Preview: November 19 at Minnesota

ST. PAUL, MN. – The Carolina Hurricanes open one other two-game highway stint tonight in Minnesota, taking up the Wild on the Xcel Vitality Heart.

When: Saturday, November 19

Puck Drop: 8 p.m. EST

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Canes Document: 10-5-2 (22 Factors, T-2nd, Metropolitan Division)

Canes Final Sport: 3-2 Additional time Loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, November 17

Wild Document: 7-8-2 (16 Factors, T-Fifth, Central Division)

Wild Final Sport: 6-4 Loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, November 17

NEWS & NOTES:

Final Time Out: For the second time in 5 days the Canes went head-to-head with the defending Stanley Cup Champions, this time on their residence ice. Regardless of outshooting them 48-15, Carolina got here out on the flawed finish of a 3-2 rating. Martin Necas recorded his seventh multi-point recreation of the season within the effort, tallying one purpose and one help. Antti Raanta suffered the defeat within the loss, permitting three targets on the 15 pictures and shifting to 3-2-2 on the season.

Video: COL@CAR: Aho places free puck residence to knot rating

Naughty By Necas: Martin Necas paces the Hurricanes in assists (13) and factors (21) this season, and his eight targets rank tied with Sebastian Aho for second on the staff behind solely Andrei Svechnikov (12). Necas has already recorded greater than half of his scoring output from final season (14-26-40 in 78 GP), and he additionally wants only one extra multi-point recreation to match his complete from 2021-22 (8).

Stellar Svech: Regardless of being held and not using a level on Thursday, Andrei Svechnikov has scored 4 targets in his final 4 video games and tallied 9 factors in his final 9 video games. He ranks tied for second on the staff with 18 factors by way of 17 video games this season, and his 12 targets path solely Connor McDavid (EDM, 15) and Bo Horvat (VAN, 14) for the league lead. Svechnikov has additionally scored two hat tips this season, tied with McDavid for probably the most of any NHL participant.

Homecomings & One other Return: Defenseman Brady Skjei (Lakeville, MN) and ahead Derek Stepan (Hastings, MN) return to their residence state for tonight’s contest. Defenseman Brent Burns was drafted by the Wild in 2003 and performed 453 video games with the staff.

Harm Report: Ahead Ondrej Kase has been in concussion protocol since October 13. Goaltender Frederik Andersen (lower-body harm) was positioned on injured reserve, retroactive to November 6. Ahead Teuvo Teravainen (upper-body harm) was positioned on injured reserve, retroactive to November 10. Rod Brind’Amour mentioned Wednesday that, “No one’s near coming again.” Teravainen and Max Pacioretty, who tore his Achilles in August, skated Friday morning at Invisalign Enviornment previous to the staff’s restricted follow.

On The Different Aspect: The Wild have dropped three video games in a row this week and misplaced goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury resulting from harm alongside the best way. Minnesota has struggled within the goal-scoring division this 12 months, with their 46 targets in 17 video games putting them tied for twenty fifth. Ahead Kirill Kaprizov leads the best way along with his 19 factors. Defenseman Alex Goligoski is predicted to play in his 1,000th profession NHL recreation tonight and the Wild will maintain a pre-game ceremony for him.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

What Are We Carrying?: The Canes are slated to put on their black uniforms tonight. It’s because Winnipeg will likely be sporting their light-colored Reverse Retro uniforms on Monday, prompting Carolina to sport their darkish sweaters for the two-game journey.

AFTER TODAY:

The staff is scheduled to journey to Winnipeg post-game and have an off day Sunday. They return to motion Monday evening towards the Jets at 7:30 p.m. EST.

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