Hurricanes' Teuvo Teravainen breaks hand, out for first round

Carolina Hurricanes winger Teuvo Teravainen will miss the remainder of the first round after suffering a broken hand in his team's 4-3 overtime win Wednesday against the New York Islanders.

The Hurricanes, who have a 2-0 series lead, will be without one of their top-six forwards after Teravainen was injured on a slash from Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Teravainen had control of the puck on the inner half of the left faceoff circle when he launched a shot on net with Pageau extending his stick and striking Teravainen's hand almost instantaneously.

Pageau was not penalized while Teravainen will have surgery Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour voiced his frustrations after the game.

"[The] 4:25 marker, he broke his hand. With the puck, takes a shot, the guy absolutely tomahawk chops him. Absolutely," Brind'Amour said. «I know we had all the power plays so you're not going to make it a 5-on-3, but go take a look at the video. He's out for the series, so there you go. They're going to complain about all the power plays, but it's a tomahawk chop. We just watched it. He has to have surgery tomorrow. There you go. So I'm a little pissed, I'll be honest with you.»

Losing Teravainen for even the remainder of the first round is the latest blow for a Hurricanes roster that has been forced to reconfigure their top-six forward situation because of injuries since the calendar flipped to 2023.

It started in January when the team lost winger Max Pacioretty for the rest of the season to a non-contact Achilles injury. The Hurricanes traded for Pacioretty in the offseason with the hope that landing a six-time 30-goal scorer would strengthen their championship aspirations.

Pacioretty required offseason