Carolina Hurricanes vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game Preview and Discussion

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.

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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.

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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)

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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)