2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season

2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes
2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	6th Eastern
2019–20 record	38–25–5
Home record	19–12–2
Road record	19–13–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	193
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain	Jordan Staal
Alternate captains	Jordan Martinook; Jaccob Slavin
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	16,905 (90.5%); (33 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL); Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sebastian Aho (38)
Assists	Teuvo Teravainen (48)
Points	Sebastian Aho (66)
Penalty minutes	Joel Edmundson (72)
Plus/minus	Dougie Hamilton; Jaccob Slavin (+30)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (21)
Goals against average	James Reimer (2.66)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 41st 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 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.^[2]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled^[5] The Hurricanes advanced to the playoffs and are scheduled to face the New York Rangers in the qualifying round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League^[6]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[7]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[7]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[8]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.^[9]

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Carolina	3–0	Tampa Bay		Reimer	12,010	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 18	Tampa Bay	0–2	Carolina		Mrazek	—	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Carolina	2–3	Washington		Reimer	14,603	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Carolina	0–3	Nashville		Forsberg	17,159	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 27	Nashville	2–1	Carolina	OT	Reimer	11,212	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 29	Washington	4–3	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	2–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[10]

2019–20 game log

October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Montreal	3–4	Carolina	SO	Mrazek	18,680	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 5	Carolina	3–2	Washington	OT	Reimer	18,506	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 6	Tampa Bay	3–4	Carolina	OT	Mrazek	14,125	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 8	Carolina	6–3	Florida		Reimer	11,638	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	October 11	NY Islanders	2–5	Carolina		Mrazek	14,875	5–0–0	10	Recap
6	October 12	Columbus	3–2	Carolina		Reimer	16,224	5–1–0	10	Recap
7	October 15	Carolina	2–0	Los Angeles		Mrazek	14,219	6–1–0	12	Recap
8	October 16	Carolina	2–5	San Jose		Reimer	15,143	6–2–0	12	Recap
9	October 18	Carolina	2–4	Anaheim		Mrazek	14,755	6–3–0	12	Recap
10	October 24	Carolina	3–4	Columbus	OT	Mrazek	15,398	6–3–1	13	Recap
11	October 26	Chicago	0–4	Carolina		Mrazek	15,738	7–3–1	15	Recap
12	October 29	Calgary	1–2	Carolina		Mrazek	13,864	8–3–1	17	Recap

November: 8–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 5–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Detroit	3–7	Carolina		Mrazek	15,383	9–3–1	19	Recap
14	November 2	New Jersey	5–3	Carolina		Reimer	15,079	9–4–1	19	Recap
15	November 5	Carolina	1–4	Philadelphia		Mrazek	16,172	9–5–1	19	Recap
16	November 7	NY Rangers	4–2	Carolina		Mrazek	13,878	9–6–1	19	Recap
17	November 9	Carolina	1–4	Ottawa		Reimer	12,276	9–7–1	19	Recap
18	November 11	Ottawa	2–8	Carolina		Mrazek	12,356	10–7–1	21	Recap
19	November 14	Carolina	5–4	Buffalo	OT	Mrazek	16,603	11–7–1	23	Recap
20	November 16	Carolina	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Reimer	17,101	12–7–1	25	Recap
21	November 19	Carolina	4–2	Chicago		Mrazek	21,325	13–7–1	27	Recap
22	November 21	Philadelphia	5–3	Carolina		Mrazek	14,734	13–8–1	27	Recap
23	November 23	Florida	2–4	Carolina		Mrazek	18,159	14–8–1	29	Recap
24	November 24	Carolina	2–0	Detroit		Reimer	18,726	15–8–1	31	Recap
25	November 27	Carolina	2–3	NY Rangers		Mrazek	17,269	15–9–1	31	Recap
26	November 29	Nashville	3–0	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	15–10–1	31	Recap
27	November 30	Carolina	3–2	Tampa Bay		Reimer	19,092	16–10–1	33	Recap

