COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Thu, Nov. 17 at Carolina 5 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Sat, Nov. 19 at Washington 5 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Mon, Nov. 21 at Dallas 6:30 p.m. Altitude 92.5
LAST GAME – Nov. 14 (St. Louis 3, Colorado 2)
The Avalanche fired 47 shots-on-net but the Blues scored three times in a span of 6:24 in the late second period and early third to beat the Avalanche, 3-2, at Ball Arena … Mikko Rantanen had a goal and one assist, Artturi Lehkonen also scored and Cale Makar posted two assists … Alexandar Georgiev stopped 36 shots.
SF: 47 SA: 39 PP: 1-5 PK: 1-2
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO at CAROLINA
5:08:30 p.m. MT / 7:08:30 p.m. ET
Altitude / 92.5
TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Kyle Keefe (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
The Colorado Avalanche opens a three-game road trip tonight in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes … The Avs will play in Washington, D.C. on Saturday before finishing the trip on Monday night in Dallas … The Avs are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Blues, snapping their season-high four-game winning streak.
AVALANCHE & HURRICANES
The Avalanche and Hurricanes meet for the second time in less than a week as they wrap up the season series tonight in Raleigh … Colorado won the first matchup 4-1 this past Saturday night in Denver.
SCHEDULE vs. HURRICANES
Nov. 12 vs. CAR (W, 4-1)
Nov. 17 @ CAR
RECORD VS. HURRICANES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96
Overall: 1-0-0 Overall: 1-1-0 Overall: 78-49-24 Overall: 23-10-6
Home: 1-0-0 Home: 1-0-0 Home: 48-19-10 Home: 14-3-3
Road: 0-0-0 Road: 0-1-0 Road: 30-30-14 Road: 9-7-3
RANTANEN FIRST STAR
Mikko Rantanen was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week for Nov. 7-13 … It marked the second straight week that a Colorado player has been honored, as Nathan MacKinnon was the NHL’s Second Star for Oct. 31–Nov. 6 … Rantanen had seven points (3g/4a) over two games last week, notching three points (2g/1a) in the victory over Nashville and four points (1g/3a) in a win over the Hurricanes … He currently leads the Avalanche in goals (11) and points (25), with his 25 points the most-ever by a Colorado skater through 14 team games.
ALL HAIL CALE
Cale Makar has 198 career points(51 goals, 147 assists) in 192 career games and with two more tonight would reach the 200-point mark faster than any defenseman in NHL history.
ALL HAIL PART II
Cale Makar ranks among the NHL’s top defensemen in scoring this season with 18 points (3g/15a) in 14 contests … Makar tallied his 50th career goal on Saturday against Carolina, tying Paul Coffey (191 games) as the fourth-fastest defenseman to reach 50 goals in the modern era (since 1943-44) … Only Phil Housley (148), Ray Bourque (170) and Denis Potvin (185) did it in fewer games … Cale’s second marker that night stood as the game winner, his 14th career game-winning goal which leads all defensemen since 2019-20 (Victor Hedman is second with 11).
LET’S GO STREAKING
Nathan MacKinnon (1g/13a), Cale Makar (3g/8a), Mikko Rantanen (8g/8a) all have current six-game point streaks …. Artturi Lehkonen has a four-game point streak, one shy of his career high set Feb. 26–March 9, 2022.
IT TAKES TWO BABY
Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon rank 1-2 on the Avalanche with 25 and 24 points, respectively, placing both among the NHL’s top 10 … As of Wednesday, MacKinnon’s 20 assists led the league, while Rantanen was tied for fourth in goals … Mikko’s 25 points are the most ever by a Colorado skater through 14 team games, while MacKinnon’s 24 are the second most … MacKinnon and Peter Stastny (22 in 1983-84) are the only players in Colorado/Quebec history to have 20 assists through 14 team contests.
THAT’S THE POWER OF LOVE
Colorado is 17-for-46 (37.0%) so far on the power play, best in the NHL … The club finished with a 39.3 success rate (11-28) in October, the second-best mark in a single month since relocating to Denver (min 5 GP) behind only November 2018 (40.0%) … The Avalanche’s power play scored at a 32.8% clip during the 2022 playoffs, the highest rate on record (since 1977-78) by an NHL team that played at least 20 games … During the 2021-22 regular season, Colorado finished seventh in power-play percentage (24.0%) and led all teams in power-play goals (67) … It marked the Avalanche’s fourth top-10 finish in the last five seasons.
