Hurricanes on Top! Can Carolina Keep Winning Despite the Injuries?

stormTRacker Podcast | Carolina Hurricanes & NHL Hockey · Oct 22, 2026 · 1h 7m · transcript

The Carolina Hurricanes are battered, patched together, and somehow sitting on top of the NHL anyway and that’s not an accident. We break down the 6-3 bounce-back win over Vancouver, the “where did that come from” moments like Nicolas Deslaurier popping two goals, and the bigger reason this team doesn’t melt when the lineup gets scrambled: the system stays the system, no matter who’s in the jersey.

We get into the real domino effects of injuries, especially what Jordan Staal’s absence means for faceoffs, net-front power play work, and the details that quietly decide games. We also talk…