CAROLINA HURRICANEDS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, blood clotting, missed 15 games (11/7-12/9)
Andrei Svechnikov, upper-body, missed two games (12/7-12/9)
2023-24 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 39
HURRICANES vs. SENATORS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Ottawa in the second of three meetings between the teams during the 2023-24 season. The Hurricanes will return to Canadian Tire Centre on 3/17. — The Hurricanes and Senators are meeting for the 115th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 62-39-8-5 overall record, including a 25-26-4-3 road record and a 43-35-5-5 record since relocation. — Carolina leads the season series 1-0-0 in 2023-24 (Ottawa: 0-1-0), and the Hurricanes are 11-5-0 in the teams’ last 16 meetings dating back to 2/24/17 (Senators: 5-9-2). — The Hurricanes posted a 5-3 win in their season opener against the Senators at PNC Arena on 10/11. Brady Skjei and Jordan Staal each recorded two points (1g, 1a), and Michael Bunting, Jaccob Slavin and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Carolina. Frederik Andersen stopped 27 of 30 shots faced in net. — Sebastian Aho has registered 16 points (5g, 11a) in 18 career regular-season games against Ottawa. — Brent Burns has recorded 25 points (8g, 17a) in 25 career regular-season games against the Senators. — Martin Necas has tallied seven points (3g, 4a) in nine career regular-season games against Ottawa. — Jack Drury’s father, Ted, posted 16 points (9g, 7a) in 42 NHL games with Ottawa in 1995-96. — Stefan Noesen was selected by Ottawa in the first round (21st overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft, but he was traded to ANA before appearing in an NHL game with the Senators. — Hurricanes Head Coach Rod Brind’Amour was born in Ottawa. — Hurricanes Assistant Coach Tim Gleason was selected by the Senators in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Draft, but he was traded to LAK before appearing in an NHL game with the Senators. — Anton Forsberg made three appearances with the Hurricanes during the 2019-20 season, registering a 1-1-0 record, 3.35 goals-against average and .897 save percentage. He was acquired from CHI along with Gustav Forsling in exchange for Calvin de Haan and Aleksi Saarela on 6/24/19 and signed as a free agent with EDM on 10/9/20. The Hurricanes re-claimed Forsberg on waivers from the Oilers on 1/12/21, but he was again claimed off waivers by WPG three days later. — Ridly Greig’s father, Mark, was selected by Hartford in the first round (15th overall) of the 1990 NHL Draft and tallied 22 points (5g, 17a) in 74 NHL games with the Whalers from 1990-94. He was traded to TOR on 1/25/94, along with a sixth-round pick in the 1995 NHL Draft (Doug Bonner), in exchange for Ted Crowley. — Jake Sanderson’s father, Geoff, was selected by Hartford in the second round (36th overall) of the 1990 NHL Draft and skated in 479 games with the Whalers/Hurricanes from 1991-97, posting 369 points (196g, 173a). He still ranks eighth in franchise history in goals and seventh in power-play goals (26). Geoff was traded to VAN, along with Sean Burke and Enrico Ciccone, in exchange for Martin Gelinas and Kirk McLean on 1/3/98.
FACING ADVERSITY
The Hurricanes have opened this six-game road trip with four straight regulation losses (12/4-12/9), marking the team’s first such streak in over four years (last: 0-4-0 from 11/2/19-11/9/19). Carolina is now set to face Ottawa on Tuesday, hoping to avoid a fifth consecutive regulation loss for the first time in Rod Brind’Amour’s six seasons as head coach (last: 0-5-0 from 1/17/17-1/26/17). The Hurricanes have also lost four straight road contests in regulation for the first time since 2019-20 (0-5-0 from 12/23/19-2/4/20), and they have done so on a single road trip for the first time since 2014-15 (10/21/18-10/28/18), when they were swept by the four Western Canadian teams (10/21 at WPG, 10/23 at CGY, 10/24 at EDM, 10/28 at VAN) for the only other time in team history (since relocation). Carolina has earned a 6-10-0 road record in 2023-24, one regulation loss away from matching its season total from 2022-23 (24-11-6).
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT:
Defenceman Thomas Chabot and forward Mark Kastelic are on IR and will not oppose the Hurricanes this evening. Total man-games lost: 54.
OTTAWA vs. CAROLINA – History:
2023-24 (0-1-0): Oct. 11 @ Carolina (5-3 loss), Dec. 12 @ Ottawa, March 17 @ Ottawa
2022-23 (1-1-1): 2/24/23 @ Carolina (4-0 loss), 4/4/23 @ Carolina (3-2 OT loss), 4/10/23 @ Ottawa (3-2 win)
Series record (includes Hartford): Overall: 44-54-8-8; Home: 29-21-4-4; Away: 15-33-4-4
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 4/10/23 (3-2); @ Carolina: 12/2/21 (3-2)
Last Carolina win: @ Ottawa: 1/27/22 (3-2 SO); @ Carolina: Oct. 11 (5-3)
Last OT result: 4/4/23 (3-2 OT loss) @ Carolina
Last shootout: 1/27/22 (3-2 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 6, (5x, Last: 12/12/07, 6-0 win); Allowed: 8, (11/11/19, 8-2 loss); Both teams: 11, (3/18/03, 6-5 win)
Last Game: Oct. 11, 5-3 loss @ Carolina; OTT Goals: Joseph, Kelly, Stutzle; CAR Goals: Bunting, Teravainen, Staal, Skjei, Slavin; OTT Scratches: None; OTT Injuries: MacEwen, Norris; OTT Goalie: Korpisalo; CAR Goalie: Andersen; OTT PP: 0-4; CAR PP: 1-6; Shots: 30-42.
Career vs. Carolina: Giroux leads all players in career games played (52), in goals (16), in assists (34), and in points (50); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (26) against Carolina.
HOME ON THE RANGE:
Ottawa has posted a record of 8-8-0 at home this season … Brady Tkachuk paces the club with 10 goals at home … Tim Stützle maintains the assist lead with 14 when the Senators have served as the home team … Stützle (three goals, 14 assists) also owns the team’s home scoring lead with 17 points when the team has last change this season … The Senators earned a record of 24-14-3 at home in 2022-23.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES:
The Senators will play back-to-back games on 14 occasions in 2023-24. The fourth set is scheduled to begin when the team visits St. Louis on Thursday ahead of making its lone trip of the season to Dallas on Friday evening … The Senators played 12 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 7-5-0 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (2-1-0 this season) while posting an 6-5-1 record (2-1-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY:
The Senators are 17-for-93 (18.3%) on the power play in 2023-24 … Brady Tkachuk maintains the team lead with four power-play goals this season … Jakob Chychrun owns the power-play assist lead with seven to date this season … Chychrun (one goal, seven assists) is the team’s leader with eight points on the power play this season … Ottawa has tallied multiple power-play goals in an individual contest on two occasions this season after having done so 18 times in 2022-23 … The Senators were 72-for-306 (23.5%) on the power play in 2022-23.
ON THE PENALTY KILL:
Ottawa has allowed 19 power-play goals this season while having overcome 55 of 74 shorthanded situations to maintain an efficiency rating of 74.3% … Parker Kelly’s first shorthanded goal of his career, scored in the Oct. 11 season-opener at Carolina, is the team’s lone shorthanded tally of 2023-24 after it notched nine such markers in each of the past two seasons.
