NHL Playoff Reveal 2022: Most recent Standings After Hurricanes Clinch Postseason Berth

The Carolina Hurricanes are heading serve to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season. 

Carolina clinched a verbalize in the 2022 postseason with a 5-3 snatch over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night at PNC Arena. With the snatch, the Hurricanes moved to 46-17-8 to protect atop the Metropolitan Division standings. 

Right here’s a survey on the updated Jap Conference standings:

Metropolitan Division

1. Carolina Hurricanes: 46-17-8, 100 components
2. New York Rangers: 46-20-6, 98 components
3. Pittsburgh Penguins: 41-21-10, 92 components

Atlantic Division 

1. Florida Panthers: 49-15-6, 104 components
2. Toronto Maple Leafs: 45-19-6, 96 components
3. Boston Bruins: 44-21-5, 93 components

Wild Card

1. Tampa Bay Lightning: 43-20-7, 93 components
2. Washington Capitals: 38-22-10, 86 components

The Hurricanes enjoy spent lots of the 2021-22 season atop the Metropolitan Division standings due to Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov and Teuvo Teravainen offensively.

Aho leads the crew with 33 aims and 38 assists for 71 components, while Svechnikov has 27 aims and 35 assists for 62 components and Teravainen has 19 aims and 39 assists for 58 components. 

In addition to, the Hurricanes enjoy received very fair correct depth scoring from Vincent Trocheck, Nino Niederreiter, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal. Jaccob Slavin, Brady Skjei and Tony DeAngelo enjoy led the pack defensively. 

Frederik Andersen and Antti Raanta enjoy furthermore mixed to derive realistic one of many categorical goaltending duos in the NHL. They entered Thursday’s sport in opposition to the Sabres with a league-excellent 2.37 aims-in opposition to moderate.

The Hurricanes are aiming to snatch the Stanley Cup for the main time since 2006. Then again, they are going to face a advanced path to the Stanley Cup Excellent, with the Tampa Bay Lightning as a doubtless first-round opponent. 

Despite sitting fourth in the Atlantic Division, the Bolts are primed to snatch their third straight Stanley Cup on the serve of Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman and Andrei Vasilevskiy. 

The Florida Panthers, meanwhile, were the categorical crew in the Jap Conference all season and enjoy already clinched a playoff verbalize, and the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins all enjoy now not now not as much as 92 components.