Senators beat Hurricanes 6-3, move into 2nd wild-card spot
Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/senators-beat-hurricanes-6-3-move-into-2nd-wild-card-spot-9.7153845?cmp=rss
Hurricanes vs. Senators
Referee: Chris Schlenker #3
Referee: Jean Hebert #15
Lines: Jeremy Faucher #97
Lines: Trent Knorr #74
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/04/51729/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-6-26/
#CarolinaCulture #GoSensGo #CARvsOTT #NHL #Sens #Hurricanes #Senators #Canes
CAR @ OTT 5Pm Eastern

After a close 4-3 win over the Islanders and a great performance by Seth Jarvis, the Hurricanes will take on the Ottawa Senators tonight at 5PM eastern. Ottawa has had some issues recently, with Tkachuk and Ullmark underperforming. They are in the last wildcard spot and will fight with urgency to get a win tonight. Carolina will have to be ready for them.

4 Teams With 100+ Points In The East

While the top two in the west have over 100 points, with Colorado comfortably sitting at 110 points, in the east, things are a bit tighter. 4 teams are currently at 100 points or above, with the Hurricanes at 104, Tampa at 102, Montreal at 100 and the Sabres also at 100 (but with one more game already played). Out of those 4, only the Sabres are on a losing streak. The Hurricanes have won their last 3, while the Canadiens have won their last 8.

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#Hurricanes 3 (Jarvis, Blake, Aho SH)
#Isles 2 (Gatcomb, Shabanov)

Hurricanes up on shots 31-6. Isles simply have not played up ice all game.

End of one
#Isles 1 (Gatcomb)
#Hurricanes 1 (Jarvis)

'Canes up on shots 13-4.
Hurricanes doing a very good job of preventing the Islanders from getting the puck deep with any consistency. Always seems to be a lopsided shot total against 'Canes. Trick is to keep shots to outside.

Islanders vs. Hurricanes
Referee: Brandon Blandina #39
Referee: Francis Charron #6
Lines: Matt MacPherson #83
Lines: Jonny Murray #95
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/04/51702/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-4-4-26/
#Isles #CarolinaCulture #NYIvsCAR #NHL #Islanders #Canes #Hurricanes
#Isles in warmups (Game No. 78 at #Hurricanes)
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Barzal-Pageau-Holmstrom
Shabanov-Schenn-Ritchie
Palat-Cizikas-Gatcomb
Schaefer-Pulock
Pelech-Soucy
George-Mayfield
Sorokin
Rittich
#Isles Ilya Sorokin (28-2- 2, 2.62 GAA, .909 save pct.) and #Hurricanes Brandon Bussi (28-6-1, 2.44, .897) of Sound Beach lead teams out for warmups here in Carolina. Isles looking to snap a three-game losing streak, which matches a season high, and 'Canes looking to clinch Metro
NYI @ CAR 7Pm Eastern

Carolina has clinched their playoff berth. If they can build a bit of a cushion, they'll be able to rest some players before the playoffs. It will be tough however to build such a cushion, with Tampa and Buffalo at 100 pts and Montreal at 98.