CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes earned a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers at PNC Arena on Friday, extending their franchise-record point streak to 16 games and setting a new franchise record with a 10-game win streak. Stefan Noesen, Andrei Svechnikov and Teuvo Teravainen all scored on the power play, while Brent Burns (2a), Seth Jarvis (2a) and Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1g, 1a) each posted multi-point games. Antti Raanta stopped all 19 shots faced in net for his second straight shutout.
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed 24 games (11/9-12/30)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 36 games (10/12-12/30)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 35 games (10/14-12/30)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 36 games (10/12-12/30)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 150
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 28 Reassigned Jack Drury to Chicago (AHL)
Dec. 19 Recalled Dylan Coghlan from conditioning stint with Chicago (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Jan. 1 at New Jersey 3 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 3 at NY Rangers 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 5 Nashville 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 7 at Columbus 4 p.m. BSSO HRN
Jan. 10 New Jersey 7 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Jan. 1 Sunday No morning skate
Jan. 2 Monday TBD
Jan. 3 Tuesday Madison Square Garden 11:30 a.m.
Jan. 4 Wednesday Invisalign Arena 12 p.m.
Jan. 5 Thursday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
Carolina Hurricanes: Media Notes
HURRICANES vs. DEVILS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing New Jersey in the second of four meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season. The Devils travel to PNC Arena on 1/10, and the Hurricanes return to Prudential Center on 3/12.
— Carolina and New Jersey are meeting for the 153rd time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 61-73-12-6 overall record, including a 25-41-4-4 road record.
— The Hurricanes lead the season series 1-0-0 in 2022-23 (Devils: 0-1-0).
— Carolina posted a 4-1 win over New Jersey at PNC Arena on 12/20. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen each scored for the Hurricanes, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 37 of 38 shots faced in net.
— Brent Burns has posted 16 points (4g, 12a) in 21 career regular-season games against New Jersey.
— Jesperi Kotkaniemi has earned eight points (4g, 4a) in nine career regular-season games against the Devils.
— Stefan Noesen tallied 43 points (22g, 21a) in 145 NHL games with New Jersey from 2017-19. He also played four postseason games with the Devils in 2018 and scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round, the only playoff goal of his NHL career.
— Brett Pesce is a native of Tarrytown, N.Y., about 40 miles northeast of Newark. He played youth hockey with the North Jersey Avalanche and spent one season with the EJHL’s New Jersey Hitmen in 2011-12.
— Paul Stastny’s father, Peter, spent parts of four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1990-93, posting 173 points (64g, 109a) in 217 games.
— Dougie Hamilton registered 121 points (42g, 79a) in 184 NHL games with Carolina from 2018-21 and added 14 points (6g, 8a) in 31 playoff games with the Hurricanes. He was selected to the NHL All-Star Game in 2020 and named a Second-Team All-Star in 2021. Hamilton was acquired from CGY along with Micheal Ferland and Adam Fox in exchange for Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm on 6/23/18.
— Erik Haula recorded 22 points (12g, 10a) in 41 games with Carolina in 2019-20. Acquired from VGK in exchange for Nicolas Roy and a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft (Oscar Plandowski) on 6/27/19, Haula was traded to FLA along with Lucas Wallmark, Eetu Luostarinen and Chase Priskie in exchange for Vincent Trocheck on 2/24/20.
— Brendan Smith tallied eight points (4g, 4a) in 45 games with the Hurricanes in 2021-22. He added four points (1g, 3a) in 14 playoff games with Carolina, scoring his first career postseason shorthanded goal in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round vs. NYR.
— Devils Video Coach Jerry Dineen played two ECHL seasons in North Carolina from 1990-92, registering 28 points (10g, 18a) in 55 games with the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds and adding nine points (4g, 5a) in 31 games with the Raleigh IceCaps. His brother, Kevin, was also selected by the Whalers in the third round (56th overall) of the 1982 NHL Draft and played 708 games with Hartford/Carolina over two stints with the franchise (1984-91, 1995-99), recording 544 points (250g, 294a) and a franchise-record 1,439 penalty minutes. Kevin ranks top-four in franchise history in games played, goals, assists, points, power-play goals (71) and power-play points (173).
STREAKING INTO THE NEW YEAR
The Hurricanes’ win over the Panthers on Friday marked their 10th straight win (12/10-12/30), establishing a new franchise record. Carolina also extended its franchise-record point streak to 16 games (11/25-12/30: 14-0-2), passing TOR (11/12-12/13: 12-0-3 in 15 GP) for the longest point streak by any NHL team this season.
