Saturday night's game between the host Carolina Hurricanes and the Los Angeles Kings in Raleigh, N.C., features two teams going in opposite directions.

The Carolina Hurricanes finished January on a seven-game point streak and a 10-3-2 record. They sit second in the Metropolitan Division with a 32-16-4 record (68 points) and are six points behind the Washington Capitals.

The dust is still settling on the deal that sent Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes. However, the question marks that still exist regarding Rantanen's future in the NHL (i.

In a three-team blockbuster NHL trade, the Carolina Hurricanes added two key forwards from Colorado and Chicago.

Mikko Rantanen says he was willing to take a discount to stay with the Avalanche before the Hurricanes trade happened.

The Carolina Hurricanes' blockbuster trade to acquire Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday is still resonating and was one of the topics on this week's episode of the " NHL Unscripted with Virk and Demers " podcast presented by iHeartPodcasts.

After Colorado's blockbuster trade last week, there's been an adjustment period for the Avalanche's new players. And the centerpiece of the Avs' return on that trade is thriving.

The Carolina Hurricanes took a swing for the fences Friday night by acquiring high-scoring forward Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado

After months of the rumour mill twirling, twirling and twirling, freedom has finally come with the Vancouver Canucks ripping the bandaid off a rift between Elias Pettersson and J.T.

The New York Rangers will head to the TD Garden to face the Boston Bruins. It will be a showdown in Beantown as we share our NHL odds series and make a Rangers-Bruins prediction and pick. The Rangers are 32-31 in the past 63 games against the Bruins.

After the Hurricanes shocked the hockey world over the weekend, Mikko Rantanen still may elect for free agency. Would this make the trade not worth what they gave up?