HOME COOKING
Mikko Rantanen has 20 points (9g/11a) in seven home games this season, tops in the NHL as of Wednesday … He is the first skater to reach 20 points in seven or fewer home contests since Mario Lemieux in 1995-96 … Mikko has two or more points in six of his seven home outings, three or more points in five of the seven contests and has had three four-point games on home ice.
SIMPLY GEOR-GEOUS
Alexandar Georgiev is 7-2-1 through his first 10 starts with the Avalanche, ranking among the league leaders in wins… Georgiev, who was 7-1-1 in his first nine outings, became the third goaltender in franchise history with seven wins prior to his 10th appearance with the club, joining Dan Bouchard in 1980-81 (8-1-0 in 9 GP) and Andrew Raycroft in 2008-09 (7-1-0 in 9 GP) … Going back to last year with the Rangers, Georgiev is 15-3-1 in his last 20 games (19 starts).
GETTING OFFENSIVE
Colorado ranks among the NHL’s top-10 teams in scoring at 3.57 tallies per game, which includes 22 goals over the last five contests… The Avs set a record for the most goals in a two-game Global Series with 11 in Finland against the Blue Jackets earlier this month … Colorado averaged a league-best 4.25 goals/game during the 2022 playoffs, the highest by an NHL team that played at least 10 games in a postseason since 1988 (Edmonton 4.67, Detroit 4.31) … The Avalanche finished fourth in the NHL with 308 goals (3.76 per game) during the 2021-22 regular season, surpassing the 300-mark for only the second time since relocating to Denver (326 in 1995-96).
D-LIGHTFUL
Colorado’s defensemen have combined for 43 points (8g/35a) this year, second most in the NHL as of Wednesday … The Avs defense produced 64 goals last season, a franchise record and the most by any team since the 1992-93 Capitals (94) … The Avalanche’s blueline also lead all teams in points with a franchise-record 238, the most since the 1995-96 Red Wings had 240 … Colorado’s defensemen finished with 69 points (18g/51a) during the playoffs, the most by any blueline in a four-round postseason since the 1984-85 Oilers (77).
CLIMBING THE FRANCHISE RECORD BOOKS
Nathan MacKinnon needs four assists to tie Milan Hejduk (430) for fifth place on the franchise’s all-time assist list and needs two goals to tie Gabriel Landeskog (248) for sixth place in goals … Mikko Rantanen needs two goals to tie Matt Duchene (178) for ninth place on the franchise goals list … With a pair of assists on Monday against St. Louis, Cale Makar passed Rob Blake (146) for seventh place among franchise defensemen in career assists with 147 … Makar’s two-goal effort in Saturday’s win over Carolina marked his 50th career multi-point game, Passing JohnMichael Liles for the third most by an Avalanche/Nordiques defenseman behind Sandis Ozolinsh (63) and Tyson Barrie (57) … MacKinnon appeared in his 651st career regular-season game on Saturday against Carolina, passing Anton Stastny (650) for sole possession of 10th place on the franchise’s all-time games played list … Erik Johnson played his 660th game as a member of the Avalanche on Oct. 22 in Las Vegas, passing Cody McLeod (659) for eighth place on the franchise’s all-time games played list.
FINNISH FIREWORKS
Led by Nathan MacKinnon’s seven combined points (0g/7a) and Mikko Rantanen’s hat trick in the opener, the Avalanche swept the two-game NHL Global Series from the Blue Jackets earlier this month, out-scoring Columbus 11-4 … Colorado’s six goals in the 6-3 opening win set an NHL record for a single game outside of North America while the 11 combined goals were also the most over a two-game overseas series … Rantanen’s hat trick was just the third outside of North America in NHL history, while MacKinnon’s four helpers that first night set a record for the most assists in a single game outside of North America … Alexandar Georgiev started and won both games, allowing just four goals 71 shots (2.02 GAA, .944 Sv%) … His two victories already equal the record for career wins in games played overseas… MacKinnon’s seven assists and eight career points (he had one goal in the 2017 Global
BACK-TO-BACK
The Avalanche have played four of their 13 back-to-back games so far, going 2-2-0 in the first game and 2-2-0 in the second … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark in the NHL behind only Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second (.773), with only Tampa (10-0-2, .917) posting a better record in the second half of a back-to-back.
