Canes enter playoffs as Central Division s top seed by Michael Smith @MSmithCanes / Hurricanes.com
For as long as they ve been in North Carolina, the Carolina Hurricanes had not qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in three consecutive seasons until this year.
Their ascent to a perennial contender began in 2018-19, when they surged up the standings in the second half of the season to break a decade-long playoff drought. The Canes then re-captured the hearts and minds of a yearning fanbase in a magical run to the Eastern Conference Final. That was only the beginning.
Though they bowed out in the First Round after sweeping their way through the Stanley Cup Qualifiers in the Toronto bubble, the Canes took another step in the 2020 postseason. Still, it was only a step.
Tweetmail: Who Will Score 20 Goals This Season? by Michael Smith @MSmithCanes / Hurricanes.com
Hello and welcome to Tweetmail presented by Segra. This is a regular feature on Hurricanes.com in which I answer your Twitter questions, which are mostly about the Carolina Hurricanes, but sometimes also about travel or television or life. It s a mailbag of tweets. It s Tweetmail. Maybe you learn a little something, and maybe we have some fun, too.
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If you like it, you can take it, if you don t, send it right back: The Hurricanes will have three 20-goal scorers this season. I know this is normally a CanesCast thing, but I wanted to put it out there. - @Owhatdaheck
Third straight playoff berth in hand, Hurricanes host Red Wings
Field Level Media
29 Apr 2021, 06:40 GMT+10
The Carolina Hurricanes are back home and playoff eligible as they head down the home stretch of the regular season.
It s not time to relax with still plenty at stake.
Now it s a matter of trying to put the final pieces together and regain a healthy lineup. We re trying to win every game, Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal said. We want to play our style and stay sharp and do the things we do.
The Hurricanes take on the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Carolina (32-10-7, 71 points) clinched a playoff spot Monday night in an overtime loss at Dallas and then followed that with Tuesday night s 5-1 road victory over the Stars.
Canes Country
Two years ago today, the Carolina Hurricanes won a double-overtime thriller in Game 7 of their first-round series over the Washington Capitals when Brock McGinn scored at 31:02 of overtime, a moment few Hurricanes fans will ever forget.
Neither the Capitals, thanks to the Covid-necessitated realignment, nor McGinn, out with an upper-body injury, will take part in tonight’s Hurricanes game, but the playoffs will still be in Carolina’s mind when they face the Florida Panthers for the eighth and final time this season. A win will punch the Hurricanes’ ticket to the postseason for the third straight season, which as Sarah said in this morning’s preview would be a first since the move to North Carolina, and only the second such streak in franchise history.
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