CAROLINA HURRICANES NEWS CLIPPINGS • Nov. 18, 2017 Canes host Hockey Fights Cancer game against Isles November 17, 2017 09:24 AM The Carolina Hurricanes will hold their annual Hockey Fights Cancer awareness night, sponsored by UNC REX Healthcare, on Sunday as the Canes host the New York Islanders at PNC Arena. Hurricanes coaches, broadcasters and team personnel will wear lavender ties during the game, and the team will wear special Hockey Fights Cancer lavender jerseys during the pre-game warmup. Cancer awareness, research and support groups will be on the PNC Arena concourse to speak with fans about their respective groups. Pre-game and in-game activities, as well as in-game recognitions, on Sunday will be related to Hockey Fights Cancer, including “I Fight For” cards. Fans can pick up, fill out and decorate the cards on the concourse at Section 108, at Canes Ticket Central near Section 117, and with members of the Storm Squad on the third level. Also at Hockey Fights Cancer night will be a Kids ‘N Communiy silent auction of player-worn Hockey Fights Cancer warmup jerseys..Hockey Fights Cancer themed baskets will be auctioned at the Kids ‘N Community Foundation kiosk outside section 129, and proceeds will be split among the cancer organizations in attendance. The baskets for Sebastian Aho and Justin Williams will feature a “jersey off the back” experience that includes a post-game meet-and-greet with the players. You (should) get what you deserve By: Adam Gold Raleigh, N.C. — The legendary actor John Houseman used to do commercials for an investment company in which the tag line was “…they make money the old fashioned way. They EARN it.” I miss those ads. And I’d like to show them to the Carolina Hurricanes’ front office. Seventeen games into the season and the Canes are treading water for the most part. They’re probably closer to playing well than the opposite, but they’ve struggled to play to their strengths on a regular basis. Still, with a couple of wins this weekend they’re right there in the Eastern Conference playoff race. So this isn’t about a team struggling to stay afloat — though at times that would be a true statement. And this isn’t about a team laboring at the turnstiles — which, they clearly are. This is about earning what you get. And seven weeks in, there are clearly players who have either not earned their current role or haven’t demonstrated that they should hold onto their place in the pecking order. What the organization plans on doing about these issues will go a long way toward determining the team’s fate this year. Let me provide a little background on what I’m talking about by using two examples of players who were gifted NHL roster spots probably before they were ready. Noah Hanifin was drafted fifth overall in 2015. A decorated defenseman from college hockey powerhouse Boston College, Hanifin had all the measurables over which organizations salivate. He’s a great skater, smooth and fast with the puck, tall and wiry with room to grow physically as he matures. But because he was drafted so high, there was almost an obligation to put him on the ice in the NHL whether he was ready or not. Three years later Hanifin shows flashes of brilliance, but despite a strong close to the 2017 season
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Canes host Hockey Fights Cancer game against Isles
November 17, 2017 09:24 AM
The Carolina Hurricanes will hold their annual Hockey Fights Cancer awareness night, sponsored by UNC REX Healthcare, on Sunday as the Canes host the New York Islanders at PNC Arena.
Hurricanes coaches, broadcasters and team personnel will wear lavender ties during the game, and the team will wear special Hockey Fights Cancer lavender jerseys during the pre-game warmup.
Cancer awareness, research and support groups will be on the PNC Arena concourse to speak with fans about their respective groups.
Pre-game and in-game activities, as well as in-game recognitions, on Sunday will be related to Hockey Fights Cancer, including “I Fight For” cards. Fans can pick up, fill out and decorate the cards on the concourse at Section 108, at Canes Ticket Central near Section 117, and with members of the Storm Squad on the third level.
Also at Hockey Fights Cancer night will be a Kids ‘N Communiy silent auction of player-worn Hockey Fights Cancer warmup jerseys..Hockey Fights Cancer themed baskets will be auctioned at the Kids ‘N Community Foundation kiosk outside section 129, and proceeds will be split among the cancer organizations in attendance.
The baskets for Sebastian Aho and Justin Williams will feature a “jersey off the back” experience that includes a post-game meet-and-greet with the players.
You (should) get what you deserve
By: Adam Gold
Raleigh, N.C. — The legendary actor John Houseman used to do commercials for an investment company in which the tag line was “…they make money the old fashioned way. They EARN it.”
I miss those ads. And I’d like to show them to the Carolina Hurricanes’ front office.
