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The Carolina Hurricanes face another division foe tonight in the Columbus Blue Jackets on the second leg of a back-to-back as they try to put together a modest win streak.
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
- The Canes and Blue Jackets are meeting for the third of four matchups this season. The Canes will visit Columbus once more in March.
- The Canes won 3-1 at Nationwide Arena on October 5th, led by a multi-point night from both Sebastian Aho and Micheal Ferland and 31 saves from Curtis McElhinney.
- Columbus took the November 17th matchup at PNC Arena in a 4-1 decision. Sebastian Aho scored the only Canes goal.
- Speaking of Aho, the Canes’ all-star rep is slated to play in his 200th NHL game tonight. He leads the Hurricanes in goals (15), assists (26) and points (41) through 39 games thus far this season.
- Carolina is an impressive 13-4-4 in their last 21 games against Columbus and 4-1-2 in their last seven.
- The Hurricanes assigned Haydn Fleury to the Charlotte Checkers this afternoon. This is likely a good sign, as Fleury has missed the last nine games with a concussion and this would indicate that he’s ready for game action. Despite the fact that this is not listed as a conditioning stint, that’s largely semantics due to the fact that Fleury does not require waivers to be assigned to the AHL.
Lines and Rosters
The Hurricanes called up Greg McKegg on an emergency basis this morning as a result of an injury that Clark Bishop sustained during last night’s matchup in Philadelphia. He will most likely draw into that 4C slot tonight in his first NHL action of the season. We will most likely see Curtis McElhinney between the pipes tonight after Petr Mrazek earned the win last night in Philly. Other than those two changes, we can expect the same line construction as last night.
Brock McGinn - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook - Lucas Wallmark - Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov - Victor Rask - Micheal Ferland
Warren Foegele - Greg McKegg - Saku Maenalanen
Jaccob Slavin - Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan - Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk - Dougie Hamilton
Petr Mrazek
Curtis McElhinney
Injuries and Scratches: Clark Bishop (lower body)
The Blue Jackets come into tonight’s tilt in Raleigh on four days rest as they start a kickoff game road trip. They’re red hot, winning six of their last seven games and earning points in eight of their last nine. Sergei Bobrovsky has been confirmed in net. Here’s how you can expect for them to line up tonight.
Artemi Panarin - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Cam Atkinson
Anthony Duclair - Alexander Wennberg - Josh Anderson
Markus Hannikainen - Boone Jenner - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Riley Nash - Brandon Dubinsky - Lukas Sedlak
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones
Ryan Murray - Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington - David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo