Rod Brind'Amour has frequently noted his Carolina Hurricanes would need goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov in a playoff run even as veteran Frederik Andersen played well in a lead role.

Even if Frederik Andersen is fine, Game 5 is a good time, with a 3-1 lead on the Devils, for the Hurricanes to get Pyotr Kochetkov some playoff game action.

Three teams are already on the brink of elimination in this year's NHL playoffs. Here's one trend from every series.

Frederik Andersen left the game after the Devils’ Timo Meier ran into him in the second period, but the Hurricanes survived ...

Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov reacted to his massive hat trick in Game 4 against the Devils in the 2025 Stanley Cup ...

Andrei Svechnikov scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 to take a 3-1 lead in their ...

New Jersey was without defensemen Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon for the third straight game, and couldn't build on its ...

Hurricanes playoff hat tricks. There have been just two playoff hat tricks in the history of the Hurricanes. Svechnikov has ...

Although things got hairy in the middle 40, the Hurricanes put the clamps on the contest in the third. A Brent Burns ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Andrei Svechnikov scored a hat trick, and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-2 in Game ...

He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to top Gretzky's all-time mark of 894, starting Wednesday night in Carolina. ESPN will present an OviCast on ESPN+ broadcasts on ...