CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes suffered a 4-0 loss against the Arizona Coyotes at PNC Arena on Wednesday, extending their winless streak to four games. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 23 of 26 shots faced in net in his third consecutive start but suffered his first career regulation loss.
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed eight games (11/9-11/23)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 20 games (10/12-11/23)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 19 games (10/14-11/23)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 20 games (10/12-11/23)
Teuvo Teravainen, upper-body, missed six games (11/12-11/23)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 73
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 23 Signed Pyotr Kochetkov to a four-year contract extension
Nov. 15 Reassigned Maxime Lajoie to Chicago (AHL)
Nov. 13 Recalled Maxime Lajoie from Chicago (AHL)
Nov. 12 Placed Teuvo Teravainen on injured reserve
Nov. 11 Placed Frederik Anderson on injured reserve
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Nov. 25 at Boston 1 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 26 vs. Calgary 4 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 29 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Dec. 1 at St. Louis 8 p.m. BSSO HRN
Dec. 3 at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Nov. 25 Friday No morning skate
Nov. 26 Saturday No morning skate
Nov. 27 Sunday No practice
Nov. 28 Monday Invisalign Arena 11 a.m.
Nov. 29 Tuesday PPG Paints Arena 11:30 a.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
HURRICANES vs. BRUINS SERIES NOTES
— The Hurricanes are facing the Bruins in the first of three meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season. The Bruins will travel to PNC Arena on 1/29, and the Hurricanes will return to TD Garden on 3/26.
— Carolina and Boston have met 207 times in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds an 81-103-16-7 overall record, including a 37-57-7-4 road record.
— The Hurricanes swept the regular-season series 3-0-0 in 2021-22, but they are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games against the Bruins.
— Carolina posted a 3-0 win over Boston at PNC Arena on 10/28/21. Tony DeAngelo, Nino Niederreiter and Andrei Svechnikov scored for Carolina as Frederik Andersen tallied an assist and stopped all 33 shots faced to record his first Hurricanes shutout.
— The Hurricanes earned a 7-1 win the Bruins at TD Garden on 1/18/22. Tony DeAngelo (3a), Jaccob Slavin (1g, 2a), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2g), Derek Stepan (1g, 1a), Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 1a) and Teuvo Teravainen (1g, 1a) posted multi-point games as Carolina scored five goals in the first period, and Frederik Andersen stopped 31 of 32 shots faced in net.
— Carolina posted a 6-0 win over Boston at TD Garden on 2/10/22. Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 2a), Teuvo Teravainen (3a), Sebastian Aho (2g) and Jordan Staal (1g, 1a) each registered multi-point games, while Frederik Andersen recorded a 34-save shutout.
— The Hurricanes and Bruins also faced off in the playoffs for the third time in four seasons in 2022, with Carolina defeating Boston in seven games in the Eastern Conference First Round. Andrei Svechnikov (3g, 3a) and Teuvo Teravainen (1g, 5a) each posted a team-high six points during the series.
— Sebastian Aho has tallied 16 points (10g, 6a) in 13 career regular-season games against Boston.
— Jack Drury played two seasons of college hockey at Harvard from 2018-20, recording 63 points (29g, 34a). He was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team as a freshman and was Second Team All-ECAC and a finalist for the conference’s Best Defensive Forward as a sophomore. His father, Ted, also played three seasons with the Crimson and captained the team in 1992-93, while his mother, Elizabeth, was a three-time All-American in lacrosse and helped Harvard win the national championship in 1990.
— Derek Stepan has registered 22 points (8g, 14a) in 31 career regular-season games against the Bruins.
— Paul Stastny’s brother, Yan, was selected by Boston in the eighth round (259th overall) of the 2002 NHL Draft and later skated in 38 games with the Bruins from 2006-07, posting six points (1g, 5a).
— Andrei Svechnikov has earned six points (3g, 3a) in seven career regular-season games against the Bruins.
