Ray Whitney News

Hurricanes' Brandon Sutter has his shot snared by Tampa Bay goalie Mike Smith in the first period.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' Mikhail Grabovski battles the Carolina Hurricanes' Ray Whitney during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Raleigh on Nov.

The Carolina Hurricanes are feeling far better about their chances of escaping the Eastern Conference cellar after earning a point in three straight games.

Carey Price threw everything he had into stopping the Carolina Hurricanes' last gasp in the shootout, and it was just barely enough to seal a win for the Montreal Canadiens.

Goalie Michael Leighton is expected to start against Montreal after backstopping Carolina to its first win in more than a month on Sunday.

Carolina Hurricanes' Tuomo Ruutu , Joe Corvo and Bryan Rodney congratulate Ray Whitney on his power-play goal in front of Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Nov.

Jussi Jokinen scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Sunday to end a 14-game winless streak.

The Carolina Hurricanes will try once again to put an end to the longest losing streak in franchise history when they host the Minnesota Wild in this afternoon's test at RBC Center.

Kyle Okposo scored with 14.4 second left in overtime, and John Tavares had the first two-goal game to help the New York Islanders beat Carolina 4-3 on Friday night, extending the Hurricanes' winless streak to 14 games.

In a 3-0 loss Wednesday to Florida, Canes outshot Panthers 21-4 in the first period.

There doesn't figure to be too much pressure on Manny Legace when he makes his Hurricanes debut tonight -- only the task of stopping the club's longest losing streak in team history.

With the possibility that Ray Whitney and Tuomo Ruutu may miss games with upper-body injuries, the Canes are calling up forward Zach Boychuk from the Albany River Rats .

Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward spent another night in an Ohio hospital after a leg laceration on Saturday night sent him out of the game.

Brandon Sutter #16 of the Carolina Hurricanes scores backhanded goal during a NHL game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 6, 2009 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Jason Blake scored on a power play with 8:24 left and Jonas Gustavsson made 34 saves to help the Toronto Maple Leafs win for the second time in 14 games this season, 3-2 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Coming off the first playoff appearance in franchise history and vying for the Central Division lead, the Columbus Blue Jackets can certainly be considered a successful franchise.

Leafs head coach Ron Wilson gave the nod to Finger, dropping Garnet Exelby on defence.

The Carolina Hurricanes have averaged the fewest goals in the NHL while the Toronto Maple Leafs have allowed the most per game.

It's early days yetA in the NHLA regular season.A Teams have played barely an eighth of their games so far.A There areA teams that are digging themselves a fairlyA deep grave.

Carolina Hurricanes forward Eric Staal, right, falls to the ice during Sunday's game with San Jose as teammate Ray Whitney battles with Doug Murray of the Sharks.