2018β19 Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Division | 4th Metropolitan |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2018β19 record | 46β29β7 |
Home record | 24β13β4 |
Road record | 22β16β3 |
Goals for | 245 |
Goals against | 223 |
Team information | |
General manager | Don Waddell |
Coach | Rod Brind'Amour |
Captain | Justin Williams |
Alternate captains |
Justin Faulk Jordan Staal |
Arena | PNC Arena |
Average attendance | 14,322 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Charlotte Checkers (
AHL) Florida Everblades ( ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Sebastian Aho (30) |
Assists | Teuvo Teravainen (55) |
Points | Sebastian Aho (83) |
Penalty minutes | Andrei Svechnikov (62) |
Plus/minus | Brett Pesce (+35) |
Wins | Petr Mrazek (23) |
Goals against average | Alex Nedeljkovic (2.00) |
The 2018β19 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997β98 NHL season. [2] For the first time since 2009, the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, clinching a playoff berth with a 3β1 win against the New Jersey Devils on April 4, 2019. [3] [4] In the playoffs the Hurricanes reached the Conference Finals where they were swept by the Boston Bruins. [5]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 278 | 249 | +29 | 104 |
2 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 228 | 196 | +32 | 103 |
3 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 273 | 241 | +32 | 100 |
4 | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
5 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
7 | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
2 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
3 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 96 |
4 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 267 | 280 | −13 | 86 |
5 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
7 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 226 | 271 | −45 | 76 |
8 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 277 | −50 | 74 |
9 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
10 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 29 | 242 | 302 | −60 | 64 |
The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018. [8]
2018 preseason game log: 5β0β1 (Home: 2β0β1 ; Road: 3β0β0) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 18 | Carolina | 4β1 | Tampa Bay | Mrazek | 12,454 | 1β0β0 | Recap | |
2 | September 19 | Tampa Bay | 1β6 | Carolina | Booth | 6,007 | 2β0β0 | Recap | |
3 | September 21 | Washington | 1β5 | Carolina | Mrazek | 8,364 | 3β0β0 | Recap | |
4 | September 25 | Carolina | 4β1 | Nashville | Darling | 17,188 | 4β0β0 | Recap | |
5 | September 28 | Carolina | 5β4 | Washington | OT | Mrazek | 15,304 | 5β0β0 | Recap |
6 | September 30 | Nashville | 5β4 | Carolina | OT | Mrazek | 18,640 | 5β0β1 | Recap |
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018. [9]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Updated as of April 6, 2019 [10]
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||
Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO WβL |
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Boston Bruins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 118β99 | 10 | 10 | 2β12 | 3β11 | 102β107 |
Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89β109 | 14 | 10 | 1β6 | 1β8 | 83β104 |
Detroit Red Wings | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130β77 | 7 | 9 | 3β10 | 1β7 | 95β101 |
Florida Panthers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90β99 | 12 | 7 | 3β11 | 2β8 | 84β99 |
Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93β118 | 8 | 8 | 0β5 | 0β10 | 96β98 |
Ottawa Senators | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100β83 | 10 | 9 | 4β8 | 1β7 | 67β89 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 95β89 | 6 | 13 | 0β11 | 5β12 | 82β133 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 112β85 | 10 | 7 | 3β7 | 1β9 | 84β95 |
Division total | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 827β759 | 77 | 73 | 16β70 | 14β72 | 693β826 |
Metropolitan | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO WβL |
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Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 143β100 | 8 | 10 | 0β8 | 1β10 | 104β114 |
New Jersey Devils | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122β122 | 7 | 7 | 2β15 | 1β13 | 121β130 |
New York Islanders | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 136β90 | 7 | 11 | 2β11 | 2β11 | 126β98 |
New York Rangers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 153β105 | 14 | 13 | 1β11 | 4β13 | 118β101 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 121β123 | 17 | 9 | 4β10 | 4β12 | 118β134 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 174β146 | 12 | 12 | 1β10 | 0β6 | 126β123 |
Washington Capitals | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 110β110 | 9 | 16 | 3β11 | 2β9 | 125β112 |
Division total | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 959β796 | 74 | 78 | 13β76 | 14β74 | 838β802 |
Conference total | 52 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 1786β1555 | 151 | 151 | 29β146 | 28β146 | 1531β1628 |
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Central | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO WβL |
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Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74β73 | 7 | 5 | 3β4 | 0β2 | 56β46 |
Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76β60 | 4 | 3 | 0β6 | 1β7 | 69β45 |
Dallas Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58β57 | 6 | 0 | 2β4 | 0β5 | 43β72 |
Minnesota Wild | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90β48 | 10 | 5 | 1β11 | 3β9 | 63β71 |
Nashville Predators | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66β57 | 11 | 6 | 4β10 | 0β8 | 43β64 |
St. Louis Blues | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63β43 | 6 | 6 | 1β7 | 1β7 | 60β61 |
Winnipeg Jets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72β55 | 2 | 11 | 0β5 | 2β4 | 65β66 |
Division total | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 499β393 | 46 | 36 | 11β47 | 7β42 | 409β425 |
Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | SHOTS | GF | GA | PP | PK | FO WβL |