Longest win streaks, franchise history:
12/10/22-12/30/22: 10 GP
10/14/21-11/3/21: 9 GP
3/18/09-4/7/09: 9 GP
12/31/05-1/19/06: 9 GP
10/22/05-11/11/05: 9 GP
Longest point streaks, franchise history:
11/25/22-12/30/22: 14-0-2 in 16 GP
4/15/21-5/6/21: 9-0-4 in 13 GP
3/9/17-3/30/17: 9-0-4 in 13 GP
10/12/05-11/11/05: 11-0-1 in 12 GP
10/26/02-11/19/02: 5-0-4-2 in 11 GP
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
After playing seven of eight games at PNC Arena from 12/15-12/30, Carolina is now set to play three of its next four games on the road (1/1-1/7). The Hurricanes have earned a point in each of their last 11 road contests (11/14-12/22: 7-0-4), and with a point against the Devils on Sunday, they would match the franchise-record, 12-game road point streak posted from 2/23/04-3/27/04. Carolina is 12-3-5 (29 points) on the road in 2022-23, marking the second-most points and third-highest points percentage (.725) away from home of any NHL team this season. Pyotr Kochetkov has earned a 9-0-4 record in 13 road appearances during his NHL/Hurricanes career and is now just one game shy of tying Andrew Hammond (OTT, 2/25/15-11/7/15: 11-0-3 in 14 GP) for the longest career-opening road point streak of any goaltender in NHL history.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 New Jersey Devils 4
(19-11-6—44 PTS) (23-11-2—48 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Hughes 2. N. Hischier 3. D. Hamilton
Goals:
PIT: E. Malkin, J. Carter
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 – – 2
DEVILS 0 3 1 – – 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: J. Hughes (PPG), D. Hamilton, N. Hischier (SHG), J. Hughes (ENG)
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 36
Ondrej Palat I.R. Lower-body Retro-active to Oct. 24 30
Nate Bastian Upper-Body Nov. 27 13
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 4
Ryan Graves Lower-body Dec. 22 3
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 109
TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER ACTION
12/28/22 Tyce Thompson
Tyler Wotherspoon
Recalled from Utica
12/28/22 Ryan Graves
John Marino
Placed on I.R. retro to Dec. 21
Placed on I.R. retro to Dec. 20
12/28/22 Andreas Johnsson Placed on waivers
12/30/22 Andreas Johnsson Cleared waivers, assigned to Utica
WHAT TO KNOW
The Devils snapped a two-game skid, after earning a 4-2 victory on Friday night at Pittsburgh. The Devils improved to 18-0-1 when leading after the second period this season. Only Boston entails more wins (19-0-1) when leading after the second period for 2022-23, per Dec. 31. The Devils are 16-10-2 when outshooting an opponent this season, while Jersey is 6-1-0 when outshot in a game for the 2022-23 campaign. Jersey’s team is 21-3-2 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. At Dec. 25 last season, the Devils earned 10 wins compared to the team’s 22 wins this season. The Devils are 13-10-1 vs the Eastern Conference and 6-5-1 vs the Metropolitan Division for 2022-23. Jersey’s team is 19-3-2 when Nico Hischier recorded a point in a game this season and 11-4-1 when Jack Hughes scored a goal in a game for 2022-23. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against nine times this season in a game. Jersey’s team allowed one, or fewer goals against, in a game just eight times all of last season. New Jersey killed all nine of Pittsburgh’s power-plays on Friday night, which marked the most times in a game this season that the Devils were shorthanded – prior: 6 times, Oct. 28, 2022, vs COL (1-0, W). The last time that the Devils were shorthanded nine times (or more) in a game was on Mar. 31, 2017, at NY Islanders (10 times) in a 2-1 loss. The Devils are scheduled to play on New Year’s Day for the first time since Jan. 1, 2011, which resulted in a 6-3 loss at Carolina.
VS CAROLINA
The Devils and Carolina meet for the second of four matchups this season.
Jan. 10, 7:00 P.M.
Mar. 12, 7:00 P.M.
The Devils were 1-2-2 vs Carolina last season. The last time that the Devils won a season series vs Carolina was 2017-18 (3-1-0).
ALL-TIME vs CAROLINA
Record: 79-57-12-4
Home: 45-23-4-2
Road: 34-34-8-2
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs CAR/HFD is eight, which was earned in an 8-2 win on Nov. 22, 1991, at the Meadowlands. The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs CAR/HFD is eight, which was logged in an 8-6 loss vs HFD on Jan. 27, 1989. The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs CAR/HFD is 54 in a 4-4 tie on Jan. 27, 1996. The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs the CAR/HFD is 48 in a 2-1 loss on Mar. 28, 2009. The last time the Devils shut out the Hurricanes was in a 5-0 win on Mar. 31, 2012 at Carolina (M. Brodeur, 22 saves). The last time Carolina shut out the Devils was on Mar. 21, 2000, at the Meadowlands in a 5-0 loss.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE .
Wed., Jan. 4, at DET, 7:00 P.M.
Thu., Jan. 5, vs STL, 7:00 P.M.
Sat. Jan. 7, vs NYR, 1:00 P.M.
Tue. Jan. 10, at CAR, 7:00 P.M
