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The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the Chicago Blackhawks for the second game of a back-to-back and second of three straight matches.
The Canes took the first game of the series last night with a 5-2 win, much thanks to a Sebastian Aho hat trick.
Rookie netminder Alex Nedeljkovic last night also reached the games played milestone to retain his RFA status for next season, which is huge for the Canes in re-signing the standout goaltender.
Goaltender #3
Category | James Reimer | Kasimir Kaskisuo |
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Category | James Reimer | Kasimir Kaskisuo |
Record | 15-5-2 | 0-0-0 |
Save % | .906 | .000 |
GAA | 2.66 | 0.00 |
Goaltender #1
Category | Frederik Andersen | Linus Ullmark |
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Category | Frederik Andersen | Linus Ullmark |
Record | 35-14-3 | 26-10-2 |
Save % | .922 | .917 |
GAA | 2.17 | 2.45 |
Goaltender #2
Category | Antti Raanta | Jeremy Swayman |
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Category | Antti Raanta | Jeremy Swayman |
Record | 15-5-4 | 23-14-3 |
Save % | .912 | .914 |
GAA | 2.45 | 2.41 |
With a regulation win tonight, the Hurricanes can finish no lower than second place in the division and have a magic number of five for securing first in the division.
Also with Vegas losing in regulation last night, the Canes now control their own destiny for finishing at the top of the entire league for the President’s Trophy.
With four games remaining it will be a battle to the top, but Carolina is in the best position to make it.
Vital Statistics
Category | Hurricanes | Bruins |
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Category | Hurricanes | Bruins |
Record | 54-20-8 | 51-26-5 |
Goals/Game | 3.38 | 3.08 |
Goals Against/Game | 2.44 | 2.66 |
Shots/Game | 34.12 | 36.12 |
Face Off Win % | 53.9% | 54.2% |
Power Play % (Rank) | 22.0% (13th) | 21.2% (15th) |
Penalty Kill % (Rank) | 88.0% (1st) | 81.3% (9th) |
ES Corsi For % | 43.86% | 56.14% |
ES PDO | 113.44 | 86.56 |
PIM/Game | 12:00 | 22:00 |
Rod Brind’Amour confirmed today that Petr Mrazek will start in his first game since returning from a minor injury. Brind’Amour also stated that Brady Skjei would be a game-time decision.
Hurricanes’ Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Nino Niederreiter - Vincent Trocheck - Martin Necas
Warren Foegele - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Max McCormick - Steven Lorentz - Morgan Geekie
Jaccob Slavin - Dougie Hamilton
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Jake Bean - Jani Hakanpaa
Petr Mrazek
Alex Nedeljkovic
Blackhawks’ Projected Lineup
Philipp Kurashev - Pius Suter - Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat - Kirby Dach - Dominik Kubalik
Vinnie Hinostroza - Dylan Strome - Adam Gaudette
Mike Hardman - David Kampf - Brandon Hagel
Wyatt Kalynuk - Connor Murphy
Duncan Keith - Ian Mitchell
Nikita Zadorov - Nicolas Beaudin
Collin Delia
Kevin Lankinen