2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season was 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]

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%)[1] (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)

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 where they defeated the New York Rangers in a three-game sweep in the Qualifying Round, but were defeated in the First Round by the Boston Bruins in five games.[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	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[7]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	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[8]
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[8]
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: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

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)

Playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the New York Rangers in the qualifying round,[11] and defeated them in three games.[12]

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the first round, where they were defeated in five games.[13]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 NY Rangers 2–3 Carolina Mrazek 1–0 Recap 2 August 3 NY Rangers 1–4 Carolina Mrazek 2–0 Recap 3 August 4 Carolina 4–1 NY Rangers Reimer 3–0 Recap
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (4) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Carolina 3–4 Boston 2OT Mrazek 0–1 Recap 2 August 13 Carolina 3–2 Boston Reimer 1–1 Recap 3 August 15 Boston 3–1 Carolina Mrazek 1–2 Recap 4 August 17 Boston 4–3 Carolina Reimer 1–3 Recap 5 August 19 Carolina 1–2 Boston Mrazek 1–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[14] 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

Playoffs[15] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sebastian Aho 8 3 9 12 6 4 Andrei Svechnikov 6 4 3 7 7 8 Teuvo Teravainen 8 3 2 5 6 4 Martin Necas 8 1 3 4 0 0 Jordan Martinook 8 2 1 3 0 8 Sami Vatanen 7 0 3 3 −1 6 Haydn Fleury 8 2 0 2 4 6 Brock McGinn 8 1 1 2 0 2 Nino Niederreiter 7 1 1 2 −6 2 Jaccob Slavin 8 1 1 2 −2 0 Dougie Hamilton 5 1 1 2 −2 4 Brady Skjei 8 0 2 2 6 4 Vincent Trocheck 8 0 2 2 4 4 Joel Edmundson 4 1 0 1 4 2 Warren Foegele 8 1 0 1 −1 2 Justin Williams 7 1 0 1 0 9 Morgan Geekie 8 0 1 1 −1 0 Trevor van Riemsdyk 2 0 1 1 1 4 Jake Gardiner 6 0 1 1 0 2 Jordan Staal 8 0 0 0 −2 4 Ryan Dzingel 4 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[16]

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

Playoffs[17]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
James Reimer	3	3	178:05	2	1	7	2.36	106	.934	0	0	0	0
Petr Mrazek	5	5	316:36	2	3	11	2.08	155	.929	0	0	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 February 1, 2021[18][19]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20		Sebastian Aho	C	L	23	2015	Rauma, Finland
24		Jake Bean	D	L	22	2016	Calgary, Alberta
18		Ryan Dzingel	LW	L	28	2019	Wheaton, Illinois
71		Jesper Fast	RW	R	29	2020	Nässjö, Sweden
4		Haydn Fleury	D	L	24	2014	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
13		Warren Foegele	LW	L	24	2014	Markham, Ontario
51		Jake Gardiner	D	L	30	2019	Minneapolis, Minnesota
67		Morgan Geekie	C	R	22	2017	Strathclair, Manitoba
19		Dougie Hamilton	D	R	27	2018	Toronto, Ontario
78		Steven Lorentz	C	L	24	2015	Waterloo, Ontario
48		Jordan Martinook (A)	LW	L	28	2018	Brandon, Manitoba
28		Max McCormick	LW	L	28	2019	De Pere, Wisconsin
23		Brock McGinn	LW	L	27	2012	Fergus, Ontario
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	28	2018	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
88		Martin Necas	C	R	22	2017	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
39		Alex Nedeljkovic	G	L	25	2014	Parma, Ohio
21		Nino Niederreiter	RW	L	28	2019	Chur, Switzerland
22		Brett Pesce	D	R	26	2013	Tarrytown, New York
47		James Reimer	G	L	32	2019	Morweena, Manitoba
33		Joakim Ryan	D	L	27	2020	Rumson, New Jersey
76		Brady Skjei	D	L	26	2020	Lakeville, Minnesota
74		Jaccob Slavin (A)	D	L	26	2012	Denver, Colorado
11		Jordan Staal (C)	C	L	32	2012	Thunder Bay, Ontario
37		Andrei Svechnikov	RW	L	20	2018	Barnaul, Russia
86		Teuvo Teravainen	LW	L	26	2016	Helsinki, Finland
16		Vincent Trocheck	C	R	27	2020	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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