SCHEDULE NOTES
The Avs will play 26 games against their division foes, meeting Arizona, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis Winnipeg four times each (two home/away) and Chicago (two home/one away) and Minnesota (one home/two away) three times apiece … Colorado will play 24 games versus the Pacific Division (three times each) and 32 against teams from the Eastern Conference (one home/away).
BEST SINCE 2019-20
The Avalanche are 145-57-20 (.698) since the start of the 2019-20 season, the most wins, points and best points percentage in the NHL … Only Tampa (49) has more playoff wins during that span
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH; AVS WIN STANLEY CUP
The Avalanche won their third Stanley Cup championship in 2022 following 1996 and 2001 … Colorado claimed its title by going 16-4 in the postseason, which included a pair of sweeps and defeating the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning in six games during the Final … The Avs became the sixth team to win a Cup with four or fewer postseason losses since 1987 when the NHL went to four rounds of best-of-seven … And of those six only one team had fewer losses, the 1988 Oilers (two) … The Avalanche did not lose consecutive games all playoffs
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
The 2021-22 Avalanche posted their best home season in franchise history with a 32-5-4 record (68 points) … Colorado tied Florida for the league lead in home points, ending with the most home points in the NHL for the second straight season after tying Penguins for league lead with 46 in 2020-21 … The Avs are just the third team over the last 30 years to post the league’s best home record in back-to-back seasons (outright or tie), joining the 2016 and 2017 Capitals and the 2007 and 2008 Red Wings … Colorado went 30-3-3 over its final 36 contests at Ball Arena … The Avs posted an 18-game home winning streak from Nov. 11–Jan. 30, the fifth longest run in NHL history … The club had a franchise record 22-game home point streak (20-0-2) from Oct. 30–Feb. 10, the NHL’s longest since 2013-14 (Anaheim, 20-0-2) … Colorado recently completed its best 60-game home stretch in franchise history going 49-5-6 (.867) from March 10, 2021 to October 19, 2022.
ALL I DO IS WIN WIN WIN NO MATTER WHAT
The 2021-22 Avalanche equaled the NHL record for the most combined regular season/playoff wins with 72 (56 regular season, 16 playoff), a feat only three teams in NHL history had achieved before … The 2021-22 Avalanche joined the 1995-96 Red Wings, 1983-84 Oilers and 1976-77 Canadiens on that list
RECORD REGULAR SEASON
The 2021-22 Avalanche set a franchise record with 56 wins and 119 points en route to winning their second straight division title and 11th since moving to Denver (13th in franchise history) … It marked the club’s first back-to-back division championships since their NHL-record run of nine straight from 1994-95 to 2002-03 … The Avs clinched the conference’s top spot despite facing a 10-point deficit behind the No. 1 seed on Dec. 3 … The last team to win their conference after overcoming a deficit of 10 or more points was the Rangers in 2014-15 (13) … After Sweeping a backto-back from Arizona on Jan. 15, the Avalanche remained in first place in the West over the final 106 days of the regular season … During a span of over two months from Feb 10–April 19, Colorado was first in the entire NHL for all but one day (68 out of 69)
ROAD, SWEET ROAD
The Avalanche finished a league-best 9-1 on the road during the 2022 postseason, tied for the fewest road losses by a Stanley Cup champion since 1987 (the 2012 Kings and 1995 Devils were both 10-1) … Colorado earned all four series-clinching wins on the road, including Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final in Tampa Bay … Colorado won its first seven away games to start these playoffs, matching its longest road playoff winning streak in franchise history (1999) and equaling the second longest such streak in NHL history.
AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH, AINT NO VALLEY LOW
Colorado’s Stanley Cup championship came five years after a last-place finish in 2016-17 …. The Avs became the fifth team in the expansion era (1967-68) to win a title within five years of a last place finish and the first since the 2009 Penguins … Colorado won the Presidents’ Trophy the previous year in 2020-21, becoming the first NHL team to go from worst to first overall in four seasons or less since the Bruins in 1970-71.
