A peek inside the numbers explains why. From 2021 to '24, the Hurricanes averaged 3.39 goals per 60 minutes (all strengths) in the playoff rounds they've won. In the playoff rounds in which they've ...

Frank Nazar has been incredible so far in the 2025 IIHF World Championships. He picked off right where he left off at the end of the NHL regular season with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The United States came out on top of an ill-tempered affair and beat holders Czech Republic 5-2 at the men's World ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes host the Florida Panthers to start the Eastern Conference finals. The teams meet Thursday for the fourth time this season. The Panthers went 2-1 against the ...

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals after scoring once in the first five games. Martin Necas scored his first playoff goal in a Colorado uniform. And a still snake-bitten Cale Makar scored his first ...

Last year’s runner-up Switzerland shut out the United States 3-0 and handed the Americans their first loss at the ice hockey ...

Of all of the players the Avalanche picked before the NHL trade deadline, three of them are unrestricted free agents. Brock ...

Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas also added goals, while Josh Manson and Cale Makar scored into an empty net. Makar, MacKinnon, Brock Nelson and captain Gabriel Landeskog each added two assists.

During the 2019-20 season, Necas scored 28 goals over three seasons. Necas made his NHL debut in 2017-18 but returned to Brno in the Czech Republic after one game. In the 2018-19 season ...

TOP PERFORMERS: Sebastian Aho has scored 29 goals with 45 assists for the Hurricanes. Martin Necas has one goal and nine assists over the past 10 games. Sam Reinhart has 39 goals and 42 assists ...