IN SUMMARY
Last season, Carolina earned just the second regular-season sweep of Boston in franchise history (2011-12). Frederik Andersen posted a 3-0-0 record, 0.33 goals-against average, .990 save percentage, two shutouts and an assist against the Bruins, marking the highest single-season save percentage in franchise history by a goaltender in at least three games against a single opponent. Carolina outscored Boston 16-1 in three games and scored 11 consecutive goals at TD Garden over parts of their two road games (1/18-2/10), becoming the second team in league history to score 10 straight goals against the Bruins in Boston within a single campaign (DET, 1952-53). The Hurricanes scored six or more goals in both games at TD Garden after Hartford/Carolina had accomplished the feat just four times in 103 previous games in Boston (7: 1/6/00 // 6: 12/18/86, 1/29/87, 2/28/02). The Hurricanes and Bruins then met in the Eastern Conference First Round, with the Hurricanes winning the series in seven games. Carolina registered a +12 goal differential at PNC Arena (18-6) and a -8 goal differential at TD Garden (14-6), failing to win any of its three road games during the series. The two teams have met in the playoffs in three of the last four seasons (also 2019 ECF and 2020 ECFR), and their seven postseason meetings all-time are tied for the Whalers/Hurricanes’ most playoff series against any opponent (also MTL).
MIXIN’ IT UP
Stefan Noesen was assessed a fighting major for dropping the gloves with Troy Stecher during the third period vs. ARI (11/23). According to HockeyFights.com, the fight was the third of his NHL career, as he previously dropped the gloves twice in 2017-18 while with NJD (10/11 at TOR, Matt Martin; 2/3 vs. PIT, Ian Cole). Noesen has also earned seven fighting majors in his AHL career, including two with the Wolves last season. The Hurricanes have now been assessed two fighting majors in 2022-23, as Jalen Chatfield also dropped the gloves with Noah Gregor at SJS (10/14).
WORTH A SHOT
The Hurricanes outshot the Coyotes 36-27 on Wednesday, and they have now outshot their opponents in 17 of 20 games in 2022-23. Carolina has registered 35 or more shots in 11 games this season, tied for the fourth-most such outings of any NHL team. The Hurricanes are posting the fourth-most shots per game of any team this season (35.3) while allowing the second-fewest (25.4), and their +9.9 shot differential ranks second in the NHL (NJD: +11.6). Seth Jarvis posted a team- and season-high five shots against ARI.
CREASE IS THE WORD
Pyotr Kochetkov made his third consecutive start vs. ARI (11/23), the first time any Hurricanes goaltender had started three straight games this season, and he stopped 23 of 26 shots faced in his first career NHL/Hurricanes regulation loss. Kochetkov has now earned a 2-1-2 record, 2.22 goals-against average, .908 save percentage and one shutout in five appearances in 2022-23 and signed a four-year contract extension with Carolina on Wednesday. He began his career as the 12th goaltender in NHL history to win each of his first five regular-season games and entered his last contest as the 13th netminder to earn a point in each of his first seven games (5-0-2). Kochetkov is sharing the crease with Antti Raanta, who has registered a 3-2-2 record, 2.53 goals-against average and .902 save percentage in seven games this season and last appeared in an overtime loss vs. COL (11/17). Both goaltenders faced the Bruins in the playoffs last season, with Kochetkov posting a 1-0 record, 2.30 goals-against average and .938 save percentage and Raanta earning a 3-2 record, 2.37 goals-against average and .927 save percentage.
FACING ADVERSITY
Following three straight overtime losses, the Hurricanes fell to ARI in regulation on Wednesday, extending their winless streak to four games (11/17-11/23: 0-1-3). Before this stretch, Carolina had been held without a win in no more than two consecutive games this season (10/20-10/22: 0-1-1, 11/6-11/9: 0-2-0), and the Hurricanes faced just one winless streak of four games in 2021-22 (3/13-3/20: 0-3-1). Carolina will look to avoid a fifth straight defeat for the first time since 2018-19 (10/28-11/6: 0-4-1) on Friday against the Bruins, who are undefeated on home ice this season (11-0-0).
FINNISH FISH
Sebastian Aho recorded an assist on all three of the Hurricanes’ third-period goals at WPG (11/21) for his fourth multi-assist game of the season, tied with Martin Necas for the team high. Aho has posted both of Carolina’s three-assist games in 2022-23 and leads the team with four three-point games. He also earned three assists in a single period for the first time in his career, becoming the first Hurricanes player to accomplish the feat since Jake Gardiner in the third period of a 6-5 shootout win at VGK on 2/8/20. With the helpers, Aho passed Teuvo Teravainen (2016-present: 231a) and Rod Brind’Amour (2000-10: 104 multi-point games) for the sixth-most assists and fifth-most multi-point games in franchise history, respectively. He also posted three or more points for the 30th time in his NHL/Hurricanes career, tying Blaine Stoughton (1979-84) for the fourth-most three-point games in franchise history. He has tallied a team-high 12 points in 11 games this month (11/3-11/23: 5g, 7a), with five points in his last four games (11/17-11/23: 2g, 3a).