DOWN BUT NEVER OUT
Ten of the Avalanche’s wins during the 2022 postseason were earned in come-from-behind fashion, including four third-period comebacks … Colorado’s 10 comeback wins tied the 2009 Penguins for the most in NHL history … The Avs trailed in all four of their series-clinching victories, the first team in NHL history to do so.
MAGIC YEAR FOR MAKAR
After becoming the first player in franchise history to win the Norris Trophy, Makar followed that up by winning the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP … At 23 years, 239 days, he became the youngest defenseman in 52 years to win the Conn Smythe and just the third overall to do so at age 23 or younger, joining Bobby Orr with the 1970 Bruins (22 years, 51 days) and Serge Savard with the 1969 Canadiens (23 years, 102 days) … Makar won the Conn Smythe just five days after receiving his first Norris Trophy … He became the third player to win both awards in the same season, following Orr in 1970 and Nicklas Lidstrom in 2002 … Makar led the Avalanche and all NHL defensemen with 29 points (8g/21a) in 20 games, the fourth-highest total by a defenseman in Stanley Cup Playoff history … Only Paul Coffey (37) with the 1985 Oilers, Brian Leetch (34) with the 1994 Rangers and Al MacInnis (31) with the 1989 Flames had more.
SUPER JOE ACHIEVES RARE FIRST
General Manager (now President) Joe Sakic, who captained the Avalanche to a pair of titles in 1996 and 2001, became the first individual in league history to win a Stanley Cup as a captain and GM with the same organization … He was just the third to win a championship as a player and general manager with the same franchise, joining Serge Savard of the Canadiens and Milt Schmidt of the Bruins.
IN BEDNAR WE TRUST
Jared Bednar is beginning his seventh season as the Avalanche’s head coach … Hired on Aug. 25, 2016, he is the third-longest tenured coach in the NHL behind Jon Cooper (March 25, 2013) and Mike Sullivan (Dec. 12, 2015) … Jared led the 2021-22 Avalanche to their most successful regular season in franchise history (56-19-7, 119 points) and continued that into the postseason with a 16-4 playoff mark en route to capturing the 2022 Stanley Cup … Bednar, who won a Calder Cup with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2016 and a Kelly Cup with the South Carolina Stingrays in 2009, became the first individual to win a championship in the NHL, AHL and ECHL as a head coach … He is the winningest coach in Avalanche history with a 248-173-47 (.580) regular season record … Bednar owns a 40-22-1 (.635) record in 63 postseason games, the best playoff winning percentage among active coaches and the third highest all time (min 50 GP) behind Glen Sather (.706), Toe Blake (.689).
TIP OF CAP
Gabriel Landeskog enters his 12th NHL season and 11th as team captain … Landeskog was the youngest captain in NHL history when he assumed the role at 19 years, 286 days on Sept. 4, 2012, a title he held for four years before Connor McDavid was given the ‘C’ by Edmonton at 19 years, 266 days on Oct. 5, 2016 … Landeskog is the second-longest serving captain in franchise history behind only Joe Sakic (17 seasons, 16 consecutive) … Only three players have been captain of their current teams longer:
MILE HIGH MAINSTAY
Erik Johnson begins his 15th NHL season and 13th with the Avalanche … His 13 seasons rank fourth in franchise history behind only Joe Sakic (20), Adam Foote (17) and Milan Hejduk (14), with Foote the only other defenseman on that list … Johnson is the longest current tenured athlete of any of Denver’s four major sports teams, followed by Gabriel Landeskog and Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon (both 12 seasons).
