For one, Brind’Amour is pairing his two best players by putting them on a line together. Aho has led the Hurricanes in scoring in six of the last seven seasons, and Rantanen was a superstar in Colorado, logging more minutes than any forward in the league since the start of the 2021-22 season.

The former North Dakota star, who played 40 games in college last season, is approaching 50 in his first pro season.

Blake scored a goal on two shots, added an assist and logged two PIM in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Blue Jackets.

After a blockbuster trade late Friday, Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall made their Carolina Hurricanes debuts in the team’s overtime road loss at the New York Islanders.

Seth Jarvis had two goals and two assists and Sebastian Aho added a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five goals in the second period and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 on Thursday night.

Blake has been on the fourth line for much of the season, but he moved up to play alongside Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov at even strength in this contest. The move paid off, as Blake scored for just the second time in 10 games when he put the Hurricanes ahead 2-1 early in the third period.

Well it looks like Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour is giving rookie Jackson Blake a shot to ... Now he will alongside Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov.

Sebastian Aho scored 59 seconds into overtime, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3. Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored for Carolina in its second straight win.

Jackson Blake has played 46 games in the NHL this ... The rookie forward, playing with Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov, also scored again, his 10th of the season, in the Canes’ 3-2 win ...

Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20) celebrates after his goal with teammates Dmitry Orlov, center, and Jackson Blake (53) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus ...

Reactions to Friday's big blockbuster trade, and focusing on Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli and Devils starter Jake Allen for the rest of the fantasy season.

In the sixteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, the Carolina Hurricanes made a huge trade, five teams won their week, and the New York Islanders are out of the basement. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.