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The Carolina Hurricanes will venture out on the road for the first time this season with a familiar divisional foe in the Columbus Blue Jackets. Both teams are coming off Opening Night overtime affairs, with the Canes losing 2-1 at home, while the Jackets bested the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on the road.
For the Canes, last night was a familiar story as they heavily outshot the Islanders, yet came away short in the goal column. Rookie Andrei Svechnikov rang two off the bar in his debut, but he will look to get into the scorebook Friday against fellow Russian Sergei Bobrovsky. It is possible that the Canes will turn to recently acquired former Blue Jacket Curtis McElhinney in net.
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 |
Carolina didn’t take a morning skate and coach Rod Brind’Amour hinted at some lineup changes in his postgame press conference last night, so these might change from what they were last night:
Micheal Ferland - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele - Jordan Staal - Justin Williams
Brock McGinn - Martin Necas - Valentin Zykov
Jordan Martinook - Lucas Wallmark - Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin - Dougie Hamilton
Calvin de Haan - Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk - Brett Pesce
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrazek
Scratches: Phil Di Giuseppe (healthy), Haydn Fleury (healthy), Scott Darling (lower body; injured reserve), Victor Rask (hand; injured non-roster)
The Blue Jackets will look to improve their work on the power play from Opening Night as they were almost undone by their 0-5 performance. The Jackets will now turn to Sergei Bobrovsky for the first time this season, as they were able to win on the road with backup Joonas Korpisalo stopping 18 of the 20 shots he faced in the opener. Columbus is expected to line up like this:
Artemi Panarin - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno - Alexander Wennberg - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner - Brandon Dubinsky - Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano - Riley Nash - Anthony Duclair
Ryan Murray - Markus Nutivaara
Dean Kukan - Gabriel Carlsson
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Markus Hannikainen, Lukas Sedlak, Adam Clendening
Injured: Scott Harrington (upper body), Seth Jones (knee)