December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
28	December 3	Carolina	0–2	Boston		Reimer	17,850	16–11–1	33	Recap
29	December 5	San Jose	2–3	Carolina	SO	Mrazek	14,275	17–11–1	35	Recap
30	December 7	Minnesota	2–6	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	18–11–1	37	Recap
31	December 10	Carolina	6–3	Edmonton		Reimer	16,175	19–11–1	39	Recap
32	December 12	Carolina	0–1	Vancouver	OT	Mrazek	18,626	19–11–2	40	Recap
33	December 14	Carolina	4–0	Calgary		Reimer	18,853	20–11–2	42	Recap
34	December 17	Carolina	6–3	Winnipeg		Mrazek	15,325	21–11–2	44	Recap
35	December 19	Carolina	3–1	Colorado		Reimer	18,015	22–11–2	46	Recap
36	December 21	Florida	4–2	Carolina		Mrazek	18,224	22–12–2	46	Recap
37	December 23	Carolina	6–8	Toronto		Mrazek	19,176	22–13–2	46	Recap
38	December 27	Carolina	3–5	NY Rangers		Reimer	17,498	22–14–2	46	Recap
39	December 28	Washington	4–6	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	23–14–2	48	Recap
40	December 31	Montreal	1–3	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	24–14–2	50	Recap

January: 5–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 3	Washington	4–3	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	24–15–2	50	Recap
42	January 5	Tampa Bay	3–1	Carolina		Mrazek	18,015	24–16–2	50	Recap
43	January 7	Philadelphia	4–5	Carolina	OT	Reimer	15,072	25–16–2	52	Recap
44	January 10	Arizona	0–3	Carolina		Mrazek	16,476	26–16–2	54	Recap
45	January 11	Los Angeles	0–2	Carolina		Reimer	18,680	27–16–2	56	Recap
46	January 13	Carolina	0–2	Washington		Mrazek	18,573	27–17–2	56	Recap
47	January 16	Carolina	2–3	Columbus		Mrazek	17,900	27–18–2	56	Recap
48	January 17	Anaheim	2–1	Carolina	OT	Reimer	16,913	27–18–3	57	Recap
49	January 19	NY Islanders	1–2	Carolina	SO	Reimer	18,680	28–18–3	59	Recap
50	January 21	Winnipeg	1–4	Carolina		Mrazek	14,607	29–18–3	61	Recap
51	January 31	Vegas	4–3	Carolina		Mrazek	18,150	29–19–3	61	Recap

February: 6–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 2	Vancouver	3–4	Carolina	SO	Reimer	15,767	30–19–3	63	Recap
53	February 4	Carolina	3–6	St. Louis		Mrazek	18,096	30–20–3	63	Recap
54	February 6	Carolina	5–3	Arizona		Reimer	11,632	31–20–3	65	Recap
55	February 8	Carolina	6–5	Vegas	SO	Reimer	18,417	32–20–3	67	Recap
56	February 11	Carolina	1–4	Dallas		Mrazek	18,532	32–21–3	67	Recap
57	February 14	New Jersey	2–5	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	33–21–3	69	Recap
58	February 16	Edmonton	4–3	Carolina	OT	Reimer	18,680	33–21–4	70	Recap
59	February 18	Carolina	4–1	Nashville		Mrazek	17,204	34–21–4	72	Recap
60	February 21	NY Rangers	5–2	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	34–22–4	72	Recap
61	February 22	Carolina	6–3	Toronto		Ayres	19,414	35–22–4	74	Recap
62	February 25	Dallas	4–1	Carolina		Nedeljkovic	18,176	35–23–4	74	Recap
63	February 28	Colorado	3–2	Carolina		Forsberg	18,680	35–24–4	74	Recap
64	February 29	Carolina	3–4	Montreal	OT	Nedeljkovic	21,207	35–24–5	75	Recap

March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 5	Carolina	1–4	Philadelphia		Nedeljkovic	18,900	35–25–5	75	Recap
66	March 7	Carolina	3–2	NY Islanders	OT	Forsberg	13,917	36–25–5	77	Recap
67	March 8	Carolina	6–2	Pittsburgh		Nedeljkovic	18,548	37–25–5	79	Recap
68	March 10	Carolina	5–2	Detroit		Mrazek	17,511	38–25–5	81	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
69	March 12	Carolina	New Jersey
70	March 14	Pittsburgh	Carolina
71	March 15	Carolina	Buffalo
72	March 17	Buffalo	Carolina
73	March 19	St. Louis	Carolina
74	March 21	Ottawa	Carolina
75	March 22	Carolina	NY Islanders
76	March 24	Carolina	Pittsburgh
77	March 26	Toronto	Carolina
78	March 28	Pittsburgh	Carolina
79	March 29	Carolina	New Jersey
80	March 31	Boston	Carolina
81	April 3	Columbus	Carolina
82	April 4	Carolina	Boston

