May 31, 2021 Goodrow helps Lightning beat Hurricanes 2-1 in series opener Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away almost everything, while Barclay Goodrow came through with an opportunistic go-ahead goal midway through the third period.
May 28, 2021 Resilient Hurricanes push through OT-heavy series to advance The Carolina Hurricanes spent their first-round playoff series falling behind early and grinding through tough overtime games.
May 28, 2021 Carolina rallies, eliminates Preds with 4-3 Game 6 OT win The Carolina Hurricanes finally figured out how to beat the Nashville Predators in overtime: Score quickly.
May 26, 2021 Staal scores in OT, lifts Hurricanes past Predators 3-2 Coach Rod Brind'Amour figured the puck would eventually have to bounce the right way for his Carolina Hurricanes.
May 24, 2021 Carolina, Nashville could use a breath — and breathing room Four overtimes. A total of 191 minutes, 4 seconds of hockey. Two hundred and fourteen shots on goal.
May 23, 2021 Preds beat Canes 4-3 in double OT again to tie series at 2-2 Luke Kunin scored his second goal at 16:10 of the second overtime and the Nashville Predators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday to tie the first-round series 2-2.
May 22, 2021 Matt Duchene scores in 2 OT, Predators beat Hurricanes 5-4 Matt Duchene made his first playoff game in Nashville with the Predators a moment to remember.
May 19, 2021 Aho, Nedeljkovic lift Hurricanes past Predators, 3-0 Sebastian Aho scored twice and Alex Nedeljkovic was sharp in net to lead a perfect showing for Carolina's penalty kill, helping the Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Monday night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series.
May 18, 2021 Staal, Niederreiter lift Hurricanes past Predators 5-2 The Carolina Hurricanes had a building full of rowdy fans again, players back from injury and a strong showing from their captain to help break open a close game.
May 16, 2021 Hurricanes, Preds set to open first-round playoff series The Carolina Hurricanes have gone from being mired in a nearly decade-long playoff drought to a division champion armed with postseason experience and success.