Joni Pitkanen News

Though they have put the worst losing streak in franchise history behind them, one thing that the Carolina Hurricanes haven't done this year is pick up a road win.

There haven't been too many choices for the Carolina Hurricanes ' best overall game of the season.

Erik Cole #26 of the Carolina Hurricanes scores at 19:57 of the third period against the Toronto Maple Leafs to tie the score at 5-5 at the RBC Center on November 19, 2009 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to end a lengthy slide tonight, when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes at RBC Center in a clash between the bottom-two teams in the Eastern Conference.

At home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, he's known as Lyle Richardson . But around these parts, he's known as Spector, FOXSports.com's Prince of Pucks.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Published on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 5:46PM EST Last updated on Sunday, Nov.

Questionable before the game because of swine flu, Kyle Okposo felt just fine afterward.

The Carolina Hurricanes have already set a record for the franchise's longest losing streak and will try to avoid matching the club's longest stretch without a win when they host the New York Islanders tonight at RBC Center.

The struggling Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward on injured reserve with a left leg injury.

Manny Legace's first start in goal for the Hurricanes will be in his first game with the Hurricanes.

In the winter of 2003, after a dismal six-goal loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Carolina Hurricanes reached the inevitable conclusion that no matter how hard anyone tried or what anyone did, their season was only getting worse.

The Carolina Hurricanes activated forward Erik Cole from injured reserve Sunday.

David Perron had two goals, Yan Stastny and Jay McClement scored 16 seconds apart, and Chris Mason made 34 saves to help the St.

Cal Clutterbuck came off the injured reserve list Saturday and scored the game-winning goal in Minnesota's 3-2 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Cal Clutterbuck scored 1:55 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Saturday night.

The Minnesota Wild hope a return home tonight can shake them out of their current funk, as they welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to Xcel Energy Center.

Paul Stastny scored a pair of goals and dished out an assist, as the Colorado Avalanche outlasted the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, at the Pepsi Center.

The New Jersey Devils have won all three of their road games, but they've curiously come up empty at home - particularly during a third-period breakdown in their latest loss.

Imagine if the winner of NHL shootouts received two points and the loser none. Or if the shootouts had five shooters from each team instead of three, as in the American Hockey League.

"The knee feels better but I'll have to wait and see this afternoon," said Pitkanen, who practiced with the team for a third straight day.