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of March 10, 2020

Skaters

Regular season^[11]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sebastian Aho	68	38	28	66	10	26
Teuvo Teravainen	68	15	48	63	20	8
Andrei Svechnikov	68	24	37	61	9	54
Dougie Hamilton	47	14	26	40	30	32
Martin Necas	64	16	20	36	−6	20
Jaccob Slavin	68	6	30	36	30	10
Warren Foegele	68	13	17	30	9	34
Nino Niederreiter	67	11	18	29	−3	42
Ryan Dzingel	64	8	21	29	3	30
Jordan Staal	68	8	19	27	3	40
Jake Gardiner	68	4	20	24	−24	30
Lucas Wallmark^‡	60	11	12	23	0	18
Erik Haula^‡	41	12	10	22	1	20
Joel Edmundson	68	7	13	20	7	72
Brett Pesce	61	4	14	18	7	27
Brock McGinn	68	7	10	17	−4	17
Haydn Fleury	45	4	10	14	−2	8
Jordan Martinook	45	2	11	13	−2	22
Justin Williams	20	8	3	11	2	6
Trevor van Riemsdyk	49	1	7	8	−7	10
Morgan Geekie	2	3	1	4	3	2
Vincent Trocheck^†	7	1	1	2	−5	16
Brady Skjei^†	7	0	1	1	−4	4
Clark Bishop	5	0	1	1	−2	4
Julien Gauthier^‡	5	0	1	1	2	6
Eetu Luostarinen^‡	8	0	1	1	−2	0
Brian Gibbons	15	0	0	0	−7	4

Goaltenders

Regular season^[12]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Petr Mrazek	40	38	2,320:59	21	16	2	104	2.69	1,091	.905	3	4
James Reimer	25	24	1,378:01	14	6	2	61	2.66	712	.914	3	2
Anton Forsberg	3	3	143:09	1	1	0	8	3.35	78	.897	0	0
Alex Nedeljkovic	4	3	216:19	1	2	1	11	3.05	97	.887	0	0
David Ayres	1	0	28:41	1	0	0	2	4.18	10	.800	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated July 18, 2024^[13]^[14]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20	Sebastian Aho (A)	C	L	27	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
28	William Carrier	LW	L	29	2024	LaSalle, Quebec
18	Jack Drury	C	L	24	2018	New York, New York
71	Jesper Fast	RW	R	32	2020	Nässjö, Sweden
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	L	31	2024	Pembroke Pines, Florida
24	Seth Jarvis (RFA)	C	R	22	2020	Winnipeg, Manitoba
27	Tyson Jost	C	L	26	2024	St. Albert, Alberta
52	Pyotr Kochetkov	G	L	25	2019	Penza, Russia
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	L	24	2021	Pori, Finland
22	Brendan Lemieux	LW	L	28	2023	Denver, Colorado
41	Spencer Martin	G	L	29	2024	Oakville, Ontario
48	Jordan Martinook (A)	LW	L	32	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 (RFA)	C	R	25	2017	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
7	Dmitry Orlov	D	L	33	2023	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
50	Eric Robinson	LW	L	29	2024	Bellmawr, New Jersey
96	Jack Roslovic	C	R	27	2024	Columbus, Ohio
74	Jaccob Slavin (A)	D	L	30	2012	Erie, Colorado
11	Jordan Staal (C)	C	L	35	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario
61	Riley Stillman	D	L	26	2024	Calgary, Alberta
16	Ryan Suzuki	C	L	23	2019	London, Ontario
37	Andrei Svechnikov	RW	L	24	2018	Barnaul, Russia
26	Sean Walker	D	R	29	2024	Keswick, Ontario

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v t e Carolina Hurricanes
Formerly the New England/Hartford Whalers Founded in 1972 Based in Raleigh, North Carolina
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v t e Carolina Hurricanes seasons
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2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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v t e 2019–20 NHL season
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Central	Chicago Colorado Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg
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