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The Hurricanes look to get back to their winning ways in a Saturday matinee against the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs are coming off a strong 5-3 win against the New Jersey Devils, capped off by a hat trick from Gabriel Landeskog. Mikko Rantanen also had a four point night (one goal, three assists). Stop the Avalanche’s first line and you may stand a chance. If not, could be a long Saturday afternoon.
Vital Statistics
| Category | Hurricanes | Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Hurricanes | Bruins |
| Record | 8-6 | 11-5 |
| Goals/Game | 2.79 | 3.31 |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.71 | 2.06 |
| Shots/Game | 30.9 | 34.3 |
| Faceoff % | 49.1% | 53.3% |
| Power Play % (Rank) | 10.0% (14) | 31.9% (1) |
| Penalty Kill % (Rank) | 70.8% (14) | 85.7% (4) |
| ES Corsi For % | 55.61% | 51.66% |
| ES PDO | 101.2% | 101.0 |
| PIM/Game | 8:38 | 6:30 |
Goaltender #1
| Category | Petr Mrazek | Tuukka Rask |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Petr Mrazek | Tuukka Rask |
| Record | 5-5 | 11-5 |
| Save % | .894 | .939 |
| GAA | 2.73 | 1.96 |
Goaltender #2
| Category | Curtis McElhinney | Jaroslav Halak |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Curtis McElhinney | Jaroslav Halak |
| Record | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Save % | .943 | N/A |
| GAA | 1.70 | N/A |
Game Notes
- This is the first of two meetings between the two teams this season. The second game will be on March 11th.
- This will be Clark Bishop’s first NHL game. The forward had one goal and two assists in the Checkers first four games of the season.
- Down in Charlotte, Martin Necas was named first star of the game in the Checkers 4-3 shootout win after a clutch shootout goal.
- The Canes did not hold a morning skate this morning.
- The Hurricanes are 49-71-21 all time against the Colorado Avalanche franchise. That history dates back to the Whalers years, when Hartford and the then-Quebec Nordiques were rivals in the old Adams Division.
- Today’s game is the first home game played during the State Fair since 2002, and you can save some cash by doing both. If you’ve been to the fair, take your fair ticket to the box office to get lower-level seats for $40, and once the game is over you can show your Canes ticket at a fair gate for 40% off ($5.40 adults, $2.40 kids age 6-12).
- Lastly, former Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu was in town yesterday morning for Canes practice, which gave us an excuse to use one of the more unexpected photos in the archive: Ruutu and Darcy Tucker (!) going toe-to-toe at the then-RBC Center in 2010.
Lines and Rosters
Here’s Carolina’s projected lines this afternoon:
Michael Ferland - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele - Jordan Staal - Justin Williams
Jordan Martinook - Lucas Wallmark - Andrei Svechnikov
Brock McGinn - Clark Bishop - Valentin Zykov
Jaccob Slavin - Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan - Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk - Brett Pesce
Curtis McElhinney (confirmed)
Petr Mrazek
Here’s who will lead the way for the Avalanche today:
Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko Rantanen
Alexander Kerfoot - Tyson Jost - Colin Wilson
Matt Nieto - Carl Soderberg - Matt Calvert
Sven Andrighetto - Vladislav Kamenev - Gabriel Bourque
Samuel Girard - Erik Johnson
Ian Cole - Tyson Barrie
Nikita Zadorov - Patrik Nemeth
Philipp Grubauer (confirmed)
Semyon Varlamov