet the Bruins in Boston.

With six minutes to play in Winnipeg Rod Brind'Amour threw up his hands, yanked rookie goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov from his crease and tried something -- anything -- to spark his team. What happened next -- goals from Jaccob Slavin, Andrei Svechnikov and Martin Necas -- is really sports in a nutshell. Anything can happen because these games are the greatest, unscripted reality shows on TV. Carolina scored 3 times in 4:09 to force overtime....where they promptly lost the game to Josh Morrissey's second goal of the game. Maybe this will still get Carolina's attention.

Carolina dominated the shot chart, had more than twice the puck possession and triple the scoring chances -- especially those in the high danger areas -- but could only muster two goals and fell in overtime to the Avalanche, 3-2. The Hurricanes are either lucky or unlucky to be 10-5-2 on the season. Either way, we're bound to find out over the next few weeks. Nine of the Hurricanes next 11 games are on the road beginning Saturday night in Minnesota.

Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves as the Hurricanes shut out the Blackhawks, 3-0. Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook each had a goal and an assist in the win as Carolina moved to 10-5-1 on the season.