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Oct 10, 2026 1:35 PM
Riding a red-hot three-game winning streak, the Hurricanes fly into Chicago to face a depleted Blackhawks roster missing key stars.
What - Game 6 (3-1-1)
When - 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10
Where - United Center; Chicago, IL
How to Watch - Hurricanes Hockey Network, Chicago Sportsnet
The Carolina Hurricanes are back on the road, with their first away game being tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Carolina is on a three-game winning streak, most recently defeating the Vancouver Canucks 7-2 Thursday at Lenovo Center.
Logan Stankoven recorded his first career hat trick in that game and the Hurricanes' special teams continued their juggernaut-like start.
Chicago enters tonight's contest on the back of a 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday.
And as if things couldn't get worse for the struggling Hawks, center Frank Nazar was suspended for two games due to his elbow on Bo Horvat in Thursday's game.
Tonight's game has all the makings of a potential blowout, with Chicago missing so many bodies and Carolina as hot as they are, but we'll have to wait and see if that's indeed the way this game will play out.
Streaks
- Sebastian Aho (4g, 4a), Andrei Svechnikov (3g, 3a), Jackson Blake (5a) have points in four straight games.
- Shayne Gostisbehere (1g, 3a) has points in three straight games.
- Taylor Hall (2g, 2a) and Mark Jankowski (2g, 1a) have points in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- Jordan Staal is one point away from 500 points as a Hurricane and two goals away from 200 as a Hurricane.
- Jordan Martinook is three points shy of 200 points as a Hurricane.
- Logan Stankoven earned his 100th career NHL point Thursday night against the Vancouver Canucks.
Game Notes
- Carolina is 50-35-7-5 all-time against Chicago.
- Last season, the Canes went 1-0-1 and are 19-2-2 over the last 23 meetings between the two teams in total.
- Andrei Svechnikov (11g, 21pts in 21gp) is a point-per-game player for his career against the Blackhawks.
- Hurricanes forward Taylor Hall played 56 games for the Blackhawks (2023-25), while Chicago forward Teuvo Teravainen played 555 games (2016-24) and defenseman Ian Cole played 75 games (2021-22) with Carolina.
Key Matchups
Projected Starting Goalies
- Spencer Knight: 1-2-0; 0.890 Sv%; 3.36 GAA
- Brandon Bussi: 1-1-1; 0.851 Sv%; 3.24 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Sebastian Aho & Logan Stankoven (4) / Frank Nazar (2)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (8) / Anton Frondell (4)
Power Play
- Carolina - 29.2% (9th)
- Chicago - 8.3% (26th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 91.3% (7th)
- Chicago - 64.3% (26th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - William Carrier
Taylor Hall - Logan Stankoven - Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson - Mark Jankowski - Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jaccob Slavin - Jalen Chatfield
K'Andre Miller - Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere - Mike Reilly
Brandon Bussi
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Juuso Valimaki, Nicolas Deslauriers, Seth Jarvis (IR, shoulder)
Blackhawks Projected Lineup
Oliver Moore - Anton Frondell - Patrick Kane
Tyler Bertuzzi - Dominic Toninato - Roman Kantserov
Ryan Donato - Ryan Greene - Nick Lardis
Cole Smith - x - Jordan Greenway
Bowen Byram - Artyom Levshunov
Alex Vlasic - Ian Cole
Wyatt Kaiser - Sam Rinzel
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Injuries and Scratches: Ethan Del Mastro, Frank Nazar (suspended), Connor Bedard (shoulder), Andrew Mangiapane (LBI), Teuvo Teravainen (LBI)
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