by Matt Karash | Mar 19, 2019 | The Drive Home
At one point, the story was that the Hurricanes caught the Penguins at home with Evgeni Malkin out of the lineup and Kris Letang playing in his first game after a long layoff. At one point, the story could also have been that the Hurricanes whose strength has been...
by Matt Karash | Mar 16, 2019 | The Drive Home
Coming off of a Friday loss for the second week in a row, the Hurricanes looked to again rebound quickly. At least on paper, the game set up well against a Buffalo Sabres team that has been struggling mightily of late. Game recap But the game did not start well...
by Matt Karash | Mar 15, 2019 | The Drive Home
As noted in the game preview, the Hurricanes had struggled with a 1-5 record with a three-day layoff heading into the game. Friday’s 3-0 loss ran that record to 1-6. The Hurricanes failed to launch at the opening face-off. Columbus had the upper hand early and...
by Matt Karash | Mar 12, 2019 | The Drive Home
With the Columbus Blue Jackets game ending with a Blue Jackets loss early into the Hurricanes game, the ball was on the tee for the Canes to build a four-point lead over both Montreal and Columbus for the two wild card slots. Looking up instead of down, the Hurricanes...
by Matt Karash | Mar 9, 2019 | The Drive Home
After a horrid 8-1 loss on home ice on Friday, the Hurricanes were right back in action without much time to think about it on Saturday night in Nashville. The Hurricanes have had only a handful of stinkers (the road loss versus the Rangers and the home loss against...
by Matt Karash | Mar 8, 2019 | The Drive Home
On Tuesday night against the Boston Bruins, the Carolina Hurricanes matched up against one of about 8-10 teams who can legitimately make a case for winning the 2019 Stanley Cup Championship based on what they are doing during the regular season. In that measuring...
