One of the big problems for the Carolina Hurricanes under Bill Peters was that there was no Plan B. They’d pile up shots, too often from the perimeter, sometimes seemingly for the sake of piling up shots instead of actually trying to score, and then talk about how well they played. Things are different under Rod Brind’Amour. The shots are coming from more dangerous locations. The Hurricanes are getting to the net and making plays…

Nothing brings out the best in New York Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss quite like the Carolina Hurricanes — and the barrage of shots they toss his way. The Islanders beat Carolina 2-1 on Sunday night after Greiss made 38 saves in his fifth straight victory against the Hurricanes. “He seems to love this building,” teammate Anders Lee said. “He’s seen everything, and for him to come in tonight and stand on his head … he’s…

The Latest on Hurricane Oscar (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Oscar has become the eighth hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season, but the storm is far out in the Atlantic where it poses no threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Oscar was centered Sunday afternoon about 725 miles (1,165 kilometers) southeast of Bermuda and had top sustained winds of about 75 mph (120 kph). The storm is moving to the west at…

Florida authorities have linked six more deaths to Hurricane Michael, raising the state’s death toll to 35. The storm’s overall death toll now stands at 45, with 10 deaths in other states. Florida Emergency Management Division spokesman Alberto Moscoso said in an email Saturday that two more deaths were confirmed in hard-hit coastal Bay County, raising the total there to 21. Florida’s latest update also raises the toll in Jackson County to three deaths, and…

Petr Mrazek’s one-legged fist pump after steering the final shot of the shootout wide was a novel contribution on a night the Carolina Hurricanes pushed the envelope on celebrations, and his third-period saves helped get the Hurricanes to overtime, and all of that was still the least of what he did Friday night. Scott Darling will almost certainly start Sunday, because he appears to be ready after one rehab start and because he has to…

Brock McGinn scored in regulation and had the lone shootout goal in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. Carolina outshot San Jose 23-6 from start of the second period to the midpoint of the third and finished with a 41-23 edge. It was the first time the Sharks had been outshot this season. McGinn, Teuvo Teravainen and Dougie Hamilton scored for Carolina in the second period, and Teravainen…

It took a while for the Carolina Hurricanes to get started Friday at PNC Arena but once they did … The Hurricanes erased a two-goal deficit against the San Jose Sharks, taking the game to overtime and then to a shootout, emerging with a 4-3 victory. Brock McGinn, who scored in the second period for the Canes, had the only shootout goal to win it. He then led the Canes in the postgame celebration, the…

Dougie Hamilton of the Carolina Hurricanes is a tall man on the ice, standing 6 feet 6. Put the defenseman at, say, a Duke basketball practice and he comes off average-sized. Hamilton recently attended a practice at Cameron Indoor Stadium with teammates Warren Foegele, Scott Darling and Clark Bishop, watching how Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski runs things. “It was a lot of fun,” Hamilton said. “I really like that stuff. I like college sports…