2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th 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 21st season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.[2] For the first time since 2009, the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, clinching a playoff berth with a 3–1 win against the New Jersey Devils on April 4, 2019.[3][4] In the playoffs the Hurricanes reached the Conference Finals where they were swept by the Boston Bruins.[5]

2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes
Division4th Metropolitan
Conference7th Eastern
2018–19 record46–29–7
Home record24–13–4
Road record22–16–3
Goals for245
Goals against223
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachRod Brind'Amour
CaptainJustin Williams
Alternate captainsJustin Faulk
Jordan Staal
ArenaPNC Arena
Average attendance14,322[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSebastian Aho (30)
AssistsTeuvo Teravainen (55)
PointsSebastian Aho (83)
Penalty minutesAndrei Svechnikov (62)
Plus/minusBrett Pesce (+35)
WinsPetr Mrazek (23)
Goals against averageAlex Nedeljkovic (2.00)

Standings

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Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 48 26 8 44 278 249 +29 104
2 x – New York Islanders 82 48 27 7 43 228 196 +32 103
3 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 44 26 12 42 273 241 +32 100
4 x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
5 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
7 New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
8 New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
2 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
4 AT Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
6 ME New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
9 ME New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
10 AT Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[7]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018.[8]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[9]

2018–19 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

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Updated as of April 6, 2019[10]

Eastern Conference
Atlantic GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Boston Bruins 3 1 1 1 118–99 10 10 2–12 3–11 102–107
Buffalo Sabres 3 3 0 0 89–109 14 10 1–6 1–8 83–104
Detroit Red Wings 3 1 1 1 130–77 7 9 3–10 1–7 95–101
Florida Panthers 3 3 0 0 90–99 12 7 3–11 2–8 84–99
Montreal Canadiens 3 2 1 0 93–118 8 8 0–5 0–10 96–98
Ottawa Senators 3 2 1 0 100–83 10 9 4–8 1–7 67–89
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 0 3 0 95–89 6 13 0–11 5–12 82–133
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 1 0 112–85 10 7 3–7 1–9 84–95
Division total 24 14 8 2 827–759 77 73 16–70 14–72 693–826
Metropolitan GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 2 2 0 143–100 8 10 0–8 1–10 104–114
New Jersey Devils 4 2 2 0 122–122 7 7 2–15 1–13 121–130
New York Islanders 4 1 2 1 136–90 7 11 2–11 2–11 126–98
New York Rangers 4 2 2 0 153–105 14 13 1–11 4–13 118–101
Philadelphia Flyers 4 4 0 0 121–123 17 9 4–10 4–12 118–134
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 2 0 174–146 12 12 1–10 0–6 126–123
Washington Capitals 4 0 3 1 110–110 9 16 3–11 2–9 125–112
Division total 28 13 13 2 959–796 74 78 13–76 14–74 838–802
Conference total 52 27 21 4 1786–1555 151 151 29–146 28–146 1531–1628
Western Conference
Central GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Chicago Blackhawks 2 2 0 0 74–73 7 5 3–4 0–2 56–46
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 1 0 76–60 4 3 0–6 1–7 69–45
Dallas Stars 2 2 0 0 58–57 6 0 2–4 0–5 43–72
Minnesota Wild 2 2 0 0 90–48 10 5 1–11 3–9 63–71
Nashville Predators 2 2 0 0 66–57 11 6 4–10 0–8 43–64
St. Louis Blues 2 1 1 0 63–43 6 6 1–7 1–7 60–61
Winnipeg Jets 2 0 2 0 72–55 2 11 0–5 2–4 65–66
Division total 14 10 4 0 499–393 46 36 11–47 7–42 409–425
Pacific GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks 2 1 0 1 70–48 5 3 0–10 0–8 57–61
Arizona Coyotes 2 1 0 1 78–48 6 4 0–11 1–5 65–54
Calgary Flames 2 0 1 1 72–57 5 7 0–6 1–9 55–73
Edmonton Oilers 2 2 0 0 61–62 10 5 1–3 1–7 71–53
Los Angeles Kings 2 1 1 0 68–58 6 3 1–5 0–5 62–67
San Jose Sharks 2 1 1 0 81–46 5 8 1–5 3–5 79–58
Vancouver Canucks 2 2 0 0 67–51 10 5 1–8 2–6 62–72
Vegas Golden Knights 2 1 1 0 66–50 5 5 0–6 1–6 55–61
Division total 16 9 4 3 563–420 52 40 4–54 9–51 506–499
Conference total 30 19 8 3 1062–813 98 76 15–101 16–93 915–924
NHL total 82 46 29 7 2848–2367 249 227 43–247 44–239 2446–2548

