A scary high stick to the Hurricanes’ Jesperi Kotkaniemi turned out to be a best-case scenario for the Hurricanes: The ...

Despite being selected with the 3rd overall pick in 2018, Jesperi Kotkaniemi never became the player we thought he would be.

Obviously the play of the game, and the series, Tuesday night at Lenovo Center was Sebastian Aho's double-overtime winner.The Finnish center one-timed the puck past Jacob Markstrom on the power play ...

Devils forward Dawson Mercer was penalized with a double-minor for a high-stick on Carolina forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi 1:10 into the second overtime of Game 5 on Tuesday at Lenovo Center.

Sebastian Aho hammered a one-timer past Jacob Markstrom at 4:17 of the second overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Tuesday night to clinch their first-round ...

Devils center Dawson Mercer carried the puck out of the defensive zone when Hurricanes center Jesperi Kotkaniemi challenged him. Mercer passed the puck off the boards and tried to lift his stick ...

And then Dawson Mercer chipped at a puck and got the tip of the blade of his stick way up under Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s visor, sending him straight to the room and leaving a trail of blood on the ...

Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov, center, celebrates his goal with Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) and Taylor Hall (71) during the third period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round ...

Aho's score off a feed from Shayne Gostisbehere came with the Hurricanes on a four-minute power play on a double-minor high-sticking penalty by Dawson Mercer that sent Jesperi Kotkaniemi skating ...

Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov, center, celebrates his goal with Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) and Taylor Hall (71) during the third period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round ...