New year, same old Carolina Hurricanes. At least so far. After Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, the Hurricanes find themselves down 2-0 in the series against the Florida Panthers.

How did the Panthers do it? By hounding the Hurricanes on the forecheck, keeping their gaps tight and keeping Carolina to the outside in the rare opportunity it got in the offensive zone.

Andrei Svechnikov scoffed at the question, a reasonable one given the Carolina Hurricanes’ considerable offseason — and midseason — turnover. Had this team, in the Eastern Conference Final ...

The Florida Panthers were able to take a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday after a dominant 5-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Here are some key takeaways ...

For the second straight game, the Panthers also looked like a team that doesn’t plan to let the Carolina Hurricanes stand in their way. The Panthers rolled into Lenovo Center, scored three times ...

during the second period of the Carolina Hurricanes’ game against the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, May 22 ...

The Carolina Hurricanes’ losing streak in the conference finals hit 14 games because they compounded that with defensive mistakes. Goalie Frederik Andersen, the talk of the NHL through two ...

like the one for Tomáš Hertl. It bodes well for their future. But in the present, they are golfing. For my money, this unceremonious defeat to the Hurricanes stung the worst of all the second-round ...