Playoffs

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The Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the First Round of the playoffs,[11] and defeated them in seven games.[12]

The Hurricanes faced the New York Islanders in the Second Round of the playoffs,[13] sweeping them in four games, which was the first best-of-seven series sweep in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history.[14][15]

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the Conference Finals,[16] and were swept in four games.[17] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.[18]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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As of May 16, 2019[19][20]

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular season[23]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Petr Mrazek 40 40 2,386:51 23 14 3 95 2.39 1,104 .914 4 0 1 6
Curtis McElhinney 33 33 1,977:31 20 11 2 85 2.58 968 .912 2 0 0 0
Scott Darling 8 8 485:34 2 4 2 27 3.34 233 .884 0 0 0 0
Alex Nedeljkovic 1 1 60:00 1 0 0 2 2.00 26 .923 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[24]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Petr Mrazek 11 11 659:43 5 5 30 2.73 282 .894 2 0 0 0
Curtis McElhinney 5 4 268:25 3 2 9 2.01 128 .930 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.

Transactions

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The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To New York Rangers
VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018
To Carolina Hurricanes
BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019
[25]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Calgary Flames
Noah Hanifin
Elias Lindholm
To Carolina Hurricanes
Dougie Hamilton
Micheal Ferland
Adam Fox
[26]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) To Buffalo Sabres
Jeff Skinner
To Carolina Hurricanes
Cliff Pu
2nd-round pick in 2019
3rd-round pick in 2020
6th-round pick in 2020
[27]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) To Minnesota Wild
Victor Rask
To Carolina Hurricanes
Nino Niederreiter
[28]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Florida Panthers
Cliff Pu
To Carolina Hurricanes
Future considerations
[29]
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30) To New York Rangers
Adam Fox
To Carolina Hurricanes
2nd-round pick in 2019
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020
[30]

Free agents

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Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jake Chelios to Detroit Red Wings 1-year [31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Petr Mrazek from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Joakim Nordstrom to Boston Bruins 2-year [33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Derek Ryan to Calgary Flames 3-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Cam Ward to Chicago Blackhawks 1-year [35]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Dan Renouf from Detroit Red Wings 1-year [36]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Calvin de Haan from New York Islanders 4-year [37]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) Jeremy Smith to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Unknown [38]
August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) Keegan Kanzig to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) 1-year [39]
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) Tyler Ganly to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) 1-year [40]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) Michal Cajkovsky from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) 1-year [41]
October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) Brenden Kichton to SaiPa (Liiga) Unknown [42]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) Jacob Pritchard from UMass Minutemen (Hockey East) 1-year [43]

Waivers

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Date Player Team Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) Curtis McElhinney from Toronto Maple Leafs [44]
November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) Valentin Zykov to Edmonton Oilers [45]
January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01) Phillip Di Giuseppe to Nashville Predators [46]

Signings

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Date Player Contract term Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) Phillip Di Giuseppe 1-year [49]
June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29) Valentin Zykov 2-year [50]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Andrei Svechnikov 3-year [51]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Trevor van Riemsdyk 2-year [52]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Greg McKegg 1-year [53]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Lucas Wallmark 2-year [54]
January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21) Teuvo Teravainen 5-year [55]
March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21) Stelio Mattheos 3-year [56]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28) Jesper Sellgren 3-year [57]

Draft picks

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Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Andrei Svechnikov RW   Russia Barrie Colts (OHL)
2 42 Jack Drury C   United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4 961 Luke Henman C   Canada Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
4 104 Lenni Killinen RW   Finland Blues U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
6 166 Jesper Sellgren D   Sweden Modo Hockey (Allsvenskan)
7 197 Jake Kucharski G   United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Notes:

  1. The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on May 3, 2018, that sent Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick in 2018 to Arizona in exchange for Jordan Martinook and this pick.[58]

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