NEWARK, N.J. — Jesperi Kotkaniemi broke a tie with a bad-angle shot early in the third period and Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey ...

For the first time in his NHL career, Jesperi Kotkaniemi wasn’t wearing a Montreal Canadiens jersey to a team workout Thursday. Kotkaniemi had on a Carolina Hurricanes practice sweater, and a Canes ...

Carolina Hurricanes practice was winding down Wednesday at Invisalign Arena and Jesperi Kotkeniemi was getting in a little extra shooting practice. The Canes center set up low in the right circle, ...

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 ...

Jesperi Kotaniemi was lying on his back with his eyes closed in the training room, trying to hold still as a team doctor put the top of his right eyelid back together. He could only tell what was ...

The Hurricanes tendered an offer sheet Saturday to Canadiens restricted free agent Jesperi Kotkaniemi, a response to Montreal trying to poach Carolina’s Sebastian Aho the same way two years ago.

When Jesperi Kotkaniemi played his first game at the U20 level, he was 15. The game was on a Saturday in Rauma, about 50 kilometres south of his hometown of Pori on the west coast of Finland. His ...

NEWARK, N.J. — The Carolina Hurricanes added recently acquired Evgeny Kuznetsov to their lineup on Saturday. It was one of his new linemates who made the difference against the New Jersey Devils.

Carolina Hurricanes center Jesperi Kotkaniemi (82) reacts after taking a stick to his face from New Jersey Devils center Dawson Mercer (91) in the second overtime, to set up the game winning power ...