
They won three of their last four games to earn the top wild-card spot in a tight race to the season’s final week. The Islanders are back in the postseason after a one-year absence. If we don’t do it, then it’s going to be not a success.” “Obviously we haven’t won it, that’s the goal,” veteran forward Jordan Martinook said. They finished third in the league standings in each of the past two seasons, and was second to Boston this season.Įberle scores 2 as Kraken outshine Stars 6-3, send series to deciding Game 7 There’s been relatively little to criticize in Carolina’s five-year playoff run, the first since the former Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997. I think that’s everyone’s kind of mindset in this group, that we have a group to go deep and a group that wants to make some noise.” “We’re not looking to just make it past the first or second round, or just have a little bit of success,” Carolina forward Seth Jarvis said.

Game 1 of the best-of-7 series is Monday night.

But they’re again working to turn a strong regular-season run into the deep postseason push that has eluded them of late, starting with a first-round series against the New York Islanders. They’ve established themselves as perennial playoff team, one that has claimed three straight division titles. (AP) - The challenge is familiar for the Carolina Hurricanes entering the Stanley Cup playoffs.
