The Carolina Hurricanes are close, and they and their post-season-starved fans can feel it. Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and two assists and the Hurricanes kept pace in the playoff race with a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. The Hurricanes, who own the NHL’s longest playoff drought at nine seasons, have a five-point cushion with eight games to play. With the Wild lacking their primary scoring threat, the Hurricanes outshot Minnesota 34-25 and controlled the tempo from the outset. They became the first Hurricanes teammates with 50 assists in the same season since Brind’Amour and Ray Whitney in 2006-07.

Source: National Post March 24, 2019 01:41 UTC