The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins, 6-5 on April 7, 2026, in overtime, wrapping up the Metropolitan Division title with 4 games left to play. The Hurricanes have 106 points, a 4-point lead over Tampa Bay, Buffalo and Montreal in the race for the number one overall seed in the Eastern Conference with 4 games left to play. It was anything but standard in the Canes’ final regular season game at home. Defensive breakdowns and some shaky goaltending allowed Boston to score 5 times — three by former Hurricanes forward Morgan Geekie. But, Boston had their own issues in goal as the Canes scored five times in less than 30 minutes on Jeremy Swayman and Boston pulled him in favor of Joonas Korpisalo who was great in relief. That is until Jaccob Slavin’s first goal of the season won the game for the Hurricanes in OT. Andrei Svechnikov, K’Andre Miller, Logan Stankoven, Will Carrier and Taylor Hall also scored for Carolina in the win and Brandon Bussi won his 30th game of the season. The Hurricanes have now won at least 50 games in 4 of the last 5 seasons and they are division champions for the 4th time in the last 6 years.
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9 Comments
Ugly game
I don’t know what that game was but I'm glad we got the win. Now for #1 in the East.
Been saying it for years now. Carolina needs legit goaltending to get over the hump. Giving up the same number of goals in regulation on half as many shots is bad. Giving up a goal every 4 shots is bad.
Brandon Bussi scares me…
Question, when Bussi was playing great before the Olympic break, was that prior to alternating with Freddie? I feel like watching half of the games from the bench has caused Bussi's troubles?
I don't often blame the officials but they were worth 1.5 goals to the B's tonight.
No way was that goaltender interference. People were pissed about the Olympics being so rigid yet now you want the same minimal contact implemented in the NHL
Agree Stankoven is definitely physical when it’s time to be. He is a good addition – with Carolina he definitely had a better opportunity than he would ever have with the Stars.
Miller has been a huge liability lately. Playing soft. Playing behind his man. Getting burned. So many men left wide open in front of the net and then there’s Key 8 feet out of position and looking completely unaffected after he lets it happen. I don’t like the body language or the effort lately. A lot of goals on Bussi are completely on these wide open situations. It’s frustrating because when he tries he’s borderline elite, but these mental lapses and lazy skating kill it.