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Anaheim Ducks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70β48 | 5 | 3 | 0β10 | 0β8 | 57β61 |
Arizona Coyotes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78β48 | 6 | 4 | 0β11 | 1β5 | 65β54 |
Calgary Flames | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72β57 | 5 | 7 | 0β6 | 1β9 | 55β73 |
Edmonton Oilers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61β62 | 10 | 5 | 1β3 | 1β7 | 71β53 |
Los Angeles Kings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68β58 | 6 | 3 | 1β5 | 0β5 | 62β67 |
San Jose Sharks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81β46 | 5 | 8 | 1β5 | 3β5 | 79β58 |
Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67β51 | 10 | 5 | 1β8 | 2β6 | 62β72 |
Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66β50 | 5 | 5 | 0β6 | 1β6 | 55β61 |
Division total | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 563β420 | 52 | 40 | 4β54 | 9β51 | 506β499 |
Conference total | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1062β813 | 98 | 76 | 15β101 | 16β93 | 915β924 |
NHL total | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 2848β2367 | 249 | 227 | 43β247 | 44β239 | 2446β2548 |
The Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the First Round of the playoffs, [11] and defeated them in seven games. [12]
The Hurricanes faced the New York Islanders in the Second Round of the playoffs, [13] sweeping them in four games, which was the first best-of-seven series sweep in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history. [14] [15]
The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the Conference Finals, [16] and were swept in four games. [17] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in the Conference Semifinals in seven games. [18]
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Legend: Win Loss |
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Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Petr Mrazek | 40 | 40 | 2,386:51 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 95 | 2.39 | 1,104 | .914 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Curtis McElhinney | 33 | 33 | 1,977:31 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 85 | 2.58 | 968 | .912 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Darling | 8 | 8 | 485:34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 3.34 | 233 | .884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Nedeljkovic | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 26 | .923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Petr Mrazek | 11 | 11 | 659:43 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 2.73 | 282 | .894 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curtis McElhinney | 5 | 4 | 268:25 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2.01 | 128 | .930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
β Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
β‘Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018β19 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2018 | To
New York Rangers VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018 |
To Carolina Hurricanes BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019 |
[25] |
June 23, 2018 | To
Calgary Flames Noah Hanifin Elias Lindholm |
To Carolina Hurricanes Dougie Hamilton Micheal Ferland Adam Fox |
[26] |
August 2, 2018 | To
Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner |
To Carolina Hurricanes Cliff Pu 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020 6th-round pick in 2020 |
[27] |
January 17, 2019 | To
Minnesota Wild Victor Rask |
To Carolina Hurricanes Nino Niederreiter |
[28] |
February 25, 2019 | To
Florida Panthers Cliff Pu |
To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations |
[29] |
April 30, 2019 | To
New York Rangers Adam Fox |
To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 |
[30] |
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Jake Chelios | to Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | [31] |
July 1, 2018 | Petr Mrazek | from Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Joakim Nordstrom | to Boston Bruins | 2-year | [33] |
July 1, 2018 | Derek Ryan | to Calgary Flames | 3-year | [34] |
July 1, 2018 | Cam Ward | to Chicago Blackhawks | 1-year | [35] |
July 2, 2018 | Dan Renouf | from Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | [36] |
July 3, 2018 | Calvin de Haan | from New York Islanders | 4-year | [37] |
July 9, 2018 | Jeremy Smith | to Bridgeport Sound Tigers ( AHL) | Unknown | [38] |
August 9, 2018 | Keegan Kanzig | to Idaho Steelheads ( ECHL) | 1-year | [39] |
September 11, 2018 | Tyler Ganly | to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) | 1-year | [40] |
September 27, 2018 | Michal Cajkovsky | from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) | 1-year | [41] |
October 10, 2018 | Brenden Kichton | to SaiPa ( Liiga) | Unknown | [42] |
April 17, 2019 | Jacob Pritchard | from UMass Minutemen ( Hockey East) | 1-year | [43] |
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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October 2, 2018 | Curtis McElhinney | from Toronto Maple Leafs | [44] |
November 30, 2018 | Valentin Zykov | to Edmonton Oilers | [45] |
January 1, 2019 | Phillip Di Giuseppe | to Nashville Predators | [46] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 26, 2018 | Phillip Di Giuseppe | 1-year | [49] |
June 29, 2018 | Valentin Zykov | 2-year | [50] |
June 30, 2018 | Andrei Svechnikov | 3-year | [51] |
July 5, 2018 | Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2-year | [52] |
July 12, 2018 | Greg McKegg | 1-year | [53] |
July 12, 2018 | Lucas Wallmark | 2-year | [54] |
January 21, 2019 | Teuvo Teravainen | 5-year | [55] |
March 21, 2019 | Stelio Mattheos | 3-year | [56] |
May 28, 2019 | Jesper Sellgren | 3-year | [57] |
Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov | RW | Russia | Barrie Colts ( OHL) |
2 | 42 | Jack Drury | C | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks ( USHL) |
4 | 961 | Luke Henman | C | Canada | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada ( QMJHL) |
4 | 104 | Lenni Killinen | RW | Finland | Blues U20 ( Nuorten SM-liiga) |
6 | 166 | Jesper Sellgren | D | Sweden | Modo Hockey ( Allsvenskan) |
7 | 197 | Jake Kucharski | G | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
Notes: