What - Game 12 (6-5-0)
When - 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4
Where - UBS Arena; Elmont, NY
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will remain in the Big Apple as they take on the New York Islanders (5-2-2) tonight.
The Canes are coming off of a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers Thursday night.
Seth Jarvis scored the Hurricanes' lone goal on the power play giving him four power play goals on the season which is the team-high, a career-high and the second-best in the league currently.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 24 of 26.
The Islanders are coming off of a 3-0 shutout win over the Washington Capitals Thursday night.
Ryan Pulock, Simon Holmstrom and Brock Nelson each scored for the Isles and Semyon Varlamov stopped all 32 shots he faced.
Despite being one of the top teams in the league in goals against, the Islanders have been one of the worst in terms of offense.
Per NaturalStatTrick.com, they have just a 45.96% Corsi For (the fifth worst in the league) and are scoring just 2.67 goals per game (the seventh worst rate).
However, the big difference has been goaltending. New York has had three shutouts in nine games and their goaltenders have a combined 0.932 save percentage.
According to MoneyPuck.com, the Isles goaltending tandem has combined to save 9.1 goals above expected.
Streaks
- Frederik Andersen has allowed two or fewer goals in three straight games.
Milestone Watch
- Martin Necas is one point shy of 200 career NHL points.
- Stefan Noesen is two points shy of 100 career NHL points.
- Jaccob Slavin is four assists shy of 200 career NHL assists. He is also one assist shy of becoming the all-time franchise leader in assists by a defenseman.
Game Notes
- The Hurricanes are 81-54-9-11 all-time against the Islanders.
- Carolina is 9-2-0 in last 11 regular-season games against the Isles.
- Power Play Percentages: Carolina - 26.2% (7th); New York - 14.8% (23rd)
- Penalty Kill Percentages: Carolina - 75.6% (22nd); New York - 81.3% (14th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov- Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Michael Bunting - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Ryan Suzuki (shoulder), Brett Pesce (LBI)
Islanders Projected Lineup
Anders Lee - Bo Horvat - Mathew Barzal
Pierre Engvall - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri
Simon Holmstrom - JG Pageau - Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov - Ryan Pulock
Sebastian Aho - Noah Dobson
Samuel Bolduc - Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Injuries and Scratches: Adam Pelech* (LBI), Julien Gauthier, Oliver Wahlstrom
*An update from practice this morning confirmed that Adam Pelech is out day-to-day per Islanders head coach Lane Lambert. Had previously been projected to play.
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