2022-23 AVALANCHE COACH’S CHALLENGES (1 W, 0 L)
W Oct. 28 at New Jersey – call on the ice overturned. Devils player was offsides no goal
2022-23 RECORD BY JERSEYS
Burgundy: 3-1-0
White: 4-3-0
Blue: 1-1-1
Reverse Retro: 0-0-0
2022-23 AVALANCHE TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 12 – Jayson Megna recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Gabriel Landeskog placed on LTIR … Jayson Megna, Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Nov. 13 – Andreas Englund recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Shane Bowers placed on IR (retroactive to Nov. 12)
Nov. 14 – Jayson Megna, Sampo Ranta recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Andreas Englund, Jayson Megna, Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Nov. 15 – Anton Blidh recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Nov. 16 – Andreas Englund, Jayson Megna recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
CAROLINA HURRICANES NOTES;
LAST GAME
The Hurricanes earned a 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Monday, as Jesper Fast (1a), Jordan Martinook (1g, 1a) and Jordan Staal (1g, 1a) each extended their respective point streaks to three games. Andrei Svechnikov (1g) also scored for Carolina, while Brent Burns tallied two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 27 shots faced to record his first career NHL/Hurricanes shutout and improve to 5-0-0 in his regular-season career, becoming the first goaltender in franchise history and just the 12th netminder in NHL history to win each of his first five career regular-season appearances.
INJURY REPORT
Frederik Andersen, lower-body, missed four games (11/9-11/14)
Jake Gardiner, upper-body, missed 16 games (10/12-11/14)
Ondrej Kase, concussion, missed 15 games (10/14-11/14)
Max Pacioretty, torn Achilles, missed 16 games (10/12-11/14)
Teuvo Teravainen, upper-body, missed two games (11/12-11/14)
2022-23 Man-Games Lost Due to Injury: 53
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
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
Nov. 9 Activated Ryan Suzuki and assigned him to Chicago (AHL)
Nov. 8 Recalled Pyotr Kochetkov from Chicago (AHL) and placed Ondrej Kase on injured reserve
Nov. 7 Recalled Jack Drury from Chicago (AHL)
STREAKS
Jesper Fast has tallied an assist/point in three consecutive games (11/10-11/14: 1g, 3a)
Jordan Martinook has recorded an assist/point in three straight games (11/10-11/14: 2g, 3a)
Jordan Staal has registered a goal/point in three consecutive games (11/10-11/14: 3g, 1a)
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO
Nov. 17 vs. Colorado 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 19 at Minnesota 8 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 21 at Winnipeg 7:30 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 23 vs. Arizona 7 p.m. BSSO HRN
Nov. 25 at Boston 1 p.m. BSSO HRN
- All times are Eastern | BSSO = Bally Sports South | HRN = Hurricanes Radio Network
UPCOMING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY LOCATION TIME
Nov. 17 Thursday PNC Arena 10:30 a.m.
Nov. 18 Friday Invisalign Arena 12 p.m.
Nov. 19 Saturday Xcel Energy Center 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 20 Sunday Bell MTS Iceplex 1 p.m.
Nov. 21 Monday Canada Life Centre 10:30 a.m.
- All times are local. Times and locations are subject to change.
Carolina Hurricanes: Media Notes
HURRICANES vs. AVALANCHE SERIES NOTES
— The Hurricanes are facing the Avalanche in the second of two meetings between the teams during the 2022-23 season.
— Carolina and Colorado have met 151 times in their regular-season histories. Carolina holds a 52-75-21-3 overall record, including a 32-28-12-2 record on home ice.
— The Avalanche lead the season series 1-0-0 in 2022-23 (Hurricanes: 0-1-0), and Colorado is now 7-4-0 in the teams’ last 11 matchups dating back to 2016-17 (Carolina: 4-6-1).
— Carolina suffered a 4-1 loss against Colorado at Ball Arena on 11/12. Jordan Staal scored the Hurricanes’ only goal with assists from Jordan Martinook and Jesper Fast, while Antti Raanta made 24 saves in net.
— Sebastian Aho has tallied eight points (3g, 5a) in 11 career regular-season games against the Avalanche.
— Brent Burns has posted 48 points (17g, 31a) in 71 career regular-season games against Colorado.
— Jaccob Slavin is a native of Erie, Colo., about 25 miles north of Denver, and posted 42 points (10g, 32a) in two seasons at Colorado College from 2013-15. He has recorded five points (1g, 4a) in 11 career games against the Avalanche.
