“Just Win, Baby” – Hurricanes 2, Rangers 0

The Carolina Hurricanes earned another two points as they shutdown and shutout the New York Rangers, 2-0 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Canes have now notched points in 10 straight games (8-0-2) and have points in 14 of their last 15 games played.

A big part of that is because of goalie Brandon Bussi who has won his last nine starts. Bussi, put up his second career NHL shutout and improved his record to an unbelievable, 23-1-3.

The netminder earned the shutout in front of many friends and family and got to celebrate with them after the game.

The Hurricanes front office has been working on getting this goalie signed to an extension but have yet to seal the deal.

Carolina pretty much dominated the game, although they had a tough time solving New York goalie, Jonathan Quick, who made 41 saves on the 42 shots he faced.

Andrei Svechnikov continued his sterling play as he opened the scoring six minutes and change into the opening period.

While the Canes peppered Quick with shot after shot, they would not light the lamp again until late in the game when Nikolaj Ehlers hustled to a loose puck and fed Jordan Staal in front of an empty night to close things out.

The Rangers will stay in last place with their 50 points and will look for answers during the Olympic break.

The Canes wanted to finish this stretch on a positive note with a win and succeeded with their quest.

As was mentioned earlier on Thursday, Seth Jarvis was named to the Canadian Olympic team. More on that later.

We will be active here at Canes Country over the break so please continue to check in.

Al will be working on an Olympic preview and I will have some trade ideas to shoot down as well as other info.

Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020906.HTM

Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020906.HTM

Interviews – https://x.com/CanesPR/status/2019607317407486323