What - Game 17 (9-7-0)
When - 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - Bally Sports South
The Carolina Hurricanes will host the Pittsburgh Penguins (8-7-0) tonight in the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
The Canes dropped their first game at home on Wednesday, losing 3-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers, so the team will be looking to bounce back.
Rod Brind'Amour has adjusted the forward lines again heading into tonight's game and so we'll see if the tweaks have the right effect.
The Canes will have to be cautious of the star power on the top-heavy Penguins as has been the case for decades now.
Pittsburgh's 36-year-old captain Sidney Crosby is off to yet another tremendous start to the season (10g, 20pts) and new addition Erik Karlsson is at over a point-per-game pace so far.
Streaks
- Stefan Noesen has scored a goal in back-to-back games (2g)
Milestone Watch
- Jaccob Slavin is three assists shy of 200 career assists
- Slavin also recently played in his 600th career game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
- Brent Burns passed Craig Ramsay for the eight-longest ironman streak (777 games) on Wednesday.
- Stefan Noesen registered his 100th career point on Wednesday.
Game Notes
- The Hurricanes are 71-69-11-7 all-time against the Penguins.
- Carolina swept the season series against Pittsburgh last season (4-0-0) although they won all four games by just a single goal.
Key Matchups
Starting Goalies
- Antti Raanta: 4-2-0; 0.877 Sv%; 3.01 GAA
- Tristan Jarry: 6-6-0; 0.910 Sv%; 2.56 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Teuvo Teravainen (9) / Sidney Crosby (10)
- Points - Jesperi Kotkaniemi & Sebastian Aho (13) / Sidney Crosby (20)
Power Play
- Carolina - 24.1% (10th)
- Pittsburgh - 16.7% (23rd)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 78.6% (17th)
- Pittsburgh - 85.1% (9th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Teuvo Teravainen - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Michael Bunting - Jack Drury - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Tony DeAngelo
Antti Raanta
Pyotr Kochetkov
Injuries and Scratches: Brendan Lemieux, Jalen Chatfield, Frederik Andersen (blood clotting issues)
Penguins Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Drew O'Connor - Lars Eller - Radim Zohorna
Matt Nieto - Noel Acciari - Vinnie Hinostroza
Ryan Graves - Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Magnus Hellberg
Injuries and Scratches: Jeff Carter, Jonathan Gruden, P.O. Joseph Will Butcher (undisclosed), Mark Pysyk (LBI), Alex Nedeljkovic (LBI)
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