Seventeen games into the season and the Canes are treading water for the most part. They’re probably closer to playing well than the opposite, but they’ve struggled to play to their strengths on a regular basis. Still, with a couple of wins this weekend they’re right there in the Eastern Conference playoff race. So this isn’t about a team struggling to stay afloat — though at times that would be a true statement. And this isn’t about a team laboring at the turnstiles — which, they clearly are.
This is about earning what you get. And seven weeks in, there are clearly players who have either not earned their current role or haven’t demonstrated that they should hold onto their place in the pecking order. What the organization plans on doing about these issues will go a long way toward determining the team’s fate this year.
Let me provide a little background on what I’m talking about by using two examples of players who were gifted NHL roster spots probably before they were ready.
Noah Hanifin was drafted fifth overall in 2015. A decorated defenseman from college hockey powerhouse Boston College, Hanifin had all the measurables over which organizations salivate. He’s a great skater, smooth and fast with the puck, tall and wiry with room to grow physically as he matures. But because he was drafted so high, there was almost an obligation to put him on the ice in the NHL whether he was ready or not. Three years later Hanifin shows flashes of brilliance, but despite a strong close to the 2017 season
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and a good showing for the United States in last spring’s World Cup, he is still largely unreliable defensively. Meanwhile, fellow blue liners Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce, mid-round draft picks, were forced to actually earn their spot on the team through how they performed.
All you need to know about the way the club views those three players today is that Slavin and Pesce were rewarded for their play with longterm, multi-million dollar contracts. Hanifin, however, in spite of the fact that he was in the NHL before his teammates, will have to wait until after this season to receive his offer.
Elias Lindholm, like Hanifin, was also drafted fifth overall. In June of 2012, with the Canes having just come off a third straight non-playoff season, then General Manager Jim Rutherford needed a player to put on the ice. Lindholm was 18 years old at the time and coming off a year in which he more than held his own against grown men in the Swedish Elite League and was put right into the NHL lineup.
He wasn’t close to ready for that challenge, however, and it wasn’t until the second half of last year that Lindholm started to resemble the player the Canes thought they drafted five summers prior.
That brings us to two glaring examples of what is currently ailing this team, and it’s a good idea to keep in mind that the Hurricanes are still playing reasonably well, though not near their potential, with the status quo.
General Manager Ron Francis knew that his number one priority this offseason was to improve the team’s goaltending situation. Cam Ward, having moved into his mid-30’s, was no longer a goaltender capable of being a full-time number one option. Sure, for almost two months a year ago, Ward was outstanding and gave the team a chance heading into a critical stretch just after the first of the year. But for a variety of reasons, Ward wasn’t able to sustain that level of play and by season’s end it was clear that either Ward or Eddie Lack would have to go and that a true number one goalie would need to be imported.
Lack, who was the organization’s latest attempt at Cam’s replacement but turned out to be a disaster, ended up being traded to Calgary after Francis swung a deal for Chicago’s backup, Scott Darling. To be accurate, Francis didn’t really deal for Darling, per se. The Canes traded a draft pick just for exclusive negotiating rights to Darling who was headed into unrestricted free agency. So there was no guarantee that Francis would be able to convince him to sign. Scott, who came to Carolina with incredibly gaudy statistics and who performed brilliantly during Chicago’s most recent Stanley Cup title year, signed a 4-year contract totaling more than $16 million.
He IS the number one goalie.
In spite of everyone in the organization saying all of the right things about how Darling and Ward were going to push each other and how there is going to be competition for the net and how both men wanted to play, the job belonged to Darling and Ward was the understudy. Darling has played 13 games this year, but has yet to play at the level of a number one goaltender. In fact, he’s not even played to the level of some of the better backup net minders.
This is a problem for the Hurricanes.
Now, I’m not suggesting that Ward become the starter – none of us are ready for the earthquake that would cause in some sections of PNC Arena, anyway. But I am saying that we’re at the point in this season where whichever goaltender is playing better has to play because you need the points. Darling’s performance does not warrant number one status and we know from past experience that Ward is probably not a great option to grab the bulk of the starts in net, so until further notice, it should be a tandem operation with the better performer garnering more starts. In other words, as I’ve been saying since early October, it’s time for both players to actually push each other through competition.
It’s time for Darling, or Ward, to earn that spot.
