The Canes will look to win big on Black Friday.
What - Game 23 (16-5-1)
When - 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 29
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, FOX 50, SCRIPPS
The Carolina Hurricanes will look to stay hot as they host the Florida Panthers (13-9-1) in the first part of a back-to-back, home-and-home series.
Both teams will also be hoping that no Thanksgiving hangovers linger.
The Canes are coming off of a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Wednesday and Spencer Martin has managed to hold down the fort with both Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov out.
The Panthers had been in a bit of a spiral recently, but they snapped a skid with a 5-1 win over Toronto on Wednesday.
Sam Reinhart continues to be a top-end goal scorer and currently leads the league in scoring with 17 goals.
Streaks
- Dmitry Orlov (6a) has points in six-straight games.
- Martin Necas (1g, 6a) has points in four consecutive games.
- Seth Jarvis (2g, 4a) has points in three straight games, which spans across his seven-game injury absence.
- Sebastian Aho (2g, 5a) has points in three straight.
Milestone Watch
- Sean Walker is one point shy of 100 career points.
Game Notes
- Carolina is 73-47-11-10 against Florida all-time. Last season, they went 2-1-0 against the Panthers.
- Gustav Forsling, Eetu Luostarinen and Florida assistant coach Tuomo Ruutu are all former Hurricanes players. Florida coach Paul Maurice coached the franchise from 1995-2003 and 2008-2011.
- Spencer Martin's brother-in-law is Jonah Gadjovich.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Spencer Martin: 3-2-1; 0.856 Sv%; 3.33 GAA
- Sergei Bobrovsky: 10-5-1; 0.889 Sv%; 3.05 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Martin Necas & Jack Roslovic (12) / Sam Reinhart (17)
- Points - Martin Necas (37) / Sam Reinhart (32)
Power Play
- Carolina - 27.8% (7th)
- Florida - 23% (9th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 84.2% (6th)
- Opponent - 80.3% (12th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Seth Jarvis - Sebastian Aho - Jack Roslovic
Andrei Svechnikov - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Eric Robinson - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker
Spencer Martin
Yaniv Perets
Injuries and Scratches: Tyson Jost, Pyotr Kochetkov (UBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)
Panthers Projected Lineup
Evan Rodrigues - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Jesper Boqvist - Mackie Samoskevich
AJ Greer - Tomas Nosek - Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Nate Schmidt
Dmitry Kulikov - Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Injuries and Scratches: Adam Boqvist, Anton Lundell (UBI)