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The Hurricanes ride a five game winning streak into a matchup against a dangerous Lightning team who have lost only eight games in regulation all season.
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
- It’s another Fox Sports Southeast broadcast tonight. Click here for the channel listings. Tonight is also a Cool Bars night, coastal style, at the Carolina Ale House in Jacksonville.
- Tonight’s matchup is the second of three games in the 2018-19 season. Tampa Bay won the first matchup by a score of 4-2 on October 16th at Amalie Arena. Martin Necas scored his first career NHL goal in the loss.
- The Lighting will be in Raleigh for the last game of the season series on March 21st.
- The Hurricanes have won five games in a row for the first time since November of 2016. The Canes have outscored opponents 21-13 in that span, thanks partially to the power play operating at nearly 42% efficiency.
- All 19 skaters that have dressed for the Canes during the five game run have recorded at least a point, led by Sebastian Aho with six points (1g, 5a).
- Tonight the Canes will open their ninth of 17 back-to-back sets this season. The Canes are currently 3-3-2 in the first game and 4-3-1 in the second game over the first eight back-to-back sets this season.
- Saku Maenalanen scored his first career NHL goal in New York on Tuesday. He became the fourth Hurricanes player to score their first NHL goal this season (Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas, Clark Bishop).
- Jordan Staal has now missed eight straight games due to a concussion, compounding on the stretch of time that he was out tin December.
- After being recalled as insurance for Tuesday’s game, the Canes returned Dan Renouf to Charlotte yesterday.
Storm Advisory
- The Hurricanes were featured twice in Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts yesterday. [Sportsnet]
- Here’s an in depth look at growing the NHL across the American South. [ESPN]
- Adidas and the NHL unveiled eco-friendly jerseys for the year’s NHL All-Star game in San Jose. [NHL]
- Summer coaching changes have proven big across the NHL. [Sportsnet]
- The Capitals did a pretty cool thing.
Watch as the Metro Maple Leafs receive a personal message from @smithpelly23 and @JohnCarlson74 inviting them to Monday's game.
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 9, 2019
Full story: https://t.co/zHKOt2tKex#ALLCAPS #HockeyIsForEveryone pic.twitter.com/lf3yM7fgHv
- Maybe Raleigh could learn something from Columbus.
Looks like found his billboard.#CBJ pic.twitter.com/D9CG2BnUgF
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) January 9, 2019