Next comes the curious case of the disappearing Victor Rask. Two years ago, Rask was a rising top-6 center. He was coming off a 21-goal season and had emerged as a reliable, 2-way player who seemed poised to be a key member of the core group of a Canes franchise well into the next decade. To that end, Francis rewarded Rask with a 6-year contract that pays him $4 million annually.
In retrospect, that contract seems more like an albatross than anything else.
Today, however, the contract is nothing more than a complicating factor because Rask hasn’t done much this year to command his spot in the lineup let alone live up to his bloated salary.
Yes, I said it, right now, Rask just isn’t playing well enough to be included in the team’s top dozen forwards. That doesn’t mean he’s incapable, it just means he’s not playing well. And in most other situations, he’d be benched and watch a game or two from the press box and have to earn his way back onto the ice and into the top nine forward mix. For whatever reason that is not the case with the Hurricanes.
With Lee Stempniak suffering another injury — or a recurrence of his original one — and going back on injured reserve, the Canes have at least one more available roster spot to bring someone up from Charlotte to add to the offensive mix. But the real question is will the organization do something as bold as to bench a player who has not played well enough to earn his position?
It’s easy for me to sit here and say that I’d make Darling and Rask earn their spots in the lineup. I don’t have to deal with the the wishes of a front office who invested a combined 10 years and more than $40 million on two players who aren’t playing up to expectations. And it might be unfair to single out those two players because there are others, including Hanifin and Lindholm, who also haven’t always played as well as they are capable. The reality is that not a single player is responsible on his own for the way Carolina has played. However, it is time for this organization to make some hard decisions.
We'll see what happens, but all too often common sense doesn’t speak as loudly as dollars and cents.
It’s high time it did.
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Metropolitan Division Weekly Roundup: All Streaks Must End...Eventually
The Rangers’ six-game win streak and the Canes’ five-game point streak both came to an end this week.
by Zeke Lukow Nov 17, 2017, 2:03pm EST
1. New Jersey Devils: 25 Points (11-4-3)
With an overtime loss to the Maple Leafs last night, the Devils kept themselves level with the Pittsburgh Penguins atop the Metro, but with three games in hand. Cory Schneider finally looked like himself again, pitching a three-period shutout before letting up the game-winner in overtime to William Nylander. The game also featured a save of the year candidate when Schneider dove across the crease to save a rebound shot by Tyler Bozak.
The even better news for the Devils is that they are starting to get players back from injury. Travis Zajac returned to play last night against the Leafs. Marcus Johansson has resumed skating and is also nearing a return. The already hot Devils are looking to be able to widen their lead on the division with a full roster.
2. Pittsburgh Penguins: 25 Points (11-7-3)
The Penguins are largely being propped up by Phil Kessel, who leads the team with eight goals and 24 points. At the other end, though the Penguins are struggling mightily this season defensively, where they boast a -15 goal differential. Granted, ten of those goals came from an early season loss against the Blackhawks, but when you dig into the numbers they don’t look great.
Matt Murray is still hovering around a .900 sv%, and many of their key players have been struggling. Both Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby have a team worst -12 +/- rating, which is also tied for sixth to last in the league. If you want to look at the advanced numbers, they don’t improve. Crosby’s 25% GF% is second worst on the team, and Letang’s 27.78% is third worst. This shows that the Penguins are actually likely to fall in the standings unless these numbers change.
3. Columbus Blue Jackets: 23 Points (11-7-1)
On paper, the Blue Jackets are in second place with a two-game win streak and things seem to be looking up. However, their last two wins both came in extra time against the Red Wings and the struggling Canadiens. The Blue Jackets’ success last season was mainly due to the success of Sergei Bobrovsky, which the Canes have seen in the two games that they have played against Columbus.
In more good news for the Blue Jackets, they secured one of their best players for the next seven years. Last night Columbus and right winger Cam Atkinson agreed to a seven-year, $40.25 million contract, an AAV of $5.75 million per season. In his last four seasons, he scored 40 or more points and 20 or more goals. The 28-year-old is set to be a major piece of the Blue Jackets organization moving forward.
4. New York Islanders: 22 Points (10-6-2)
The Islanders are tied for the longest streak in the division with a monumental...uh, two wins in a row. The promising news for the Islanders is that they finally have Mathew Barzal, Josh Ho-Sang, and Ryan Pulock all on the team at the same time. The broadcast last night brought up that the Islanders have 12 first round picks on their team, the most in the NHL, and it’s vital that these young guys can step up.
