What - Game 9 (4-4-0)
When - 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will face the San Jose Sharks in just their third home game of the season tonight at PNC Arena.
The Hurricanes got back in the win column last night as they mustered a multi-goal comeback effort capped off by a Martin Necas overtime winner to beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2.
It was a step in the right direction for Carolina who not only looked strong offensively, but also defensively.
Despite the two quick goals against, the Canes played a solid defensive game against the Kraken and they'll hope to replicate that performance tonight.
The Hurricanes will also welcome Andrei Svechnikov back to the active roster as it was announced today that he was off of IR and would be making his season debut.
Antti Raanta is expected to start tonight as Frederik Andersen played last night against the Kraken.
The Sharks continue to struggle to start the season, coming off a 6-0 shutout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning just last night.
They've scored just seven goals in eight games this year and nothing seems to be going right for them.
As we've seen, that doesn't mean they won't score tonight, but San Jose is probably going to finish as the league's worst team by the end of the year.
Streaks
- None
Milestone Watch
- Martin Necas is one point shy of 200 career points.
- Stefan Noesen is four points shy of 100 career points.
- Jaccob Slavin is four assists shy of 200 career assists and one assist away for sole-possession of the most assists by a defenseman in franchise history.
- Jalen Chatfield played in his 100th game as a Hurricanes last night.
Game Notes
- The Hurricanes hold a 25-20-0-2 record all-time against the Sharks.
- Carolina won the first meeting of the season between the two teams, 6-3.
- The Hurricanes and Sharks are both in the bottom half of the league in penalty kill percentage. Carolina ranks 29th at 69.7% and San Jose ranks 24th at 74.1%
- However Carolina has the 11th best power play at 22.9% while San Jose has the 22nd best at 13.6%.
- The Sharks lead the league in faceoff win percentage winning 55.8% of their draws. Carolina sits right in the middle of the league at 50.2%
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen - Seth Jarvis
Michael Bunting - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen - Jack Drury - Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Injuries and Scratches: Vasily Ponomarev (knee), Ryan Suzuki (shoulder), Brett Pesce (LBI)
Sharks Projected Lineup
Anthony Duclair - Tomas Hertl - Fabian Zetterlund
William Eklund - Nico Sturm - Luke Kunin
Filip Zadina - Jacob Peterson - Mike Hoffman
Ryan Carpenter - Thomas Bordeleau - Kevin Labanc
Mario Ferraro - Jan Rutta
Matt Benning - Kyle Burroughs
Nikolai Knyzhov - Ty Emberson
Kaapo Kahkonen
Mackenzie Blackwood
Injuries and Scratches: Logan Couture (LBI), Mikael Granlund (LBI), Alexander Barabanov (finger), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Mitchell Russell (undisclosed), Givani Smith, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
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