The Carolina Hurricanes dropped their third straight game, losing to Washington, 4-3, in a shootout. On the bright side, Seth Jarvis scored twice, his first goals in nearly two months. On the down side, the Canes have yet to beat the Capitals this season, and with a potential playoff match up with Washington it would be a good idea if they did, once. They'll meet a week from Monday to wrap up the season series.

Four the second straight game the Carolina Hurricanes got the least out of their chances and came away with a 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs. Carolina has now gone 7 straight games without a goal in the first period and have scored just 10 5-on-5 goals in the last 9 games. No rest for the weary, however, as the Canes will host the Capitals at PNC Arena Friday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes were probably the better team in Pittsburgh. But, hockey games are not judged like figure skating. Most goals wins and the Penguins had 4 to Carolina's 2. Brett Pesce and Sebastian Aho scored for the Canes, who trailed 2-0 entering the 3rd period. Carolina will be off until Thursday when they play in Toronto.

It was one of THOSE games. The kind where nothing really comes easy. And, in those games, it's the grinders who often come through. Steven Lorentz' 7th goal of the season -- his 3rd against the Flyers this year -- off a great feed from Derek Stepan started the scoring in the 2nd. Then it was Jordan Martinook's 3rd of the year, late in the 3rd, deflecting a Vincent Trocheck flip from the point past Philly goaltender Martin Jones. It all added up to a 3-1 win for the Hurricanes. It was Carolina's 4th straight win and sends them to Pittsburgh 8 points up on the Penguins in the Metropolitan Divisioin.

Adam Gold is joined by Canes radio host Alec Campbell and EJ Hradek of the NHL Network as they pay homage to Antti Raanta of the Carolina Hurricanes for his performance against the Colorado Avalanche.

In a battle between the best teams in each conference, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Colorado Avalanche, 2-0, at PNC Arena. Antti Raanta stopped 36 shots in the win as the Canes have taken their last 3 decisions. Ethan Bear's 3rd goal of the season deflected past Colorado's Darcy Kuemper late in the 3rd period to give the Hurricanes the lead. Sebastian Aho finished off the scoring into an empty net with a little more than 90 seconds left.

Martin Necas hadn't scored a goal in nearly two months. But, his whirling shot past a sprawling Philipp Grubauer put the Hurricanes in front 3-2 and they went on to beat the Seattle Kraken at PNC Arena. Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo Teravainen scored power play goals in the 2nd period for the Canes. For Nino, it was his 17th of the year, while Teravainen, playing in his 500th NHL game, it was his 16th of the season, Antti Raanta made 28 saves earning his second win in as many starts. Carolina is off until Thursday when they meet the Colorado Avalanche in Raleigh.

Coming off the 4-0 snoozer in Washington the Hurricanes needed a quick start against the Penguins. Well, that isn't what they got. But, from the second period on, Jordan Staal and company went to work. The captain scored twice and then turned it over to Andrei Svechnikov and the Canes power play in overtime. Carolina has now beaten the Penguins twice in the last 12 days and they widen their lead in the Metropolitan Division.

The Carolina Hurricanes stunk on ice in DC Thursday night. There's nothing good to really say about it, so...A few thoughts on the game and then an extended conversation with former Hurricanes voice John Forslund. John is making his first trip back into PNC Arena to call a hockey game since the breakup. He'll be here as the voice of the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night.