Slavin Quietly Reclaims His Edge In Carolina's East Final Push

Jaccob Slavin has a way of making a series feel simpler than it is, and that matters when the games tighten up in May. The Hurricanes are leaning on the kind of steady, no-drama hockey that only works when your best defenders win their shifts and move on. Slavin’s bounce-back performance gives Carolina a different kind of confidence, the sort that never shows up in a box score but always seems to show up when the pressure spikes.