In the 12 seasons that have followed the Carolina Hurricanes’ sole Stanley Cup victory, they’ve qualified for the playoffs just once, so success is relative at this moment in franchise history. Things looked up for them at the very beginning of the 2018-19 season, as new coach Rod Brind’Amour pushed his group to a four-game win streak (from Games 2-5), but that good got wiped out by an immediately subsequent three-game losing skid. And any wins after that point were just an effort at playing catch-up to the five-game losing streak that began in late October and stretched to Nov.
NHL at the Quarter-Pole: Carolina Hurricanes
