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[Carolina Hurricanes]

Canes Host Canucks on Hockey Fights Cancer Night

The Carolina Hurricanes are coming off their worst game of the season and are looking to start a new winning streak tonight versus Vancouver.

Adam Foote, known for being a physical stay-at-home defenseman during his 20-year NHL career, is in his first full season as an NHL head coach after being promoted on May 14, 2025. Foote took over the head coaching duties following the departure of Rick Tocchet in April.

Foote is seen as a player’s coach. TSN reported on May 14, 2025, that “Foote is believed to be the preferred candidate of Canucks captain Quinn Hughes,” with Hughes saying that Foote “was the best coach I’ve ever had.”

However, the early results do not match expectations. The Canucks were generally picked as a Western Conference wild card team in the preseason.

Vancouver is currently 28th in the NHL, two games under .500 with an 8-9-1 record.

Each phase of the Canucks’ game is having issues.

Most notably, goaltender Thatcher Demko is out with a lower-body injury. The two-time All-Star and 2023–24 Vezina Trophy finalist has been injury-prone since a lower-body injury sustained during the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Demko has a 5-4-0 record with a 2.80 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. He sustained his injury on Tuesday versus Winnipeg after allowing three goals on 11 shots.

Goalie Kevin Lankinen has struggled recently. In the last four games, Lankinen has posted a 1-2-1 record with a 3.59 goals against average and a .884 save percentage. In October, Lankinen had a 2.85 goals against average and a .912 save percentage.

The Canucks rank 28th in the league with 3.50 goals allowed per game, but the blame cannot lie squarely on the shoulders of their goaltenders.

Foote is a defensive-minded coach, but his blueliners have had a tough start to the season.

Last season, the Canucks finished with the third-best penalty kill in the NHL. Vancouver currently ranks last on the penalty kill. Why the dramatic fall off?

The team’s top penalty killer from last season, Pius Suter, signed with St. Louis in the offseason. However, the rest of the personnel is largely the same.

According to The Canadian Press, the Canucks are playing a passive, collapsing box style rather than an aggressive kill that attacked at the blue line to force turnovers.

The high slot is left open, and too many high-quality shots are generated from this area.

Perhaps, once again, an opportunity for the Carolina power play to build confidence and momentum.

Vancouver ranks 23rd in the NHL in high-danger chances allowed per 60 minutes, and at five-on-five, they rank 29th in the league in expected goals against (xGA).

Carson Soucy and Tyler Myers are currently allowing 3.85 xGA per 60 minutes over the last five games, which is the worst mark on the team.

Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek have a positive shot share, but their high-danger chances allowed per 60 minutes have spiked to 11.2 per 60.

Hughes is the workhorse for Vancouver. With a couple of injuries on the blueline, combined with his team lead in points and power play points, Hughes has averaged the most time on ice in the league.

His aggressive offensive style, early-season injury, and time on ice may be contributing factors to the defensive performance of that pair.

One of the biggest storylines on the Vancouver offense is Elias Pettersson. The former 100-point scorer is struggling to find the back of the net. Pettersson has just three goals this season and has not lit the lamp in eight games. Despite this lack of scoring, Pettersson’s 13 points are tied with Hughes for the team lead.

On the flip side, veteran Kiefer Sherwood is on pace for a career season. Sherwood is tied for fourth in the NHL with 11 goals. In his eighth season in the league, he needs just nine more goals to set a career high.

The Canucks are 22nd in the league with 2.83 goals scored per game and are 28th in expected goals (xGF).

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Another game, another injury for the Hurricanes. Late in the third period, Frederik Andersen left the game after a collision with Jordan Staal.

After attempting to go back to the crease, the concussion spotter brought Andersen down the tunnel, and Pyotr Kochetkov took over for the remainder of the game.

Andersen practiced on Thursday, so it seems as though he is no worse for wear.

There were a few bright spots from the loss to Washington on Tuesday.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored the lone goal for Carolina, extending his point streak to five games. Since finally breaking through with his first point on October 20 against Vegas, Ehlers leads all Hurricanes with 10 points in 11 games.

Shayne Gostisbehere returned to the lineup after six games and earned an assist on Ehlers’s goal. He and Ehlers were the only Canes with a positive plus-minus on Tuesday.

Stick taps go to Logan Stankoven, who fought Martin Fehervary in the first period to earn his first career fighting major.

