Sens Swept, Hurricanes Advance

0:00It's April 26th. This is NHL News Today, AI-powered updates on your team. I'm Corey with the story. The Ottawa Senators are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs after a 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4, getting swept in the Eastern. Conference first round. This marks the fourth time they've been swept in a best of seven series since joining the NHL back in the 1992-93 season. The Sen's finished the regular year at 44 wins, 27 losses and 11 overtime losses, grabbing that second wild card spot in the East. Earlier this week, Ottawa made the playoffs and back-to-back years for the first time since 2011-12 and 2012-13, but things fell apart quick against Carolina. Their power play went cold at 1 for 21 across the series, wasting 4-5 on 3 chances, including 3 in the finale. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes never trailed in any game, a rare feat not seen since Montreal in 2021.

1:01Anjuries crushed the blue line from the jump, Artem Zube out after Game 1, Jake Sanderson concussed in Game 3, and others like Thomas Shabot. Nursing a fractured arm. Coach Travis Green called it full of what ifs heading into the offseason, with potential free agents like Claude Giroux and Nick Cousins on the horizon. Car's library Tika Chuck and Tim Stutzel barely showed up, held pointless or close to it. The Sen's chased the score every night, scoring first, zero times in the openers thanks to Carolina's early strikes. They hit posts and had near misses, but Frederick Anderson stood tall with a 0.955 save percentage, shutting down the middle. All five Ottawa goals came from just Streg Betasin and Dylan Cousins, not enough in a tight low-scoring battle. Carolina rolls on to face the flyers or penguins next, while Ottawa licks wounds and eyes of busy summer rebuild. The hurricane shutdown style proved too much this time around.