What - Game 79 (46-27-5)
When - 3 p.m., Saturday, April 12
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS
The Carolina Hurricanes will play their penultimate regular season game at Lenovo Center today as they take on the New York Rangers (37-35-7).
Carolina is coming off of a 5-4 shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on Thursday and have now gone winless in their last four contests.
New York is hanging onto their playoff hopes by a thread and a loss of any kind will eliminate them from postseason contention.
The Canes can also sweep the season series against the Rangers for the first time in team history.
Streaks
- None
Milestone Watch
- Jordan Martinook is one assist away from 100 Hurricanes assists.
- Jaccob Slavin is two points shy of 300 career points
- Jordan Staal is thee goals shy of 300 career goals.
- Brent Burns is two assists shy of 100 assists as a Carolina Hurricane.
Game Notes
- Carolina is 3-0-0 against New York this season.
Key Matchups
Projected Starting Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 26-15-3; 0.898 Sv%; 2.58 GAA
- Igor Shesterkin: 26-28-5; 0.905 Sv%; 2.87 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Seth Jarvis (31) / Artemi Panarin (37)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (71) / Artemi Panarin (87)
Power Play
- Carolina - 18.6% (24th)
- New York - 17.6% (27th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 84.2% (1st)
- New York - 80.3% (12th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Seth Jarvis - Sebastian Aho - Jackson Blake
Andrei Svechnikov - Jack Roslovic - Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Eric Robinson - Mark Jankowski - Tyson Jost
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Sean Walker - Scott Morrow
Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen
Injuries and Scratches: Taylor Hall, Shayne Gostisbehere (back), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)
Rangers Projected Lineup
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Jonny Brodzinski
Will Cuylle - J.T. Miller - Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider - Juuso Parssinen - Alexis Lafreniere
Brett Berard - Sam Carrick - Matt Rempe
Carson Soucy - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen - Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Injuries and Scratches: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Zac Jones, Brennan Othmann, Gabe Perreault, Adam Edstrom (LBI), Arthur Kaliyev (UBI)
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