CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 6-4 loss against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Saturday. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1g, 1a), Stefan Noesen (2a) and Jaccob Slavin (1g, 1a) each tallied two points, while Michael Bunting and Brent Burns each lit the lamp for Carolina. Callahan Burke also made his Hurricanes debut, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 22 saves in net.
INJURY REPORT
Sebastian Aho, upper-body, missed three games (10/17-10/21)
Frederik Andersen, upper-body, missed two games (10/19-10/21)
Brett Pesce, lower-body, missed one game (10/21)
Andrei Svechnikov, knee, missed six games (10/11-10/21)
2023-24 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 12
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 22 Reassigned Callahan Burke to Colorado (AHL)
Oct. 20 Recalled Callahan Burke from Colorado (AHL)
Reassigned Anttoni Honka to JYP (Liiga)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Oct. 24 at Tampa Bay 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Oct. 26 vs. Seattle 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Oct. 27 vs. San Jose 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Oct. 30 at Philadelphia 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 2 at NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
HURRICANES vs. LIGHTNING SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Tampa Bay in the first of three meetings between the teams during the 2023-24 season.
— The Hurricanes and Lightning are meeting for the 142nd time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 62-57-10-12 overall record, including a 24-33-3-9 road record and a 52-50-9-12 record since relocation.
— Carolina won the season series 2-1-0 in 2022-23 (Tampa Bay: 1-1-1).
— The Hurricanes earned a 4-3 shootout win over the Lightning at Amalie Arena on 11/3/22. Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas and Brady Skjei scored in regulation before Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho scored in the shootout. Frederik Andersen made 23 saves in net and stopped five of six shootout attempts to register the win.
— Carolina posted a 6-0 win over Tampa Bay at PNC Arena on 3/5/23, going 4-for-5 on the power play. Jesperi Kotkaniemi earned a career-high five points (1g, 4a), and Teuvo Teravainen scored his second career hat trick (3g). Shayne Gostisbehere (1g, 2a) and Martin Necas (3a) also tallied three points, and Frederik Andersen stopped all 14 shots faced to record his first shutout of the season.
— The Hurricanes suffered a 4-0 loss against the Lightning at Amalie Arena on 3/28/23. Pyotr Kochetkov made 17 saves in net.
— Sebastian Aho has registered 17 points (7g, 10a) in 26 career regular-season games against the Lightning.
— Brent Burns has tallied 15 points (4g, 11a) in 28 career regular-season games against Tampa Bay.
— Seth Jarvis has earned five points (2g, 3a) in six career regular-season games against the Lightning.
— Martin Necas has recorded 15 points (7g, 8a), including two overtime winners, in 17 career regular-season games against Tampa Bay.
— Antti Raanta has posted a 5-2-1 record, 2.11 goals-against average, .931 save percentage and one shutout in eight career regular-season games against the Lightning.
— Tony DeAngelo was selected by Tampa Bay in the first round (19th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft. He registered 43 points (6g, 37a) in 69 AHL games with Syracuse in 2015-16 but was traded to Arizona in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft (Libor Hajek) before appearing in an NHL game with the Lightning.
— Calvin de Haan tallied 26 points (3g, 23a) in 127 games with Carolina during two stints with the team (2018-19, 2022-23). After signing with the Hurricanes as a free agent on 7/3/18, he was traded to CHI along with Aleksi Saarela in exchange for Anton Forsberg and Gustav Forsling on 6/24/19, but he re-signed with the team as a free agent on 10/1/22.
— Haydn Fleury was selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2014 NHL Draft and recorded 24 points (5g, 19a) in 167 NHL games with the team from 2017-21. He also registered 39 points (11g, 28a) in 101 AHL games with Charlotte from 2015-19 and served as an alternate captain in his final season with the team, helping lead the Checkers to their first Calder Cup championship. Fleury was traded to ANA in exchange for Jani Hakanpaa and a sixth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft on 4/12/21.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Score 1ST 2ND 3RD OT FINAL
Toronto 1 0 2 1 4
Tampa Bay 3 0 0 0 3
The Tampa Bay Lightning had a multi-goal lead going into the third period, but gave up two goals with less than 10 minutes to play in regulation before falling to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime at AMALIE Arena Saturday night…The Bolts fell to 2-2-2 on the season with a home record of 2-0-1…William Nylander opened the scoring early in the first period when he tallied his fourth goal of the season 4:16 into the contest…After Matthew Knies was sent to the penalty box for cross-checking at the 6:10 mark, the Lightning immediately responded and evened the score 1-1 just 16 seconds into the power play…Collecting the puck at the point, Victor Hedman sent a pass to the right circle for Nikita Kucherov, who exchanged passes with Brayden Point and quickly wired a shot to the far post and past Ilya Samsonov for his fifth goal of the campaign…Tampa Bay went up 2-1 3:38 later when Point sent the puck across the offensive zone to Kucherov, who found Alex Barré-Boulet waiting on the back door, where he was able to redirect his first goal of the season through the five hole of Samsonov with 9:56 remaining in the period…Kucherov added his second power-play goal of the night 3:25 later when he hammered a one-timer past Samsonov off a pass from Mikhail Sergachev with Steven Stamkos picking up the secondary assist…Following a scoreless second period, Knies tallied back-to-back goals at the 12:11 and 14:33 marks of the third period to force overtime…John Tavares scored the game-winning goal 4:05 into the extra frame to complete the comeback win for TOR…Jonas Johansson got the start in goal for the Lightning and made a career-high 48 saves in the loss…Tampa Bay goaltending coach Frantz Jean coached his 1,000th NHL game.
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Hurricanes are playing the first of three matchups this season and the first of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts posted a 1-1-1 record vs. CAR last season, dropping the lone home game in a shootout and going 1-1-0 in the two road games at PNC Arena…Brayden Point (2-2—4) led Tampa Bay in goals vs. CAR last season and was tied with Steven Stamkos (1-3—4) for the team lead in points…Point has recorded six points over his last four games vs. CAR (3-3—6) and has found the scoresheet in eight of his 12 career home games vs. CAR (6-7—13)…Stamkos has picked up seven points over his last four games vs. CAR (2-5—7)…Stamkos is riding a three-game home point streak vs. CAR (2-3—5)…Nikita Kucherov has found the scoresheet in 11 consecutive home games vs. CAR (5-13—18) and has recorded at least one point in 11 of his 12 career home games vs. CAR…Kucherov has points in 18 of his 24 career contests vs. CAR (7-21—28) with points in 13 of his last 16 games vs. CAR (3-17— 20)…Victor Hedman has seven points over his last 11 games vs. CAR (2-5—7)…Hedman has found the scoresheet in nine of his last 12 home games vs. CAR (4-8—12)…Mikey Eyssimont has recorded four points in three career contests vs. CAR (2-2—4)…Conor Sheary has five assists over his last eight games vs. CAR (0-5—5)…The Bolts are 6-2-2 in their last 10 home games vs. CAR and 4-4-2 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Lightning have scored three of more goals in 11 of their last 14 home games vs. CAR…Tampa Bay is 69-51-11 with 10 ties all-time vs. CAR, including a home record of 42-21-3 with three ties…Martin St. Louis (38-48—86) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals, assists and points vs. CAR.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. CAR
- Martin St. Louis – 86 pts. (38-48—86, 75 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 78 pts. (31-47—78, 80 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 48 pts. (21-27—48, 55 GP)
- Vinny Prospal – 38 pts. (14-24—38, 37 GP)
- Brad Richards – 36 pts. (10-26—36, 42 GP)
INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY STATUS GAMES MISSED
Tyler Motte Upper-Body Out 5
Andrei Vasilevskiy Back Out 6
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 13