According to Walt Ruff, the following lines and pairs skated in Thursday’s practice:

Svechnikov – Aho – Jarvis
Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
Carrier – Staal – Martinook
Hall – Kotkaniemi – Robinson
Jankowski

Gostisbehere – Walker
Nikishin – Reilly
Miller – Nystrom
Bayreuther

Andersen | Bussi | Kochetkov

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Tonight is the Canes’ annual Hockey Fights Cancer awareness game, which is a special evening for many, especially Canes Country’s own Al Hood. Seth Jarvis, Sean Walker, and Charles Alexis Legault visited pediatric cancer patients at the N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital at UNC Hospital last Friday.

Here are some great new initiatives from the Hurricanes this season:

New this year, the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation and The V Foundation for Cancer Research are teaming up to make a greater impact for families affected by cancer in North Carolina, with a goal to raise $100,000 to fund pediatric cancer research at UNC. Funds will come from local donors, fan contributions during the November 14 home game, and Hockey Fights Cancer activations such as auctions and limited-edition merchandise, with The V Foundation matching donations up to $50,000. A game-day auction on Friday will feature autographed items—fans can participate at Canes.GiveSmart.com or by texting “Canes” to 76278—and 250 limited-edition mystery pucks signed by Hurricanes players will be sold for $55 each on the South Plaza before the game, with all proceeds benefiting the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation.

Additionally, 288 limited edition jerseys with a V Foundation/Carolina Hurricanes Foundation patch and optional customizations will be sold online only beginning Friday, with proceeds benefiting the special campaign. Jerseys can be purchased here starting Friday. The Carolina Pro shop will also stock additional Hockey Fights Cancer merchandise both in-store and online here.

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Here’s how to check out the action:

Time: 7:00 PM ET
Location: Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TV: FanDuel Sports Network with Mike Maniscalco, play-by-play; Tripp Tracy, color analyst; Shane Willis, analyst; Hannah Yates, rinkside.
Radio: 99.9 The Fan FM
Line: ML: CAR -192; PL: CAR +1.5 +130

Source: https://www.canescountry.com/caroli...on-hockey-fights-cancer-night-nhl-november-14

 

[Carolina Hurricanes]

Carolina Survives, Defeats Vancouver in Overtime

There’s an adage among old school ACC basketball coaches: You have to give the other team credit.

Vancouver deserves a lot of credit tonight because they took advantage of every mistake by Carolina.

However, the Hurricanes maintained their composure and kept to their game. This was despite holding sole possession of the lead for just four minutes of game time.

The Canucks were opportunistic in the first period, with Max Sasson and Elias Pettersson capitalizing on poor positional play and errant passes.

Andrei Svechnikov had another fantastic game, tallying two goals and one assist, including a power play marker in the first.

Svechnikov tied the game off a turnover forced by Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis.

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Svechnikov’s power play goal is exactly what the Canes have needed on the man advantage. A clean faceoff win leads to a beauty of a one-timer off the smooth pass from Shayne Gostisbehere. The set play worked to perfection, and Carolina made it look easy.

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The second period could have deflated the Hurricanes.

Carolina finished with an 18-8 shot advantage and controlled the play. However, the Canes took the only two penalties of the period, and Sean Walker’s slashing penalty led to a Conor Garland power play goal to give Vancouver the lead.

At the break, alternate captain Jordan Martinook said that he “liked [their] game,” and insisted that if they keep it up, the team will find a way to win.

The third period was typical for a Hurricanes team led by Rod Brind’Amour.

Vancouver had just four shots in the third period. The Canucks went eight minutes between their third and fourth shot, and the Hurricanes held them without a shot for the final five minutes of the game.

The Hurricanes controlled the play throughout the third, and you could feel that the Canes were on the cusp of tying the game. Birthday boy Taylor Hall netted the game-tying goal after some dominant passing and puck possession.

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Carolina forced overtime, but Vancouver held the advantage for nearly the entire extra period. Despite possessing the puck for over three straight minutes, the Canucks only managed one shot on Pyotr Kochetkov.

Once the Canes took control, it seemed like a goal was inevitable.

Jackson Blake got the first real opportunity for Carolina with 52 seconds left in overtime. In the next 20 seconds, Gostisbehere and Nikolaj Ehlers got their chances before Aho sniped it blocker side from above the dots to win it for the Canes.

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Who else but the Hurricanes’ all-time leading overtime goal scorer?

