Carolina Hurricanes @ Utah Hockey Club: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 15 (11-3-0)
When - 9 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12
Where - Delta Center; Salt Lake City, UT
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, Utah16

The Carolina Hurricanes will face the Utah Hockey Club (6-6-3) for the "first time in franchise history."

Despite the team being in nearly all regards the Arizona Coyotes, the league has decided to reclassify Utah as a new franchise leaving all the Coyotes' history in Arizona.

So this is a first for the Canes.

Carolina is coming into the contest off of a 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday.

The Canes had a strong balanced attack offensively and netminder Pyotr Kochetkov continued to be strong in goal.

The win now gives Carolina wins in nine of their last 10 games.

The only worry continues to be with Seth Jarvis who missed Monday's game with an UBI. The Hurricanes practice today at 1:30 p.m. EST so we may get more clarity on his status then.

Utah on the other hand is coming off of a 4-0 shutout loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday and they've also been shutout in two of their last three and have been shutout four times already this season.

After a hot start to the year, the Hockey Club has fallen on a bit of tough times with things not really clicking on either side of the puck.

Streaks

• Martin Necas (7g, 14a) is on a 10-game point/assist streak, a career high.

• Jordan Martinook (5g, 1a) is on a four-game goal streak, tying his career high from last season.

• Jordan Staal (1g, 3a) is on a three-game point streak.

• Pyotr Kochetkov has won seven consecutive starts, a career high.

Milestone Watch

• Eric Robinson registered his 100th career point on Monday against Vegas.

• Sebastian Aho is one game-winning goal shy of breaking Ron Francis' franchise record (57).

• Sean Walker is three points shy of 100 career points.

Game Notes

• This is Carolina's first game ever against the Utah Hockey Club because they are technically a new franchise.

• However, if the Canes had hypothetically played a team exactly like Utah, they would be 47-32-8-1 all-time against them, including going 2-0-0 last season.

• In that hypothetical, Martin Necas (4g, 10pts in 8 games), Seth Jarvis (1g, 6pts in 6 games) and Jack Drury (3pts in 3 games) are point-per-game players against them.

• Utah's Ian Cole played 75 games for Carolina in the 2021-22 season.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 8-1-0; 0.902 Sv%; 2.45 GAA

• Connor Ingram: 6-3-3; 0.879 Sv%; 3.4 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Jack Roslovic (9) / Dylan Guenther (7)

• Points - Martin Necas (24) / Clayton Keller (13)

Power Play

• Carolina - 22.2% (10th)

• Utah - 15.4% (25th)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 83.3% (10th)

• Utah - 76.9 (20th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

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

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

Pyotr Kochetkov
Spencer Martin

Injuries and Scratches: Seth Jarvis (UBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Riley Stillman (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Hockey Club Projected Lineup

Clayton Keller - Nick Bjugstad - Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli - Logan Cooley - Dylan Guenther
Alex Kerfoot - Barrett Hayton - Lawson Crouse
Jack McBain - Kevin Stenlund - Michael Carcone

Mikhail Sergachev - Olli Maatta
Juuso Valimaki - Michael Kesselring
Ian Cole - Maveric Lamoureux

Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka

Injuries and Scratches: Robert Bortuzzo, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Liam O'Brien, Sean Durzi (UBI), John Marino (back)