The Carolina Hurricanes made the biggest move of the NHL season when they acquired Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche. The trade gives the Canes a bonaf

Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal will play in his 1,300th career game tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks. Not only will Staal become the 74th player in league history to reach that milestone, but he'll also become the first player from the 2006 draft class to reach it as well.

Staal skated 431 games over six seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who drafted second overall in 2006, winning the Stanley Cup in 2009. He scored 120 goals and 248 points, earning All-Rookie Team honors and finishing third in Calder Trophy voting in 2006-07.

Staal logged two assists, three shots on goal, two hits and two PIM in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Blue Jackets. Staal earned his first multi-point effort since Jan. 10 versus the Canucks, though he still chipped in two points over the five games in between.

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In the 13 years since the trade, Jordan has celebrated his 1,000th NHL game in a Hurricanes sweater, recorded more than 450 points with Carolina - ranking fifth in franchise history - and has now been captain for seven seasons, as his brother was before him.

The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday for fire danger until 5 p.m. The alert is for Person, Granville, Vance, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Davidson and Randolph counties.

For a first impression, you could do a whole lot worse than Tony DeAngelo did in his Islanders’ debut on Saturday night.

In just over four minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes went from down two goals to up two in a five-goal second period that lifted them to a 7-4 win over the

Frederik Andersen earned a win in his first home start since opening night, and Seth Jarvis had four points for Carolina in the Hurricanes’ home win over Columbus.

Philipp Kurashev had a bounce-back game, but the Chicago Blackhawks coughed up two leads — including a two-goal advantage.

The Dallas Stars are finding new ways and new personnel to generate some momentum. For the Carolina Hurricanes, it’s largely coming from familiar sources. Those will be on display in some form when the Hurricanes visit the Stars on Tuesday night.