According to MoneyPuck.com, Carolina had a “Deserve to Win” percentage of 89.3 percent. The Hurricanes dominated shots, possession, and the number of quality scoring chances.

It could have easily gone the other way, but this team stuck to their game in the third and made it happen.

Unfortunately, the injury bug continues to bite. Jarvis was struck by an inadvertent high stick and Jesperi Kotkaniemi left the game with an ankle injury.

Stay tuned to Canes Country for tomorrow’s game preview, including injury updates.

Source: https://www.canescountry.com/2010-1...uver-canucks-in-overtime-nhl-november-14-2025

 

[Carolina Hurricanes]

Canes set to face off against Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid

Friday Night was so fun, why don’t we do it again?

The Carolina Hurricanes get no rest today as they have to take an electric win last night, essentially forget it, and face two of the best players in the NHL in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The Edmonton Oilers are in town and have been for the last day or so. They last played Columbus to a 5-4 loss on Thursday Night and flew into Raleigh afterwards. So while the Canes and Vancouver faced off last night, the Oilers sat back and studied their opponent.

The hangover that many expected Edmonton to have last season appears to have bitten them this season. Their record isn’t bad—currently fourth in the Pacific and just four points behind Anaheim—but that’s with 19 games under their belt while Carolina has only played 17. The mediocre points total, though, doesn’t really tell the whole story as this week they found themselves on the bad end of a 9-1 loss to Colorado, followed that up by allowing four goals to the Blue Jackets in a win, barely beating Philadelphia 2-1, and the aforementioned loss to Columbus.

The Oilers are looking at some good news though as Zach Hyman is set to return to the lineup after fracturing his wrist in the Western Conference Finals against Dallas last season. Such a long layoff may not pay immediate dividends for Edmonton, but you know they’ll be inspired to have another important piece back on the ice.

The stars for Edmonton, though, have been the stars. McDavid is the draw of course, but you cannot forget Leon Draisaitl. Apparently a lot of teams have as he’s currently leading the Oilers in goals with 12. McDavid is second with seven but leads the team in points when you add in his 20 (!) assists. Ever since the embarrassment to Colorado scoring goals hasn’t really been the problem for Edmonton—they are tenth in the league in goals forced with 58—but consistency has been.

The other problem for Edmonton is—you guessed it—goalie. Neither Stuart Skinner nor Calvin Pickard have a save percentage over 90%, and the Oilers woke up Saturday fifth in goals allowed with 65, trailing only Nashville, Vancouver, St. Louis, and Toronto. Pickard was the man between the pipes on Thursday, so Skinner is likely going to be the one out there tonight.

Meanwhile the Canes have their own issues to work through. Last night’s win against Vancouver was good in so many ways—seeing Pyotr Kochetkov overcame three early goals to keep Vancouver from getting another one to the continued hot streak of Andrei Svechnikov. Not to mention Sebastian Aho bringing back the heroics of overtime to secure the win, and K’Andre Miller basically getting into Vancouver’s head with a clean hit that directly caused the game tying goal when they were more worried about getting even then defending. The problem, of course, is that the injury bug decided it was done taking out defenders and moved over to the forwards.

Early in the game, Seth Jarvis took a high stick from his own teammate and at the same time was cross-checked into the boards by Vancouver. That combo took him out of the lineup, and while he was spotted in the press box later half of his face looks like it’s going to be a shade of purple for a bit. Then, Jesperi Kotkaniemi left the game late in the second period with what Rod Brind’Amour described later as a twisted ankle. This is on top of Jalen Chatfield and Jaccob Slavin still being out.

The Canes aren’t going to hold a morning skate today—no surprise considering the back-to-back and the fact that they were basically down to three lines in an overtime game last night—so we aren’t going to know who’s in and out at least until Brind’Amour speaks to the media a little after 4 PM. There’s also the question of who’s in goal, although signs point to Frederick Andersen. He was back on the ice practicing after he was pulled by concussion spotters late in the third period on Tuesday, and chances are Brind’Amour will want to give him a chance to put that game behind him.

Even with players missing you can’t help but to pay attention when Edmonton comes to town for their only Raleigh visit of the regular season. It’s Saturday Night in Raleighwood, and the crowd will be looking for a repeat of last night’s heroics.

