The Boston Bruins are hoping to be a playoff team this season and one analyst urges them to acquire a star centerman.

Kotkaniemi finished the regular season at 12 goals, 21 assists, 115 shots on net, 66 hits, 50 PIM and a plus-9 rating across 78 appearances.

Kotkaniemi recorded 12 goals and 21 assists for 33 points in 78 games. In return, Carolina would acquire Zibanejad, who also has four years left on his eight-year, $68 million deal.

Kotkaniemi has tallied 23 points (11g, 12a) in 59 games with Carolina in the 2021-22 season. His 11 goals are tied for his single-season career high. SUGGEST A CORRECTION 1 Tags: Carolina ...

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho scored the double-overtime game-winning goal in Game 5, a 5-4 Carolina win that eliminated the Devils from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Carolina won the series 4-1.

Carolina Hurricanes player Jesperi Kotkaniemi talks to the media on May 1, 2025, two days after he was hit in the eye by a New Jersey Devils’ player’s stick during their NHL playoff game.

Carolina took the early lead with Gostisbehere netting the first first-period goal of the series. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who assisted on the goal with Eric Robinson, screened Thompson on the shot ...

Jacob Slavin's goal 3:06 into overtime gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 victory over the host Washington Capitals on Tuesday in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round matchup.

But it’s especially in the playoffs that the former Canadiens player has tended to disappear over the past two years. Kotkaniemi has NO goals in his last 23 playoff games… and only five ...