The three rookies are responsible for 25 points, with Barzal leading the way in both goals and assists with four goals and 13 assists. The Devils and Flyers both moved up in the lottery last year and also had good picks in the last couple of drafts, but the Islanders are cementing themselves not only in the standings but as a top young team in the division.
5. Washington Capitals: 21 Points (10-9-1)
The Washington Capitals have now dropped two games in a row to the Nashville Predators and the Colorado Avalanche. The Caps were able to largely overcome their injuries until lately, when they really started taking a toll. I mentioned before that the Caps’ depth would be an issue and we are starting to see it. In their last five games, the Caps are 2-3-0. When you rely on only three players to score, if they don’t you are in trouble.
In last night’s game coach Barry Trotz scratched rookie Jakub Vrana. I think this looks a lot like last year when Dave Hakstol would bench Shayne Gostisbehere for his team’s play, despite the young player’s ability and performance. I
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just don’t see how benching the third-leading goal scorer on your team is the best motivational move. What are the Caps trying to accomplish here?
6. New York Rangers: 20 Points (9-8-2)
The Rangers were the hottest team in the NHL for the last two weeks winning six straight games, but their streak came to an end on Wednesday with a 6-3 loss to the Blackhawks. Before beginning their streak on Halloween, the Rangers were the second-bottom team in the league, ahead of only the Coyotes. After rattling off six wins and 12 points in the first 15 days of November, they are in the thick of the Metro, just four points out of first place.
Powering the Blueshirts has been their top line of Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich, and Chris Kreider. The three have combined for nine goals and 20 total points in the last seven games. One of the most fun stats of the year comes from the Rangers as well: Michael Grabner has eight total goals, and four of them are empty net goals. His 1.93 G/60 is 17th in the league for players who have played at least five games, just .02 behind Jeff Skinner.
7. Philadelphia Flyers: 19 Points (8-8-3)
The Flyers gained a point last night in a shootout loss, which moved them up in the standings. The bad news for the Flyers is that they lost top pairing defenseman Radko Gudas to a potentially lengthy suspension. After getting high sticked by Mathieu Perreault, Gudas decided to two-hand slash Perreault in the head, and it looked terrible. In my opinion, for what its worth, Gudas should get 10 games. The slash was dirty and gut-wrenching, but I never played in the NHL so I’m not qualified to be in the Department of Player Safety.
In a complete turn around from last season, the Flyers are sixth in the league when it comes to goals against, and that is what has allowed them to stay in games. Last season, they were dead last in goaltending which is why they were in the basement. This year, their +1 goal differential is good for fourth in the division
8. Carolina Hurricanes: 18 Points (7-6-4)
Before last night’s loss, the Carolina Hurricanes had a five-game point streak. That kind of streak is what the Canes need to try to improve in the standings; however, they left a lot of points on the board. The Avalanche, the worst team last year, and the Coyotes, by far the worst team this year, both beat the Canes. The Canes entered the third period with a two-goal lead against the Blackhawks and lost in overtime. Last night the Canes took a one-goal lead into the third period and managed to lose by two goals.
These kinds of losses are what sinks a team and really hurts their chances for the playoffs. I don’t think it’s time for doom and gloom: the Canes are still only five points behind the leaders of the division and have played two fewer games than anyone else in the division. There is plenty of time to make a move, but it is just frustrating to see a team give up valuable points.
I have seen a lot of negative comments about Scott Darling’s play from last night and it's frustrating. When Cam Ward was visibly giving games away last season, those people weren’t saying anything. Darling is still the answer in net. Sure, the third goal was rough and went off his glove, but the first two came from a two on one misplay in the offensive zone. The second goal was a shorthanded breakaway that was also from a misplay in the offensive zone. There were struggles across the ice from the entire team, not just Darling. It's only that his mistakes are more visible.
GMs meet on 'historic day' at NHL's
birthplace in Montreal Discuss rules, safety issues at hotel where League was
founded in 1917
by Nicholas J. Cotsonika / NHL.com Columnist
November 17th, 2017
MONTREAL -- The meaning was more important than the
meeting itself.
Each November, the NHL general managers gather for a
brief meeting, mostly to set the agenda for a three-day
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meeting each March, when issues are examined closely and
rule changes are sometimes recommended.
