June 8, 2021 Lightning eliminate Hurricanes, advance to Cup semifinals Brayden Point and Ross Colton scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy controlled the crease, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the second-round playoff series in five games.
June 6, 2021 Kucherov, Stamkos shine, lift Lightning over Hurricanes 6-4 Just when it seemed the game might be slipping away, Nikita Kucherov asserted himself for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
June 4, 2021 Staal scores in OT, Hurricanes beat Lightning in Game 3 Jordan Staal scored on a power play at 5:57 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night in Game 3 of the second-round series.
June 2, 2021 Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay top Carolina 2-1 for 2-0 series lead Andrei Vasilevskiy has spent two games turning nearly every shot away for the Tampa Bay Lightning. A couple more, and the reigning Stanley Cup champions could be headed to the next round.
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.