CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 4-3 loss against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday. Seth Jarvis, Jesper Fast and Sebastian Aho each scored for Carolina, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi recorded an assist to post the first 40-point season of his NHL career. Antti Raanta made 26 shots faced in net, suffering his first regulation loss since 11/12.
INJURY REPORT
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 79 games (10/12-4/8)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 78 games (10/14-4/8)
Stefan Noesen, lower-body, missed one game (4/8)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 34 games (1/21-4/8)
Andrei Svechnikov, knee, missed 15 games (3/12-4/8)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 322
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 29 Reassigned Pyotr Kochetkov to Chicago (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
April 10 at Ottawa 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
April 11 Detroit 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
April 13 at Florida 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
April 10 Monday No morning skate
April 11 Tuesday No morning skate
April 12 Wednesday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
April 13 Thursday FLA Live Arena 10:30 a.m.
April 14 Friday PNC Arena 12 p.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
HURRICANES vs. SENATORS SERIES NOTES
— Carolina is facing Ottawa in the third and final meeting between the teams during the 2022-23 season.
— The Hurricanes and Senators are meeting for the 113th time in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 61-38-8-5 overall record, including a 25-25-4-3 road record and a 42-34-5-5 record since relocation.
— Carolina leads the season series 2-0-0 in 2022-23 (Ottawa: 0-1-1), and the Hurricanes are 10-4-0 in the teams’ last 14 meetings dating back to 2/24/17 (Senators: 4-8-2).
— The Hurricanes posted a 4-0 win over the Senators at PNC Arena on 2/24. Brent Burns, Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas and Brady Skjei scored for Carolina, and Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov each recorded two assists as Antti Raanta stopped all 32 shots faced in net for his third shutout of the season.
— Carolina earned a 3-2 overtime win over Ottawa at PNC Arena on 4/4. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1g, 1a), Stefan Noesen (2a) and Brady Skjei (1g, 1a) each tallied two points, and Martin Necas scored his fourth overtime winner of the season as Antti Raanta stopped 26 of 28 shots faced in net.
— Sebastian Aho has registered 15 points (5g, 10a) in 16 career regular-season games against Ottawa.
— Brent Burns has recorded 24 points (7g, 17a) in 23 career regular-season games against the Senators.
— Calvin de Haan is a native of Carp, Ont., about 25 miles southwest of Ottawa, and played youth hockey with the Ottawa Valley Titans.
— Jordan Staal has earned 29 points (10g, 19a) in 44 career regular-season games against the Senators.
— Paul Stastny has tallied 19 points (6g, 13a) in 29 career regular-season games against Ottawa.
— 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.
— Patrick Brown signed with Carolina as an undrafted free agent and spent five seasons with the Hurricanes from 2014-19. He tallied two points (1g, 1a) in 28 NHL games with Carolina and recorded 125 points (53g, 72a) in 334 AHL games with Charlotte, captaining the Checkers to a Calder Cup championship in 2019.
— Julien Gauthier was selected by the Hurricanes in the first round (21st overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft and tallied one assist in five NHL games with Carolina in 2019-20. He also played 184 AHL games with Charlotte from 2017-20, posting 103 points (69g, 34a). Gauthier recorded eight points (5g, 3a) in 17 postseason games in 2019 to help the Checkers capture their first Calder Cup.
— Mark Kastelic’s father, Ed, was acquired by Hartford from the Washington Capitals along with Grant Jennings in exchange for Mike Millar and Neil Sheehy on 7/6/88. He earned 18 points (9g, 9a) and 485 penalty minutes in 147 games with the Whalers from 1988-1992,
and his 42 penalty minutes in the second period against the North Stars on 11/10/90 still mark the franchise record for a single frame. — 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 Vancouver along with Sean Burke and Enrico Ciccone in exchange for Martin Gelinas and Kirk McLean on 1/3/98.
OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: April 8, 7-4 win vs. Tampa Bay: The Senators received goals from seven different skaters as they earned a second win in their season series with Tampa Bay for the first time since 2017-18 with a 7-4 win at Canadian Tire Centre. The victory marked Ottawa’s second consecutive seven goal game against Tampa Bay. DeBrincat and Kastelic both registered one goal and one assist night’s after Batherson opened the scoring 30 seconds into the contest to mark the Senators’ fastest game-opening goal this season. Gauthier, Brown, Sokolov (with his first career NHL goal) and Giroux (into an empty net) also found the back of the net for the home side while Sanderson added two assists to eclipse Redden for the third-most points by an Ottawa rookie blueliner in a single season. Killorn, Hagel, Hedman and Point scored for the Lightning while Stamkos added three assists. Talbot earned the win for Ottawa in making 19 saves while Elliott took the loss for Tampa Bay with 33 saves. Scratches: None; Injuries: Brassard, Chabot, Chychrun, Forsberg, Hamonic, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Watson; Shots: OTT – 40, TBL – 23; PP: OTT – 1-4, TBL – 3-5.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Carolina will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet East and RDS. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa concludes their 2022-23 regular season schedule at Buffalo on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the fourth of four regular-season meetings and the second of two matchups at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: G Forsberg and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Hurricanes this evening. F Kelly has missed the last 14 games with a lower-body injury. D Chychrun has missed the last eight games with a lower body injury. D Chabot has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury. F Brassard and D Hamonic have missed the last five games with lower-body injuries. F Watson missed Saturday evening’s game with a lower-body injury. Total man-games lost: 313.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned F Greig and G Meriläinen to Belleville (AHL) on April 7.
OTTAWA vs. CAROLINA – History:
2022-23 (0-1-1): Feb. 24 @ Carolina (4-0 loss), April 4 @ Carolina (3-2 OT loss), April 10 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (2-0-1): 12/2/21 @ Carolina (3-2 win), 1/27/22 @ Ottawa (3-2 SO loss), 2/8/22 @ Ottawa (4-3 win)
Series record (includes Hartford): Overall: 43-53-8-8; Home: 28-21-4-4; Away: 15-32-4-4
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 2/8/22 (4-3); @ Carolina: 12/2/21 (3-2)
Last Carolina win: @ Ottawa: 1/27/22 (3-2 SO); @ Carolina: April 4 (3-2 OT)
Last OT result: April 4 (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: April 4, 3-2 OT loss @ Carolina; OTT Goals: Giroux, Tkachuk; CAR Goals: Kotkaniemi, Skjei, Necas; OTT Scratches:
Gambrell, Gauthier; OTT Injuries: Brassard, Chabot, Chychrun, Forsberg, Hamonic, Joseph, Kelly, Norris, Sogaard*; OTT Goalie:
Meriläinen; CAR Goalie: Raanta; OTT PP: 1-4; CAR PP: 1-5; Shots: 28-37.
Career vs. Carolina: Giroux leads all players in career games played (50), in goals (14), in assists (33) and in points (47); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (24) against Carolina.
SWEATER WEATHER: The Senators enter their third season of wearing a primary logo which sees the organization return to its roots with the implementation of the modified original “2D” logo. The team has earned a 89-101-18 all-time record (34-34-7 this season) while wearing its current sweater. Ottawa unveiled their Reverse Retro jersey on Oct. 20 and wore the sweater on five occasions in 2022-23 (4-1-0 this season). The Senators hold an all-time record of 116-76-7-25 when wearing an alternate; 27-19-2-5 when wearing a red alternate, 88-56-5-19 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-0-1 when wearing a cream alternate.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 23-14-3 at home this season … Tim Stützle is the Senators leader with 24 goals at home while also maintaining the club lead with 32 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 40 home games, Stützle leads the team with 56 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa played back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and closed its final set with a 4-3 overtime loss at Columbus on April 2 … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (7-5-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (6-5-1 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 71 for 297 (23.9%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with 14 powerplay goals while Alex DeBrincat and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 29 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … has recorded multiple power-play goals 18 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 230 of the 287 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 80.9% through 80 regular-season games … The team has registered nine (Stützle x3, Watson x3, Joseph x2, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.