If you aren’t going to be there, here’s how to catch the action:

Time: 7:00 PM ET
Location: Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TV: FanDuel Sports Network with Mike Maniscalco, play-by-play; Tripp Tracy, color analyst; Shane Willis, analyst; Hannah Yates, rinkside.
Radio: 99.9 The Fan FM
Line: ML: CAR -115/EDM -104, PL: CAR -1.5 +210/EDM +1.5 -265, O 6.5 (+106)/U 6.5 (-130)

Source: https://www.canescountry.com/caroli...ff-against-edmonton-oilers-and-connor-mcdavid

 

[Carolina Hurricanes]

Canes Fall in Overtime for first time, lose to Edmonton 4-3

The positive: the Canes got a total of three points off a back-to-back that had both games go into Overtime and saw two starters get injured. The negative: if they had taken better care of the puck they wouldn’t have needed overtime either night and would have all four points.

After a game where both Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi left due to injury—Jarvis was back out on the ice to face the Oilers. He was bruised but otherwise didn’t show any ill effects from the injury. The Canes were once again without Jaccob Slavin and Jalen Chatfield, and had the daunting task of taking on the best duo in the NHL without their two best defensemen.

The first period got off to a very similar start to Friday Night’s game, as mistakes led to the first two Oiler goals. In what had to feel good for him in his return to Raleigh, Jack Roslovic took advantage of a badly misplayed puck by Frederik Andersen, and shot it past his former teammate for a quick 1-0 lead. He had plenty of experience going up against Andersen and he knew right where to place the shot. A few minutes later, Andrei Svechnikov took a cross-checking penalty to set up Oilers on the Power Play. Connor McDavid did McDavid things, taking the extra room to collect a loose puck that bounced off the end boards and shoot it at a ridiculous angle to get it past Andersen.

Anyone who has watched Edmonton this season knows that scoring goals hasn’t been a problem for them, the problem has been keeping pucks out of their own net. Fresh off a comeback win on Friday, the Canes didn’t get down and managed to build their own game. Late in the first Shayne Gostisbehere showed exactly why the Canes had missed him during his absence by once again whipping a pass over to Eric Robinson, who was able to snap it past Stuart Skinner to let the Canes get within a goal at 2-1 before the end of the first.

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Much like Friday, the Canes could argue they had played the better game but mistakes had them staring at a deficit at the first intermission. They remedied that in the second, seizing control and getting a tying goal early on thanks to a white-hot Nikolaj Ehlers. The goal was all hard work from the entire line, and it isn’t a coincidence that Ehlers has started to light up since being moved to play with Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake. The line worked to keep the puck in the offensive zone, and Blake set Ehlers up in the aftermath of some chaos and Skinner wasn’t settled in the crease. He was able to whip a pass to Ehlers who scored.

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The Canes overall dominated play in the second but only had that one goal to show for it, outshooting Edmonton 16-6 and looked like the fresher team despite having played the night before. Still, the Canes were unable to capitalize any more and went into the locker room tied at two.

Edmonton came out and started as a different team in the third, taking it to the Canes and forcing Andersen to make some really strong saves. It was only when McDavid again did McDavid things, and somehow beat the Canes down the ice despite multiple players being back in front of Andersen. His second of the night put the Oilers back on top 3-2, but the Canes reignited quickly and less than a minute later the Staal line got a Staal Score. The play was started with a faceoff win and a strong pass out of the zone by Gostisbehere, then William Carrier just bullied his way to the goalie with a player on him. Carrier pushed a shot on net, Skinner was unable to corral it and it bounced to Staal who potted it, knotting the score a three.

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The teams exchanged great chances for the rest of the period, and after dominating the second in shots, the Canes barely outshot the Oilers 9-8 in the third. Both goalies made great stops, but for the second night in a row the Canes found themselves in Overtime. In a three on three setting, the Oilers can roll out McDavid and Draisaitl to start, and all it took was 19 seconds for the latter to show off why he is an insane talent. After winning the faceoff, the Oilers didn’t bother to take much time entering the zone, and Draisaitl just slapped one past Andersen to get the bonus point.

Saturday was the last game at home for the Canes until Thanksgiving. They won’t get much of a chance to recoup as they ship up to Boston on Monday to try and get some revenge for an earlier loss, then bounce over to St. Paul, Winnipeg, and Buffalo. They won’t get more than one day off until that return to Raleigh, so we’ll see if any of the two missing defensemen will rejoin the team during the trek.

Source: https://www.canescountry.com/2010-1...-overtime-for-first-time-lose-to-edmonton-4-3