— Paul Stastny was drafted by Colorado in the second round (44th overall) of the 2005 NHL Draft and registered 458 points (160g, 298a) in 538 games with the Avalanche from 2006-14. While with Colorado, Stastny was named to the NHL’s All-Rookie Team and selected as a Calder Trophy finalist in 2006-07, was named to the NHL All-Star Game in 2008 and 2011 and served as an alternate captain for six seasons (2008-14). He also played two seasons of college hockey at the University of Denver from 2004-06, tallying 98 points (36g, 62a) in 81 games. Stastny was named the WCHA’s Rookie of the Year in 2004-05 and helped lead the Pioneers to their seventh overall and second consecutive national championship. He has registered 19 points (6g, 13a) in 24 games against Colorado.
— Kurtis MacDermid’s father, Paul, was drafted by Hartford in the third round (61st overall) of the 1981 NHL Draft. He recorded 151 points (68g, 83a) in 373 NHL games with the Whalers from 1982-89 and ranks fourth in penalty minutes (744) among all forwards in franchise history.
— Avalanche Assistant Coach Nolan Pratt was drafted by the Whalers in the fifth round (115th overall) of the 1993 NHL Draft and played 157 games for the Whalers/Hurricanes from 1996-00, earning 23 points (4g, 19a).
ANDREI 300
Andrei Svechnikov is set to play his 300th career NHL/Hurricanes game against the Avalanche on Thursday. He would become the 28th player drafted by Hartford/Carolina to skate in at least 300 games with the franchise, and just the 14th former Hurricanes draft pick to reach the milestone with the team. Selected second overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, Svechnikov would also become the first player from his draft class to play 300 games. He scored his 100th career goal just two games ago (11/10 vs. EDM: 3g), pacing his draft class to that plateau as well. Svechnikov looks to join Jordan Staal (677 GP), Jaccob Slavin (524 GP), Brett Pesce (491 GP), Sebastian Aho (461 GP) and Teuvo Teravainen (425 GP) as the sixth active Hurricanes player to log 300 career games with the team. He has registered 227 points (101g, 126a) in his NHL/Hurricanes career and ranks ninth in goals, tied for ninth in assists, eighth in points and tied for sixth in game-winning goals (15) among all players in franchise history through their first 300 career games.
Most points thru 300 NHL games, team history (1997-present):
Sebastian Aho (2016-20): 116-137—253
Eric Staal (2003-08): 113-136—249
Andrei Svechnikov (2018-present): 101-126—227
Jeff Skinner (2010-15): 107-97—204
Erik Cole (2001-06): 86-105—191
Youngest age at time of 300th NHL game, franchise history:
Sebastian Aho (2/16/20 vs. EDM): 22 years, 205 days
**Svechnikov will be 22 years and 236 days old on Thursday.
Ron Francis (10/30/85 vs. QUE): 22 years, 243 days
Jeff Skinner (1/19/15 at TOR): 22 years, 248 days
Elias Lindholm (10/24/17 vs. TBL): 22 years, 326 days
Sylvain Turgeon (1/16/88 at LAK): 22 years, 364 days
BETTER CALL STAAL
Jordan Staal earned two points (1g, 1a) at CHI (11/14), extending his goal/point streak to three games (11/10-11/14: 3g, 1a). He has now posted more goals and points over the last three games than in his first 13 contests of the season, as he was held to just three points (1g, 2a) from 10/12-11/9. Staal’s three-game goal streak is the longest of any Hurricanes player in 2022-23 and marks his longest such streak since 2020-21, when he scored in four consecutive games from 2/11-2/17 (5g, 1a). His goal on Monday also marked the 370th point (142g, 228a) of his Hurricanes career, passing Geoff Sanderson (1991-97: 196-173—369) for the 10th-highest scoring output by any player in franchise history.
CHEMISTRY 101
For the third consecutive game, Jesper Fast (1a), Jordan Martinook (1g, 1a) and Jordan Staal (1g, 1a) each found the scoresheet at CHI (11/14). Fast (1g, 3a), Martinook (2g, 3a) and Staal (3g, 1a) have now combined for 13 points (6g, 7a) over Carolina’s last three games (11/10-11/14) after posting nine total points (4g, 5a) in 13 games to start the season, including five scoreless contests just before this stretch (10/31-11/9). Martinook’s streak is the sixth three-game point streak of his NHL career, tied for his career long (last: 4/24/22- 4/2822: 2g, 1a), while Fast’s is one game shy of tying his season-long from 2021-22 (4/18-4/24: 2g, 2a).
