The Canes will look to close out their road trip with a fourth straight win.
What - Game 8 (5-2-0)
When - 10 p.m., Monday, Oct. 28
Where - Rogers Arena; Vancouver, BC, Canada
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South
The Carolina Hurricanes will cap off their season-long road trip with a final stop in British Columbia to take on the Vancouver Canucks (4-1-2).
The Canes are coming in winners of their last three, having defeated the Edmonton Oilers (3-2 OTW), Calgary Flames (4-2 W) and the Seattle Kraken (4-1).
Carolina is clicking all throughout their lineup with contributions from each line.
The team is heavy on the forecheck, defending well and the netminders have been strong too.
However, there's a bit of a question mark with the goaltending situation tonight as Spencer Martin was recalled from the AHL this morning.
This could be a precautionary thing or to allow someone to get more rest, but it's never a good sign to have to call a netminder up.
The Hurricanes will have a pre-game skate later in the day.
Vancouver started the year off poorly, but have since rattled off four wins in a row.
While the team has been feeding a bit on some of the bottom teams in the league, the Canucks are still a very good team and one you can't take lightly.
Kevin Lankinen has provided solid goaltending for the Canucks and J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser have been good.
The biggest hurdle though is for them to find a way to get Elias Pettersson going as the Swedish center has struggled out of the gate.
Carolina, however, will be hoping he doesn't figure it out tonight.
Streaks
- Martin Necas (2g, 4a) has points in three straight games.
- Seth Jarvis (2g, 1a) has scored in back-to-back games.
Milestone Watch
- Sebastian Aho is one goal away from tying Ron Francis for the franchise record in game-winning goals (57).
- Jordan Martinook is one point shy of 200 career points.
Game Notes
- Carolina is 32-36-11-6 all-time against Vancouver. Last season, the Canes went 0-2-0 against the Canucks.
- Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield skated in 18 games with the Canucks in 2020-21.
- Vancouver president of hockey operations, Jim Rutherford, was the Canes' GM from 1994-2014.
- Sebastian Aho (7g, 12pts in 12 games) is a point-per-game player against the Canucks.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 2-1-0; 0.896 Sv%; 2.70 GAA
- Kevin Lankinen: 4-0-1; 0.930 Sv%; 1.95 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Shayne Gostisbehere (4) / J.T. Miller & Brock Boeser (4)
- Points - Martin Necas (9) / J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser & Conor Garland (7)
Power Play
- Carolina - 26.1% (7th)
- Vancouver - 22.7% (11th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 85.2% (8th)
- Vancouver - 82.6% (11th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
William Carrier - Jack Drury - Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker
Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen
Injuries and Scratches: Ty Smith, Spencer Martin, Riley Stillman (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)
Canucks Projected Lineup
Jake DeBrusk - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander - Elias Pettersson - Conor Garland
Danton Heinen - Teddy Blueger - Kiefer Sherwood
Arshdeep Bains - Pius Suter - Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy - Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom - Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Injuries and Scratches: Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Thatcher Demko (knee), Derek Forbort (personal), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer)