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Defenseman Jamie McBain continued his hot play with a power-play tally as the Carolina Hurricanes used a three-goal second-period outburst to defeat the host Edmonton Oilers 5-3 Wednesday, halting a seven-game losing skid. McBain's fourth goal in the past three contest helped the Hurricanes earn their first victory in five tries under new head coach Kirk Muller. It was just...

Carolina coach Kirk Muller earned his first win behind the Hurricanes bench, and his club snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Jeff Skinner, Jamie McBain, Patrick Dwyer, Chad LaRose and Tuomo Ruutu scored for the Hurricanes (9-17-4), who won their first game in five tries under Muller, a first-time NHL coach. Tomas Kaberle...

While Kirk Muller could best be considered a coach who's being groomed for the future and isn't required to make a quick fix, he realizes something must be done to pull the Hurricanes out of their losing ways. So just as a coach with no NHL experience might not have the touch to orchestrate an immediate turnaround, he's not going to expect the younger players on the...

A trip to Western Conference locales in Canada might be an ideal tonic for the Hurricanes. If nothing else, the change of scenery could be a good thing for a team mired in a slump and barely a week removed from a coaching change. It's also a chance for some players to visit with their families. "A lot of these guys will see their families and get some reassurances,"...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Carolina coach Kirk Muller earned his first win behind the Hurricanes bench, and his club snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Jeff Skinner, Jamie McBain, Patrick Dwyer, Chad LaRose and Tuomo Ruutu scored for the Hurricanes (9-17-4), who won their first game in five tries under Muller, a first...

from Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald, This season hasn’t exactly been a (father-and-son) picnic. Brandon Sutter’s Carolina Hurricanes are stuck near the bottom of the National Hockey League standings. To be precise, 28th. Dear old dad, a couple of time zones to the left, isn’t faring much better. The Calgary Flames, piloted by Brent Sutter, are listing...

Carolina Hurricane Patrick Dwyer puts the puck past Edmonton Oiler goaltender Devan Dubnyk for a second-period goal. ANDY DEVLIN - NHLI/Getty Images For Kirk Muller, a victory. At last. Muller earned his first victory as coach of the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday -- and first as an NHL head coach -- as the Canes topped the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 at Rexall Place. Muller had lost his...

Where do I begin with this game? Should I talk about how Carolina got off to a horrible start and ended up in a 3-0 hole? Maybe it would be better to start things off on a more positive note and say how the Canes scored six goals for the first time in forever and were even with the Flames in scoring chances. That sounds pretty good at first glance but not when you consider that they...

Riding a seven game losing streak and playing the second game of a back-to-back on the road is usually a recipe for disaster but Carolina came out strong tonight and (despite a couple of bad bounces early on) took it to the Oilers for most of this game. The Canes really needed a win like this to raise the spirits of both the team and the fans. Edmonton played an awful game but Carolina...

Carolina Hurricanes (8-17-4) at Edmonton Oilers (13-11-3)Rexall Place 9:30 p.m. ESTTV: FS-Carolinas, TSN There is a good chance that Carolina goes down a similar path to these Oilers that we're facing tonight. They have lost seven in a row, have already replaced their head coach, have some promising youth in the system and are on track for a top-five pick. The Oilers now have...

The Canes have recalled goaltender Mike Murphy from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League. Murphy’s recall is on an emergency basis, after goaltender Brian Boucher suffered a lower-body injury during practice on Monday in Calgary. This is the first NHL call-up for Murphy, 22. The Kingston, Ontario, native is 9-5-0 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .922...

Carolina coach Kirk Muller earned his first win behind the Hurricanes bench, and his club snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Jeff Skinner, Jamie McBain, Patrick Dwyer, Chad LaRose and Tuomo Ruutu scored for the Hurricanes (9-17-4), who won their first game in five tries under Muller, a first-time NHL coach.

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Jeff Skinner and Jamie McBain each scored a power-play goal, as the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place.

The Carolina Hurricanes will try again to get Kirk Muller his first win as an NHL head coach, as they begin a four-game road trip with this evening's stop at Calgary's Saddledome.