Most multi-point games, franchise history:
Ron Francis (1981-91, 1998-04): 297
Eric Staal (2003-16): 186
Kevin Dineen (1984-91, 1995-99): 132
Pat Verbeek (1989-95): 106
Sebastian Aho (2016-present): 105
Rod Brind’Amour (2000-10): 104
Most three-or-more-point games, franchise history:
Ron Francis (1981-91, 1998-04): 91
Eric Staal (2003-16): 64
Pat Verbeek (1989-95): 31
Sebastian Aho (2016-present): 30
Blaine Stoughton (1978-84): 30
Kevin Dineen (1984-91, 1995-99): 27
FORGOT ABOUT DREI
Andrei Svechnikov registered two points (1g, 1a) at WPG (11/21), and his five multi-point games this season now rank tied with Sebastian Aho for second on the team behind only Martin Necas (7). He has scored a team-high 13 goals in 2022-23 and ranks tied with Tage Thompson (BUF), Mikko Rantanen (COL) and David Pastrnak (BOS) in that category behind only Bo Horvat (VAN, 16), Connor McDavid (EDM, 16) and Jason Robertson (DAL, 16). Svechnikov is the seventh player to score 13 or more goals through Hartford/Carolina’s first 20 games of any season (14: Blaine Stoughton, 1981-82; Pat Verbeek, 1989-90; Eric Staal, 2005-06 // 13: Blaine Stoughton, 1979-80; Geoff Sanderson, 1993-94; Jeff O’Neill, 2001-02).
FORCE OF NECAS
Martin Necas scored the game-tying, extra-attacker goal with 0:39 left in regulation to force overtime against the Jets on Monday, marking the seventh time in the last 10 seasons (2013-present) that the Hurricanes scored a game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation. Necas leads the team with 23 points (9g, 14a) this season, including four points in his last four games (11/17-11/23: 2g, 2a). Wednesday’s shutout marked the first time in four games that he was held off the scoresheet, and he has already posted three point streaks of at least three games in 2022-23 (also 10/12-10/20: 3-4—7 in 4 GP, 10/24-11/4: 4-6—10 in 6 GP) after managing just one such streak last season (11/16-11/20: 1-3—4 in 3 GP).
Most points by a Czech-born player, 2022-23:
David Pastrnak (Boston): 13-17—30
Martin Necas (Carolina): 9-14—23
Dominik Kubalik (DET): 9-12—21
Tomas Hertl (SJS): 5-15—20
Filip Hronek (DET): 5-11—16
David Krejci (Boston): 6-9—15
WIN THE DAY
The Hurricanes are playing their first two afternoon puck drops (before 5 p.m. local) of the season this weekend. Carolina posted an 11-2-0 record with a +16 goal differential (49-33) in afternoon games last season. Six of those games were played as part of afternoon back-to-backs, as the Hurricanes went 5-1-0 with two sweeps (2/20 at PIT, 2/21 at PHI; 4/23 at NJD, 4/24 at NYI) and another first-game victory (3/12 vs. PHI, 3/13 at PIT).
QUICK ON THE DRAW
The Hurricanes won 57.1% of their faceoffs vs. ARI (11/23) and have now won at least 50.0% of their draws in 16 of 20 games this season. Carolina’s 54.2% faceoff win percentage ranks tied with DAL for third in the NHL behind CHI (56.9%) and Boston (56.1%). Sebastian Aho (10-for-15: 66.7%), Jordan Staal (11-for-17: 64.7%) and Jack Drury (9-for-15: 60.0%) each won the majority of their draws on Wednesday, and Aho (55.5%) and Jesperi Kotkaniemi (55.9%) are each above 55.0% on the season, which would mark a career-high win rate for both players.
GOING BACK-TO-BACK
The Hurricanes are opening their fourth of 14 sets of back-to-back games in 2022-23. Carolina is currently 1-2-0 in the first game and 3-0-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season.
BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TODAY’S GAME
- The Bruins host the Hurricanes today in the 1st of 3 games between these teams this season and the Hurricanes’ lone visit to Boston.
- They are 17-3-0 this season and are 11-0-0 on home ice … They are 9-3-0 vs. Eastern Conference opponents.
