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The Carolina Hurricanes come off of a much needed win last night to take on the Colorado Avalanche in their seventh game of the extended eight game home stand.
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
- Brett Pesce scored just 14 seconds into last night’s tilt against the Canucks. His goal set a record for the fastest goal scored by a Hurricanes defensemen in franchise history.
- The Hurricanes trail all-time with a 48-71-23-1 record against the Avs, including a 30-26-13-1 record at home.
- Tonight is the second game of the two game season series between the teams, the Canes fell to the Avalanche on November 2 by a score of 5-3 in Colorado.
- The Avalanche swept the Canes last season with a 2-0-0 record. (Carolina was 0-1-1).
- The Canes have won at least a point in four of their last six against Colorado. They are 3-2-1 in that span.
- The Avalanche have struggled on the road recently, going 1-4-1 in their last six away from home.
Lines and Rosters
With the Hurricanes coming off of a game last night and the NC State Wolfpack taking on UNC in PNC Arena (which is why tonight’s game starts at 8:00), the Hurricanes will not take a morning skate. The only info we’ll get on lines will come in a Bill Peters interview later today, but its a safe bet that things will stay mostly the same coming off of a win. The only change you can expect is Ward in net. Here are your projected lines:
Sebastian Aho - Jordan Staal - Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn - Victor Rask - Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner - Elias Lindholm - Phil Di Giuseppe
Joakim Nordstrom - Derek Ryan - Lee Stempniak
Jaccob Slavin - Brett Pesce
Klas Dahlbeck - Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin - Trevor van Riemsdyk
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
Scratches: Haydn Fleury (Healthy)
Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche come off of a loss to St. Louis earlier this week to take on the Hurricanes in the first leg of a back-to-back set on the east coast. They will faceoff against the Sabres tomorrow night. Here’s what you can expect the Avs to look like in tonight’s tilt:
Gabriel Landeskog - Alexander Kerfoot - Colin Wilson
Jt Compher - Tyson Jost - Mikko Rantanen
Gabriel Bourque - Carl Soderberg - Matthew Nieto
Nail Yakupov - Dominic Toninato - A.J. Greer
Nikita Zadorov - Erik Johnson
Anton Lindholm - Tyson Barrie
Samuel Girard - Patrik Nemeth
Semyon Varlamov
Jonathan Bernier
Scratches: Nathan MacKinnon (Upper Body)