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Carolina Hurricanes @ St. Louis Blues: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

ryan henkel
·3 min read

What - Game 4 (2-1-0)
When - 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
Where - Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MA
How to Watch - Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Midwest

The Carolina Hurricanes will be taking on the St. Louis Blues (3-2-0) tonight in the second half of a back-to-back.

The Canes are coming off of a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday a game in which the team shutdown both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin who were off to really hot starts.

Carolina is seemingly really finding their game and it looks like all of the new pieces are really starting to click.

Add in the power play finally finding the back of the net, not just once, but twice last night and maybe the team is ready to go on a bit of a run.

St. Louis is coming off of a 1-0 overtime victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday and they're a team that can really frustrate opponents.

But we'll see how Carolina fairs tonight.

Streaks

  • Jackson Blake (2g) and Shayne Gostisbehere (2g) have goals in back-to-back games.

  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3a), Martin Necas (1g, 2a), Seth Jarvis (1g, 1a), Sebastian Aho (1g, 1a), Andrei Svechnikov (2a) and Dmitry Orlov (2a) have points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi earned his 100th career assist on Friday.

  • Jordan Martinook is two points shy of 200 career points

  • Shayne Gostisbehere is one goal shy of 100 career goals

  • Martin Necas is two goals shy of 100 career goals

Game Notes

  • Overall, the Canes have a 35-43-5-6 record all-time against the Blues.

  • Last season, Carolina went 1-0-1 against St. Louis.

  • Rod Brind'Amour was drafted by St. Louis ninth overall in the 1988 draft.

  • Justin Faulk was drafted by the Canes in the 2010 draft and played 559 games for the Hurricanes before being traded to St. Louis. He is still the Hurricanes all-time leader in goals by a defenseman (85).

  • Seth Jarvis (5g, 3a in six games) and Andrei Svechnikov (5g, 5a in nine games) are both point-per-game players against St. Louis.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

  • Pyotr Kochetkov: 1-0-0; 0.923 Sv%; 2.00 GAA

  • Jordan Binnington: 1-2-0; 0.895 Sv%; 3.02 GAA

Leading Scorers

  • Goals - Jackson Blake & Shayne Gostisbehere (2) / Pavel Buchnevich (3)

  • Points - Martin Necas & Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3) / Jordan Kyrou (6)

Power Play

  • Carolina - 22.2% (12th)

  • St. Louis - 22.2% (12th)

Penalty Kill

  • Carolina - 78.6% (15th)

  • St. Louis - 75% (22nd)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Jack Roslovic - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Jackson Blake - Jack Drury - Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen

Injuries and Scratches: Riley Stillman (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Blues Projected Lineup

Brandon Saad - Robert Thomas - Jordan Kyrou
Zack Bolduc - Pavel Buchnevich - Jake Neighbours
Dylan Holloway - Brayden Schenn - Mathieu Joseph
Nathan Walker - Radek Faksa - Kasperi Kapanen

Ryan Suter - Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg - Justin Faulk
P.O. Joseph - Matthew Kessel

Jordan BinningtonJoel Hofer

Injuries and Scratches: Scott Perunovich, Alexey Toropchenko, Adam Jiricek (knee), Torey Krug (ankle), Nick Leddy (LBI), Oskar Sundqvist (knee), Alexandre Texier (UBI)

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