Carolina Hurricanes vs. Anaheim Ducks: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 44 (26-15-2)
When - 5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes will face the Anaheim Ducks (17-20-5) tonight for the first time this season.

Carolina is coming off back-to-back wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks and will look to win three games in a row for the first time since November.

Anaheim is coming off of an embarrassing 6-0 blowout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers last night and have been one of the worst offensive teams in the league.

Despite that, they've had really good goaltending and that can go a long way for a team.

Streaks

• Andrei Svechnikov (2g, 2a) and Jordan Staal (5g, 3a) have points in four straight games.
  

• Dmitry Orlov (2a) has points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Jaccob Slavin will pass Kevin Dineen for the fifth most games played in franchise history tonight.

• Jordan Staal is two points shy of 700 career points.

• Jack Roslovic is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

• Brent Burns is four points shy of 900 career points.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 18-18-2-8 all-time against Anaheim and last season went 1-1-0.

• Seth Jarvis is a point-per-game player against the Ducks, having two goals and six points in six games.

• The Hurricanes will retire former captain Eric Staal's number tonight.

Key Matchups

Starting Goalies

• Pyotr Kochetkov: 16-9-1; 0.902 Sv%; 2.52 GAA

• Lukas Dostal: 10-12-3; 0.908 Sv%; 2.93 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Jack Roslovic (17) / Troy Terry (14)

• Points - Martin Necas (48) / Troy Terry (33)

Power Play

• Carolina - 22.4% (13th)

• Anaheim - 13.2% (30th)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 84.7% (1st)

• Anaheim - 73.1% (28th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

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

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

Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski

Injuries and Scratches: William Carrier (LBI), Frederik Andersen (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Ducks Projected Lineup

Frank Vatrano - Ryan Strome - Sam Colangelo
Cutter Gauthier - Mason McTavish - Robby Fabbri
Isac Lundestrom - Leo Carlsson - Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston - Jansen Harkins - Brett Leason

Jackson LaCombe - Radko Gudas
Brian Dumoulin - Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov - Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal
John Gibson

Injuries and Scratches: Nikita Nesterenko, Olen Zellweger, Troy Terry (personal), Trevor Zegras (knee), Brock McGinn (LBI)