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The Carolina Hurricanes have suffered through a lot of frustrating games on the road this season, but their performance in their last home game may have brought them to a new level of anguish.

Turco stopped 22 shots for his 38th career shutout, rookie Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal in the first period and the Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes , 2-0, on Monday night.

Petteri Nokelainen scored the go-ahead goal with 7:17 left and the Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina 3-2 on Wednesday night, sending the Hurricanes to a franchise-record 12th straight road loss to start the season.

For once, or rather twice, the Carolina Hurricanes have won in regulation. With a 3-1 regulation win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at the RBC Center Saturday, the Hurricanes won only their second game in regulation of the season.

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

It was the kind of game the Carolina Hurricanes probably would not have won a few weeks ago.

The Montreal Canadiens held their fifth Homecoming Game of the season last night, welcoming former family member Tom Kostopoulos back to the Bell Centre.

Even though I know this makes Carolina Hurricanes fans skin crawl , but this team will always be the Hartford Whalers to me.

You would think that with how awful the Hurricanes have been to start the season, there would be no shortage of blame to go around -- players, management, coaching staff, everyone.

To the extent that a hockey game played before the first candy bar hits the fryer across the street at the State Fair can be a litmus test, Wednesday's game was just that for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Chris Kunitz beat Cam Ward on the 12th shot of a shootout to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday night and continue their early season road success.

Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward blocks Florida Panthers' Cory Stillman as Hurricanes' Tom Kostopoulos and Joe Corvo look on during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Oct.

With summer in the rear view mirror, the puck is ready to drop for the National Hockey League's regular season tonight.

Tonight, the two philosophies will clash when Gainey's new-look Montreal Canadiens visit Burke's refurbished Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre to open the 2009-10 regular season.

Will Bob Gainey's extreme makeover produce a better team? The Canadiens are hoping Scott Gomez can add some scoring zip.

Georges Laraque will be counted on to provide toughness to the Canadiens lineup.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Going into their 101st year of existence, the Canadiens have lost quite a bit of height over the off-season. However, they still possess one of the deepest forward cores in the Eastern Conference.

The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with right wing Tom Kostopoulos on a three-year contract that is worth more than $2.7 million on Tuesday.

The Tampa Bay Lightning made it official on Tuesday and signed free agent left wing Alex Tanguay.

For the Canadiens to be successful this season, they'll need more production from newcomers Scott Gomez - 16 goals in each of the last two seasons with the Rangers - and Brian Gionta, who had 20 goals for the Devils in 2008-09. Photograph by: PHIL CARPENTER, THE GAZETTE, The Gazette Seventeen days before they report to camp, the question is heard ...