- The Bruins are playing today their 2nd of 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 1-0-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins open a 4-game home stand today vs Carolina … They will continue hosting Tampa Bay on 11/29, Colorado on 12/3 and Vegas on 12/5.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins had their 7-game point streak snapped with a 5-2 loss in Florida on 11/23 which followed 7 straight victories over St. Louis, Calgary, Buffalo, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Tampa Bay … They are 13-2-0 in their 15 games.
- They have extended their home win streak from the start of a season to 11-0-0, which ties the longest such streak in NHL history (1963-64 Chicago and 2021-22 Florida).
- Boston 6 vs Chicago 1 … Charlie McAvoy had a career-high 4A, Brad Marchand had 3A, and David Pastrnak (2G) and Patrice Bergeron (PP/GWG+A including his 999th NHL pt) had multiple points … Jake DeBrusk (PP), David Krejci and Taylor Hall had single goals … Jeremy Swayman returned from an injury with the win in net … SOG: Bos 43, Chi 18 … PP: 2/3 … PK: 1/3
- Boston 5 at Tampa Bay 3 … Patrice Bergeron highlighted a 5-3 win with the GWA on his 1,000th NHL point … David Krejci (GA), Nick Foligno (PP), Charlie Coyle, Brad Marchand (GW) and David Pastrnak (PP) scored goals … Charlie McAvoy and Jake DeBrusk each had 2A … Linus Ullmark made 32 svs in the win … SOG: Bos 29, TB 35 … PP: 2/4 … PK: 1/3
- Boston 2 at Florida 5 … The Bruins had their 7-gm win streak stopped by a 5-2 score with PPGs by Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak … Jeremy Swayman took the road loss in goal … SOG: Bos 39, Fla 31 … PP: 2/6 … PK: 3/7
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 29)
- Derek Forbort – Broken finger (IR)
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Hurricanes are meeting for the 208th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 110-74-16-7 record and 694-604 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 61-34-7-3 lifetime vs. Carolina at home with a 353-276 scoring edge in those 104 contests
NUMBERS
1: Boston’s rank in both goals for per game (4.05) and fewest goals against per game (2.25).
2 / 3: Boston’s special teams ranking with the penalty-kill 2nd in the league at 85.7% (11/77) and power play 3rd in the NHL at 30.3% (23/76).
3: Straight deciding goals Taylor Hall from 10/20-25/2022 – deciding shootout goal vs. Anaheim on 10/20, OT goal vs. Minnesota on 10/22 and GWG vs. Dallas on 10/25.
3: Player on the current roster new to the Bruins organization this season – A.J. Greer (free agent), Anton Stralman (free agent), Pavel Zacha (trade).
4: Defenseman points in a game this season by Hampus Lindholm (1-3=4 vs PIT on 11/1) and Charlie McAvoy (4A vs CHI on 11/19).
4: Points by David Pastrnak (1-3=4 totals) on 10/12/2022 in Washington in the 2022-23 season opener … That is the most points in a Boston opener since Brad Marchand (2-3=5) and Pastrnak (2-2=4) in 10/13/2016.
8: Straight wins by Linus Ullmark from 10/12-11/3/2022 … It was a new career-best win streak and it also tied the longest win streak by a Boston goaltender from the start of a season (Tim Thomas, also 8-0-0 in 2010-11).
9: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, AJ Greer, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith and Jeremy Swayman.
10: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm, Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha and Jakub Zboril
11: Straight home wins to open this season … That is the longest such home streak in club history and has tied the NHL such record set by Chicago in 1963-64 and matched by Florida in 2021-22 … That is Boston’s longest home win streak overall since 12 in 2018-19.
19: Consecutive wins by Boston over Arizona after their 6-3 win on 10/15/2022 … That are the most wins by one opponent in club history.
+36: Boston’s league-leading goal differential, including an NHL-best 3rd period goal differential at 31-12 and +19.
388-25-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 254-2-6 over that span when they have led by 3 goals
548: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season & playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 23 players on their roster, including 1 on injured reserve … 10 were drafted by the team, 4 were acquired in trade and 9 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 1-0-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 3-0-0 in the 1st game of those sets and are 2-1-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 12 of a 13-game November schedule tonight (7 hm/6 rd, 9-2-0) … They will play 14 games in December (8 hm/6 rd), 14 in January (5 hm/9 rd), 10 in February (3 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Nov. 9: Mike Reilly placed on waivers for assignment to Providence/AHL (assigned Nov. 10).
Nov. 16: Keith Kinkaid returned to Providence/AHL.
