Hurricanes avoid major injury for DeAngelo and close in on getting Pesce back for Rangers series

The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenseman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blue-liner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the NHL playoffs. Team president and general manager Don Waddell said Wednesday that Pesce has shed a walking boot and is doing work to return and should play at some point in the second-round series against the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers. “If everything goes as expected, he shall play games this round," Waddell said in a Zoom call with reporters.