Metropolitan Division Champs! Canes beat Bruins 6-5 in Overtime to take division

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 07: Jaccob Slavin #74 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates his goal during the overtime period of the game against Boston Bruins at Lenovo Center on April 07, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jaylynn Nash/Getty Images) | Getty Images For a last regular season game, the fans in the Lenovo Center on Thursday got one entertaining affair. A game that saw multiple lead changes, six different Hurricanes scoring, a Boston Bruins hat trick, a goalie being replaced, and an overtime winner all equaled a 6-5 win by the Carolina Hurricanes over the Boston Bruins.

Once the game hit overtime the Canes clinched the Metro Division, but the extra point now has them looking at the first seed in the East. The first period was full of action and a little surprise as Rod Brind’Amour trotted out most of the usual forwards and defensemen—Nicolas Deslauriers for Eric Robinson was the only swap—but the actual defensive pairings were completely switched around. That juggling may have accounted for a fair amount of loose play visible throughout the period, as Boston was able to get on the board first thanks to a bit of a misplay on the puck by starting goalie Brandon Bussi, and Hampus Lindholm was able to blast it by him.

The Canes answered, however, thanks to some determined work by Andrei Svechnikov. The assists on the play went to Alexander Nikishin and Sean Walker, but the play was all Svechnikov as he skated into the Boston zone, swept around the net, and completed a nice wraparound that banked off Bruins’ goalie Jeremy Swayman to knot the score at one. View Link Just 90 seconds later, Jordan Staal won a face off, got the puck to K’Andre Miller who quickly blew it past David Pastranak, making no play to stop the shot, and put the Canes on top 2-1.

View Link Unfortunately for Carolina, Pastranak and the Bruins would get their revenge pretty quickly. In short order it was 3-2 Boston off a pair of Morgan Geekie goals. Both of them set up by Pastranak going deep into the zone, drawing the Canes’ defense, and then passing to an open Geekie who was able to get them by Bussi.