Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH, N.C. — Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes had to dip into their defensive depth to get through the early part of the season. Jaccob Slavin, Carolina's star shutdown defenseman, missed much of the first half of the season. Then injuries on the b... See more

RALEIGH — Mike Reilly has learned to wait. The 12-year veteran played 42 regular season and two playoff games for the Hurricanes last season as they won the Stanley Cup, but his return was far from guaranteed. Four days after the team's championship parad... See more

RALEIGH — It may have been Alexander Ovechkin's final regular season game at Lenovo Center, but the night belonged to his countryman. Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov scored twice, including a go-ahead power play goal on a spinning backhand with just o... See more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Any worries Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour perhaps had about his team losing its first two games of the season were nearly forgotten by the weekend. Following Saturday's 5-2 win in Chicago, a video of the coach's postgame speech... See more

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes lost the first two home games of the season for the first time under coach Rod Brind'Amour. They made sure it wasn't going to be three straight. Carolina scored three times in the first 10 minutes, Logan Stankoven had his first ca... See more