What - Game 49 (28-15-5)
When - 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 6
Where - PNC Arena; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - Bally Sports South, Sportsnet Pacific
The Carolina Hurricanes had a relaxing week off, but now we'll see if it was beneficial.
The Canes will be tossed straight into the fire coming out of the All-Star break as they'll face the league-leading Vancouver Canucks (33-11-5).
Carolina was riding a three-game winning streak heading into the break, so hopefully they can keep that mojo going.
They received a bit of good news on the injury front as it seems goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov is fully back and looks poised to get the start in net tonight, however forward Andrei Svechnikov is still not ready.
Svechnikov last played on Jan. 19 and has missed the last four games with an upper-body injury.
While he's close to returning and has been skating in practice, he isn't quite there yet.
The Canucks entered the break on an 11-game point streak and basically their entire team didn't have the chance to build-up any rust because they were all at the All-Star game.
Vancouver brings a disgusting blend of high-end talent scoring talent, especially with the addition of Elias Lindholm just a few days ago, that is hard to combat, so it will be a tall task for Carolina off the rip.
Streaks
- Seth Jarvis (5a) has points in four straight games.
Milestone Watch
- None
Game Notes
- This will be the final meeting between the two teams this season. Carolina lost the first game 4-3 on Dec. 9.
- Sebastian Aho (7g, 12 points in 12 games) is a point-per-game player against the Canucks.
- It will be Elias Lindholm's first game with the Canucks after he was traded during the All-Star break. He was drafted fifth overall by Carolina in 2013.
Key Matchups
Projected Starting Goalies
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 11-7-3; 0.900 Sv%; 2.58 GAA
- Thatcher Demko: 26-8-1; 0.920 Sv%; 2.44 GAA
Leading Scorers
- Goals - Sebastian Aho (17) / Brock Boeser (30)
- Points - Sebastian Aho (54) / J.T. Miller (67)
Power Play
- Carolina - 28.0% (2nd)
- Vancouver - 25% (8th)
Penalty Kill
- Carolina - 84.2% (4th)
- Vancouver - 80% (15th)
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Jordan Martinook - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen
Michael Bunting - Jack Drury - Martin Necas
Seth Jarvis - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Brendan Lemieux - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Antti Raanta
Injuries and Scratches: Spencer Martin, Tony DeAngelo, Andrei Svechnikov (UBI), Frederik Andersen (blood-clotting issue)
Canucks Projected Lineup
Pius Suter - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev - Elias Pettersson - Elias Lindholm
Dakota Joshua - Teddy Blueger - Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander - Nils Aman - Sam Lafferty
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Ian Cole - Tyler Myers
Nikita Zadorov - Noah Juulsen
Thatcher Demko
Casey DeSmith
Injuries and Scratches: Linus Karlsson, Mark Friedman, Phil Di Giuseppe (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman (head), Carson Soucy (hand)
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