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The Carolina Hurricanes can’t seem to get to the Stanley Cup Finals despite their extremely solid style of play. (Getty Images) On paper, it looks the Carolina Hurricanes are firing on all cylinders in the Eastern Conference final. The Metropolitan Division winners have 56.72% of the shot attempts in the series, 58.92% of the expected

Joe Rose has been doing sports talk radio in Miami for 31 years now and never before had he received a listener comment like the text that came into the 560 Sports studios on Monday. “We don’t deserve this,” it read. Rose just laughed. The sentiment is no doubt being expressed by frustrated fans across

Sergei Bobrovsky recorded his first career postseason shutout, while Sam Reinhart’s power-play marker was enough for the Florida Panthers to escape with a 1-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday, taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference final. Here are four takeaways from Game 3: Sergei Bobrovsky is entering historic territory during

Getty Images This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. Good morning to everyone but especially to… THE MIAMI HEAT A little over a month ago, the Miami Heat needed

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — There’s conformity among many NHL players. And then there’s Brent Burns. Breaking up the parade of monotone business suits and well-groomed exteriors while entering the arena is a 6-foot-5, 230-pound defenseman wearing loud patterns, lugging a

Matthew Tkachuk scored his third overtime winner of the Stanley Cup playoffs to send the Panthers back home with a 2-0 series lead. (Getty Images) Matthew Tkachuk scored one minute and 51 seconds into the overtime period and the Florida Panthers are heading home with a 2-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes in the

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — Parents typically don’t want to see their children be miserable. Which makes the Eastern Conference final of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs a very stressful time for Henry and Linda Staal. “It’s tough for them. They’ve

Getty Images The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars kick off the Western Conference Final with Game 1 on Friday night. Now just four wins away from the Stanley Cup Final, Dallas and Vegas will try to keep their postseason runs alive. The Golden Knights earned the top seed in the Western Conference with a

While the NHL playoffs have included some surprises in the Eastern Conference courtesy of the Florida Panthers, the Western Conference final features a pair of clubs that each won two series where they had home-ice advantage. Even if you expected the Colorado Avalanche to be here, this is far from a shocking result. The Dallas

Getty Images The Eastern Conference Final begins on Thursday night when the Carolina Hurricanes host the Florida Panthers. Both teams are coming off quick second-round series and are just four wins away from the Stanley Cup Final. After winning the Metro Division, the Hurricanes dispatched the New York Islanders in the first round. Going up

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. May 17, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The conference final round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs is upon us, and

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived, and an absolutely crazy first round — in which the top seed in each conference fell — is over. The Boston Bruins won the Presidents’ Trophy and entered the playoffs after setting new NHL records for wins (64) and points (135). Boston couldn’t even make it out of the first round though,

If you think of every NHL season as a zero-sum game, one team goes home happy and 31 squads can consider their campaign a failure. The 2022-23 Seattle Kraken are an excellent counterpoint to that way of thinking. Seattle entered its second season of existence with limited expectations, but put together a fanbase-building campaign that

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 16, 2023, 01:36 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. DALLAS — The plaque in the Seattle Kraken locker room held seven game pucks, signifying the first seven Stanley Cup playoff wins in franchise history. There wouldn’t be an eighth. An equipment manager tucked the plaque under his arm

There was rarely a dull moment in the Edmonton Oilers’ playoff run, but exciting hockey doesn’t always translate to wins. Ultimately, the Vegas Golden Knights eliminated the Oilers in a back-and-forth Game 6 by a score of 5-2 on Sunday. Some things stayed the same through much of this run. Almost every contest featured stunning

The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs have been notable more for the unexpected than the expected. The regular-season juggernaut Boston Bruins and defending cup champion Colorado Avalanche were ousted in the first round. The final team to qualify for the playoffs — the Florida Panthers — is through to the Eastern Conference finals. Home-ice advantage has

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived, and an absolutely crazy first round — in which the top seed in each conference fell — is over. The Boston Bruins won the Presidents’ Trophy and entered the playoffs after setting new NHL records for wins (64) and points (135). Boston couldn’t even make it out of the first round though,

TORONTO — During a critical year of the core’s timeline, this season promised to be different than the previous six for the Toronto Maple Leafs, pushing in all their chips in pursuit of an elusive Stanley Cup. And yet after a hard-fought five-game series where the Florida Panthers emerged victorious in a scoreline that doesn’t