2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season

2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	Central
2020–21 record	6–2–0
Home record	3–0–0
Road record	3–2–0
Goals for	26
Goals against	19
Team information
Coach	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain	Jordan Staal
Alternate captains	Jordan Martinook Jaccob Slavin
Arena	PNC Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Andrei Svechnikov (6)
Assists	Sebastian Aho Dougie Hamilton (6)
Points	Andrei Svechnikov (9)
Penalty minutes	Dougie Hamilton (11)
Plus/minus	Martin Necas (+6)
Wins	James Reimer (4)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (0.99)

The 2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 42nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and 24th season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Hurricanes will play this season in the Central Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 5–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Carolina 3–0 Detroit Mrazek 0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 16 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Mrazek 0 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 18 Carolina 4–2 Nashville Reimer 0 2–1–0 4 Recap — January 19 Carolina – Nashville Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2. — January 21 Florida – Carolina Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for February 17. — January 23 Florida – Carolina Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 7. — January 26 Tampa Bay – Carolina Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for February 22. 4 January 28 Tampa Bay 0–1 Carolina OT Mrazek 0 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 January 30 Dallas 1–4 Carolina Reimer 0 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 January 31 Dallas 3–4 Carolina SO Reimer 0 5–1–0 10 Recap
February: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 7 February 2 Carolina 4–3 Chicago SO Reimer 0 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 February 4 Carolina 4–6 Chicago Reimer 0 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 February 7 Carolina – Columbus 10 February 8 Carolina – Columbus 11 February 11 Carolina – Dallas 12 February 13 Carolina – Dallas 13 February 15 Columbus – Carolina 14 February 17 Florida – Carolina 15 February 19 Chicago – Carolina 16 February 20 Chicago – Carolina 17 February 22 Tampa Bay – Carolina 18 February 24 Carolina – Tampa Bay 19 February 25 Carolina – Tampa Bay 20 February 27 Carolina – Florida
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 1 Carolina – Florida 22 March 2 Carolina – Nashville 23 March 4 Detroit – Carolina 24 March 7 Florida – Carolina 25 March 9 Nashville – Carolina 26 March 11 Nashville – Carolina 27 March 14 Carolina – Detroit 28 March 16 Carolina – Detroit 29 March 18 Columbus – Carolina 30 March 20 Columbus – Carolina 31 March 22 Carolina – Columbus 32 March 25 Carolina – Columbus 33 March 27 Tampa Bay – Carolina 34 March 28 Tampa Bay – Carolina 35 March 30 Carolina – Chicago
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 April 1 Carolina – Chicago 37 April 3 Dallas – Carolina 38 April 4 Dallas – Carolina 39 April 6 Florida – Carolina 40 April 8 Florida – Carolina 41 April 10 Detroit – Carolina 42 April 12 Detroit – Carolina 43 April 15 Nashville – Carolina 44 April 17 Nashville – Carolina 45 April 19 Carolina – Tampa Bay 46 April 20 Carolina – Tampa Bay 47 April 22 Carolina – Florida 48 April 24 Carolina – Florida 49 April 26 Carolina – Dallas 50 April 27 Carolina – Dallas 51 April 29 Detroit – Carolina
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Columbus – Carolina 53 May 3 Chicago – Carolina 54 May 4 Chicago – Carolina 55 May 7 Carolina – Nashville 56 May 8 Carolina – Nashville
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Roster

Updated April 29, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20		Sebastian Aho (A)	C	L	26	2015	Rauma, Finland
31		Frederik Andersen	G	L	34	2021	Herning, Denmark
53		Jackson Blake	RW	R	20	2021	Fargo, North Dakota
8		Brent Burns	D	R	39	2022	Barrie, Ontario
5		Jalen Chatfield	D	R	28	2021	Ypsilanti, Michigan
15		Dylan Coghlan	D	R	26	2022	Duncan, British Columbia
44		Max Comtois	LW	L	25	2024	Longueuil, Quebec
77		Tony DeAngelo	D	R	28	2023	Sewell, New Jersey
18		Jack Drury	C	L	24	2018	New York, New York
71		Jesper Fast	RW	R	32	2020	Nässjö, Sweden
59		Jake Guentzel	LW	L	29	2024	Omaha, Nebraska
24		Seth Jarvis	C	R	22	2020	Winnipeg, Manitoba
52		Pyotr Kochetkov	G	L	24	2019	Penza, Russia
82		Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	L	23	2021	Pori, Finland
92		Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	L	32	2024	Chelyabinsk, Russia
28		Brendan Lemieux	LW	L	28	2023	Denver, Colorado
41		Spencer Martin	G	L	28	2024	Oakville, Ontario
48		Jordan Martinook (A)	LW	L	31	2018	Brandon, Manitoba
56		Scott Morrow	D	R	21	2021	Darien, Connecticut
29		Bradly Nadeau	LW	R	19	2023	Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick
88		Martin Necas	C	R	25	2017	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
23		Stefan Noesen	RW	R	31	2021	Plano, Texas
7		Dmitry Orlov	D	L	32	2023	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
22		Brett Pesce	D	R	29	2013	Tarrytown, New York
91		Ronan Seeley	D	L	21	2020	Olds, Alberta
76		Brady Skjei	D	L	30	2020	Lakeville, Minnesota
74		Jaccob Slavin (A)	D	L	30	2012	Erie, Colorado
11		Jordan Staal (C)	C	L	35	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario
61		Ryan Suzuki	C	L	22	2019	London, Ontario
37		Andrei Svechnikov	RW	L	24	2018	Barnaul, Russia
86		Teuvo Teravainen	LW	L	29	2016	Helsinki, Finland