What - Game 26 (14-10-1)
When - 9 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 7
Where - Scotiabank Saddledome; Calgary, AB, Canada
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will face the Calgary Flames (10-12-3) tonight for the second half of a back-to-back.
Carolina is coming off of an embarrassing 6-1 blowout loss to the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night and they have now gone 0-2 to start a season-long, six game road trip.
The Canes lineup for tonight will be a bit up in the air as Carolina did not skate this morning, but after a performance like that, you'd have to think something changes.
It will also be a question of who will get the start as Pyotr Kochetkov started last night but was yanked within five minutes and Antti Raanta played the rest of the game.
Calgary is entering tonight's contest on a two game losing streak as well and have surrendered the first goal in seven straight contests.
Rookie netminder Dustin Wolf will get the start, his first against Carolina.
Streaks
- None
Milestone Watch
- Seth Jarvis is two points shy of 100 career points
Game Notes
- The Hurricanes will face the Flames for the first time this season. They will play again on March 10 at PNC Arena.
- Carolina holds an all-time record of 27-44-7-3 against Calgary. The Canes won the season series last year 1-0-1 and have gotten a point in each of their last six meetings (5-0-1).
- Former Canes draft picks Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanafin play for the Flames
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 4-5-1; 0.871 Sv%; 3.12GAA
- Antti Raanta: 6-4-0; 0.863 Sv%; 3.33 GAA
- Dustin Wolf: 0-1-0; 0.882 Sv%; 3.66 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Teuvo Teravainen (11) / Elias Lindholm (7)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (22) / Elias Lindholm (17)
Power Play
- Carolina - 20.9% (15th)
- Calgary - 12.4% (27th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 77.5% (21st)
- Calgary - 83.8% (9th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Michael Bunting - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Antti Raanta
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Tony DeAngelo, Frederik Andersen (blood clotting issue)
Flames Projected Lineup
Yegor Sharangovich - Elias Lindholm - Andrew Mangiapane
Jonathan Huberdeau - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Connor Zary - Nazem Kadri - Martin Pospisil
A.J. Greer - Adam Ruzicka - Dillon Dube
MacKenzie Weegar - Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin - Chris Tanev
Ilya Solovyov - Denis Gilbert
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Injuries and Scratches: Walker Duehr, Jordan Oesterle, Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Jacob Markstrom (finger), Jakob Pelletier (shoulder), Kevin Rooney (shoulder)
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