USA TODAY's Jason Anderson, Mike Brehm and Jace Evans provide their predictions for the Stanley Cup Final teams, the NHL ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes host the New Jersey Devils in game one of the Eastern Conference first round. The teams meet Saturday for the fifth time this season. The teams tied the regular ...

Carolina has health, home ice, Alexander Nikishin and more going for it — but also a situation in net that never inspires ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

RALEIGH, N.C - Doug Warf, President of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced the team’s ...

In the Stanley Cup playoffs, a series often can be decided by goaltending, special teams and roster depth to offset injuries.

Stanley Cup Playoffs are set to get underway on Saturday with the top 16 teams in the league set to compete to hoist Lord ...

A month before NHL's playoff openers this weekend, Commissioner Gary Bettman was more than happy to defend the decision to ...

It's the sixth time the teams will play one another in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Carolina has won the past four series, most ...

The Carolina Hurricanes, by finishing second in the Metropolitan Division, earned home-ice advantage for the first-round ...

Drake Batherson scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the third period and the Ottawa Senators tuned up for the playoffs ...

The Devils last made the playoffs two years ago, defeating the New York Rangers in seven games in the first round before ...