ETCH-A-SVECH
After scoring his second hat trick of the season vs. EDM (11/10), Andrei Svechnikov scored the Hurricanes’ third goal at CHI (11/14). He has now tallied nine points in his last eight games (10/31-11/14: 5g, 4a) and leads the team in both goals and points over that span. Svechnikov has earned 18 points (12g, 6a) through 16 games in 2022-23 and ranks tied for third in the NHL in goals behind only Connor McDavid (EDM, 15) and Bo Horvat (VAN, 14). He trails only Martin Necas (7-12—19) for the team lead in points, and his seven points (3g, 4a) on the man-advantage also rank tied with Brent Burns (1g, 6a) for the team lead.
FEEL THE BURN
Brent Burns earned two assists against the Blackhawks on Monday, marking his second multi-assist/point game in 2022-23. He has now posted 173 multi-point games and 92 multi-assist games in his NHL career and ranks first and third in those categories, respectively, among all active NHL blueliners. Burns has registered 12 points (3g, 9a) in 16 games this season and ranks third on the team in assists. Burns has tallied a team-high six assists on the man-advantage and now ranks tied for third among all NHL defensemen in both powerplay assists and power-play Points (7).
Most career multi-point games, active NHL defensemen:
Brent Burns (SJS/Carolina): 173
Erik Karlsson (OTT/SJS): 166
Kris Letang (PIT): 150
Victor Hedman (TBL): 139
John Carlson (WSH): 137
KOOCHIE GANG
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped all 27 shots he faced at CHI (11/14) to record his first career NHL/Hurricanes shutout. He required the fewest games of any goaltender in franchise history to post his first career shutout, besting the 10 games needed by Alex Nedeljkovic (2017- 21). With the win, Kochetkov also improved to 5-0-0 in his NHL regular-season career, becoming the first goaltender in franchise history and just the 12th netminder in NHL history to win each of his first five career regular-season appearances. Only eight goalies have ever extended their career-opening win streak to six games: Frank McCool (TOR, 1944), Ken Dryden (MTL, 1971), Wayne Thomas (MTL, 1973), Bob Froese (PHI, 1983), Damian Rhodes (TOR, 1991-93), Martin Jones (LAK, 2013), Frederik Andersen (ANA, 2013) and Spencer Knight (FLA, 2021).
GIVE AND TAKE
Jaccob Slavin tallied his third assist of the season vs. EDM (11/10) and has now recorded 211 points (36g, 175a) in his NHL/Hurricanes career. He needs just one more assist to tie Glen Wesley (1994-08: 176) for the second-most assists by any defenseman in franchise history. Slavin also has registered two takeaways at CHI (11/14), and he has now posted two or more in 10 of 16 games this season. Slavin’s 29 takeaways in 2022-23 are 13 more than any other Hurricanes skater (Brady Skjei: 16). He has led the Hurricanes in takeaways in five of his seven previous NHL seasons, and since he entered the league in 2015-16, he paces all NHL defensemen in that category (508).
Most assists by a defenseman, franchise history (1979-present):
Dave Babych (1985-91): 196
Glen Wesley (1994-08): 176
Jaccob Slavin (2015-present): 175
Justin Faulk (2011-19): 173
Mark Howe (1979-82): 147
Most takeaways by an NHL defenseman, since 2015-16:
Jaccob Slavin (Carolina): 508
Brent Burns (SJS/Carolina): 430
Erik Karlsson (OTT/SJS): 390
Alex Pietrangelo (STL/VGK): 372
Kris Letang (PIT): 318
CASE IN POINTS
With Monday’s win over the Blackhawks, the Hurricanes have registered a 10-5-1 record to start the season, marking the fifth-highest points percentage (.656) of any NHL team and the second-highest of any Metropolitan Division team (NJD: 13-3-0, .813) in 2022-23. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, Carolina has now posted a 138-62-22 record, marking the third-highest points percentage (.671) of any NHL team over that span.
