Hurricanes at Jets, Oct. 14

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❯❯ About the HURRICANES

Carolina (1-0-1) will be a rested club when it returns to the ice tonight. The Metropolitan Division club hasn’t played since Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime defeat to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackers. The Hurricanes, who opened with a 5-4 shootout victory on home ice over the Minnesota Wild last Saturday, have played the fewest games of any of the league’s 31 teams.

G Scott Darling was given the start for the club’s first two contests of the season, while veteran G Cam Ward backed him up. Preparing for free agency, Darling was acquired by the ‘Canes in late April for a third-round pick and signed a four-year, US$16.6-million deal just more than a week later.

Through a pair of games, Carolina has just three players with multiple points. European-born forwards C Victor Rask (1G, 1A), C Elias Lindholm (2A) and RW Sebastian Aho (2A) lead the club offensively. LW Jeff Skinner, a 37-goal scorer a year ago, D Noah Hanifin, LW Joakim Nordstrom and C Derek Ryan have one tally apiece to begin the 2017-18 campaign.

The Hurricanes waded into free agency and inked veteran RW Justin Williams to a two-year, US$9-million contract on July 1. Though he’s 36, he should bolster a squad short on offensive punch. He was a 20-goal, nearly 50-point guy in Washington the last two seasons, and he’s a perennial Corsi leader and renowned playoff performer. He’s been playing on a line with C Victor Rask and LW Teuvo Teravainen.

 

CAROLINA HURRICANES

30 Cam Ward G

33 Scott Darling G

4 Haydn Fleury D

5 Noah Hanifin D

6 Klas Dahlbeck D

7 Derek Ryan C

11 Jordan Staal C

14 Justin Williams RW

16 Marcus Kruger C

20 Sebastian Aho RW

22 Brett Pesce D

23 Brock McGinn LW

27 Justin Faulk D

28 Elias Lindholm C

42 Joakim Nordstrom LW

49 Victor Rask C 24

53 Jeff Skinner LW

57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D

59 Janne Kuokkanen C

74 Jaccob Slavin D

86 Teuvo Teravainen LW

Head coach: Bill Peters

Assistant coaches: Rod Brind’Amour, Steve Smith

Goalie coach: Mike Bales

 

WINNIPEG JETS

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

13 Brandon Tanev LW

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goalie coach: Wade Flaherty

 

— Jason Bell