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Carolina Hurricanes @ New York Islanders: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

ryan henkel
·3 min read

What - Game 50 (30-16-3)
When - 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25
Where - UBS Arena; Elmont, NY
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, MSGSN

The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the New York Islanders (19-20-7) tonight with what will be a very new looking lineup.

The Canes made a huge splash last night, landing both Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall for Martin Necas and Jack Drury in a three-team trade.

It was a bold move by first year GM Eric Tulsky, but it's one that addresses a lot of the Hurricanes' concerns moving forward. 

Carolina is entering the contest on a four-game winning streak and have looked much more like the team we are familiar with.

The Islanders have found a bit of a jump as of late too, having won three in a row heading into tonight's game.

They're still at the bottom of the division, but they've gotten some steady goaltending and timely goals even despite historically bad special teams play.

The Isles may even have a familiar face in the lineup as former Canes defenseman Tony DeAngelo was signed by New York just yesterday.

Streaks

  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4g) has goals in three-straight games.

  • Eric Robinson (1g, 2a) has points in three-straight games.

Milestone Watch

  • Brent Burns is one point shy of 900 career points.

  • Pyotr Kochetkov will play in his 100th career game tonight should he start.

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

  • Frederik Andersen earned his 300th career win on Thursday, becoming the second fastest player to reach that milestone.

Game Notes

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

  • Pyotr Kochetkov: 18-9-2; 0.904 Sv%; 2.47 GAA

  • Marcus Hogberg: 2-2-0; 0.952 Sv%; 1.32 GAA

Leading Scorers

  • Goals - Seth Jarvis (18) / Anders Lee (20)

  • Points - Sebastian Aho (49) / Anders Lee (36)

Power Play

  • Carolina - 21.2% (17th)

  • New York - 12.5% (32nd)

Penalty Kill

  • Carolina - 85.4% (2nd)

  • New York - 67.7% (32nd)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Mikko Rantanen
Taylor Hall - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Eric Robinson
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
Juha Jaaska - Jack Roslovic - Jackson Blake

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

Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen

Injuries and Scratches: William Carrier (LBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

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Islanders Projected Lineup

Anders Lee - Bo Horvat - Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair - Brock Nelson - Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Maxim Tsyplakov
Pierre Engvall - Kyle Maclean - Simon Holmstrom

Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov - Scott Mayfield
Tony DeAngelo - Isaiah George

Marcus Hogberg
Ilya Sorokin

Injuries and Scratches: Dennis Cholowski, Marc Gatcomb, Grant Hutton, Matt Martin, Noah Dobson (LBI), Mike Reilly (heart), Hudson Fasching (UBI), Semyon Varlamov (LBI)

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