RALEIGH, N.C. - The National Hockey League today announced that Carolina Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal has been named the NHL’s “Second Star” for the week ending Jan. 12. This marks the first time that Staal has been named one of the NHL’s three weekly stars.

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.

The Hurricanes tried to give Eric Staal a victory on his big day with a third-period rally, but the Ducks came away with an overtime win on Cutter Gauthier’s second goal of the game.

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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.

Rantanen can become an unrestricted free agent July 1. He was available because the Avalanche couldn’t sign him to a long-term contract. Tulsky said the Hurricanes wanted to acquire Rantanen as long as possible before the NHL Trade Deadline on March 7 and have had only preliminary discussions with his camp.

Nathan MacKinnon shares his thoughts on the recent trade that sent Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes.

The trade is one of the biggest blockbusters of the NHL's Salary Cap Era, sending a perennial 90-100 point scorer to Carolina. Lost in the shuffle of this is that the Hurricanes acquired two top-six wingers in this deal.

The Carolina Hurricanes pulled off one of the biggest trades in recent memory last night, landing Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall in a three-team trade that saw Martin Necas and Jack Drury heading the other way. Today, Carolina general manager Eric Tulsky spoke with the media about the trade. Here's what he had to say:

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

After a whirlwind 24 hours, the Carolina Hurricanes picked up a point in the standings against a red-hot New York Islanders team with a 3-2 overtime loss at UBS Arena. Wingers Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall made their team debuts after being acquired in a blockbuster three-team trade on Friday night from Colorado and Chicago respectively,

In a blockbuster three-way trade, the Hurricanes are going all-in by acquiring all-star and pending UFA Mikko Rantanen from the Avalanche.