Canes miss playoffs for second straight year since taking Stanley Cup in '06

That disheartening 4-3 loss to the nothing-to-play-for Panthers on Friday night -- coupled with the coup de grace, Washington's 3-1 victory against Florida on Saturday night -- has the Hurricanes out of the playoffs.

Canes fail to clinch division, open door for Caps

Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-3 on Friday night to prevent the Hurricanes from clinching the Southeast Division.

Canes score four straight goals, need one win to clinch Southeast

Chad LaRose scored three goals to lead Carolina past the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night, moving the Hurricanes within one win of the Southeast Division title.

...MARCH 28: Eric Staal #12 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates a short handed goal by teammate Trevor Letowski #19 during their NHL game agains the Atlanta Thrashers on March 28, 2008 at RBC Center...

Lightning send Canes to fourth loss in 16 games

Jeff Halpern scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Karri Ramo made 38 saves to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Southeast Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Saturday night.

Canes rout Thrashers, move closer to playoff spot

Tuomo Ruutu and Jeff Hamilton each scored two of Carolina's five power-play goals, and the Hurricanes routed the Atlanta Thrashers 7-1 on Friday night to move closer to clinching the Southeast Division title.

Ovechkin nets club-best 61st goal; Caps stay two points below cutoff with SO win

Viktor Kozlov scored in the third round of the shootout to lead the Capitals past the Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Capitals-Hurricanes Preview

Capitals-Hurricanes Preview

Samsonov, Hurricanes stop Panthers' seven-game win streak

Sergei Samsonov and Eric Staal scored in the shootout for the Carolina Hurricanes, who ended Florida's team-record tying, seven-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory over the Panthers on Thursday night.

Streaking Hurricanes maintain dominance over Thrashers

Eric Staal scored his 35th goal and Sergei Samsonov added a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

Hurricanes-Devils Preview

Hurricanes-Devils Preview

Whitney's goal extends Carolina's home dominance against Florida

Ray Whitney scored with 4:21 left and the Hurricanes flattened Florida 5-4 on Saturday night.

Fantasy Forecaster: Hotlanta!

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the week ahead for good and bad matchups.

Maple Leafs-Hurricanes Preview

Maple Leafs-Hurricanes Preview

Streaking Hurricanes win penalty-filled game vs. Rangers

Rod Brind'Amour and Sergei Samsonov scored in the second period and Trevor Letowski added an insurance goal in the third to give the Hurricanes a 3-1 win over the Rangers.