Usually, the November meeting is held at the NHL office in
Toronto the morning after the Hockey Hall of Fame induction.
Friday, they held it at Le Windsor, once known as the
Windsor Hotel, where the NHL was founded almost exactly
100 years ago, on Nov. 26, 1917.
The GMs discussed offside rules, goaltender interference,
slashing and hits from behind into the boards. But they also
watched a video about the leaders of the NHL and the 191
general managers in its history, and attended the unveiling of
a plaque recognizing the site as the birthplace of the League.
"It's pretty neat that basically 100 years ago, five people sat
in a room and decided to form the League, and here we are
today with 31 teams and over 800 players," said Minnesota
Wild GM Chuck Fletcher, who was born in Montreal and is
the son of former NHL GM Cliff Fletcher. "It's been a great
yearlong (Centennial) celebration, really, but for me this has
been probably the best experience."
The GMs watched video examples of offside and goaltender
interference, then voted so the NHL Hockey Operations
Department could see where they stood on each. They
mostly agreed with the calls made.
"If you're 70 percent consensus in a lot of areas, I think
you're in pretty good shape," Edmonton Oilers GM Peter
Chiarelli said. "And we were generally in that area."
The NHL introduced a minor penalty this season for a coach
who challenges an offside call and loses. It has cut down on
challenges and delays.
General managers and NHL dignitaries pose with the plaque
during the NHL Centennial 100 Celebration
"The whole reason for [the coach's challenge] was to call the
egregious offsides," Golden Knights GM George McPhee
said. "You might get eight or 10 of them a year. We were
thin-slicing too much on reviewing every one. That wasn't the
intent. That has improved."
Goaltender inference can be particularly tricky because of
the subjectivity involved. The idea is to get everyone on the
same page as much as possible.
"I think we're getting better as a league," Tampa Bay
Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said. "We're starting to
understand more clearly … how they're getting to their
decisions and what things that we should look for … so it's
enabling our coaches to make better decisions when they
make their challenges. But it's a tough one. I don't know that
we'll ever get into a spot where on any particular call you're
going to say everyone's going to agree, 'Oh, that's a good
call.' "
The NHL cracked down on slashing this season to prevent
injury and promote skill.
"The feeling is that it's going in the right direction," Toronto
Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello said. "We see less and less
of it. We see less penalty calls, so the players are now
adapting to what the rule is."
Is that leading to a better game?
"Oh, I believe so," Lamoriello said. "They're allowing players
to play."
George Parros, senior vice president of player safety, spoke
to the GMs about slashes that could rise to the level of
supplemental discipline.
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"My hope is that most of the slashing will be taken care of by
the officials on the ice," Parros said. "I focused on slashes
that are done intentionally, behind the play, nonhockey type
of thing, and landing on the hands, fingertips area. It's a new
standard. Everyone's getting used to it. If it's behind the play
and it's intentional and there's some force to it, then it's a
warning. The variable is force."
Parros expressed concern that more players were turning at
the last second near the boards and putting themselves in
vulnerable positions.
"We have players who are younger and grew up with less
physicality, and now they make it to the NHL and they're
expecting less physicality," Parros said. "Other players come
from a different era where checks were finished on a more
consistent basis. So it's just something to be aware of."
Parros also updated the GMs on player safety issues.
"In general, the trends have been downwards," Parros said.
"We've got less suspensions, less injuries, all things like that.
The game's being played in a great fashion right now, and
we hope to continue to do that."
There was an interesting idea on the agenda: reducing minor
penalties from two minutes to one in overtime. But Fletcher
said the GMs didn't get to it. They might discuss it in March.
"There's things in the game that you can talk about, but to
me it's more of a historic day," said Jason Botterill, in his first
season as general manager of the Buffalo Sabres. "It's just
realizing where our League has come in 100 years."
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Top line fuels Hurricanes ahead of clash
with Sabres A line that's been clicking recently just might help the
Carolina Hurricanes escape from the bottom of their division.
by STATS
A line that's been clicking recently just might help the
Carolina Hurricanes escape from the bottom of their division.
Behind Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal and Teuvo Teravainen,
Carolina goes for its fourth straight win over the slumping
Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night at KeyBank Center.
Though Carolina (7-6-4) and Buffalo (5-10-4) are in last
place in the Metropolitan and Atlantic Divisions, respectively,
the Hurricanes appear to be on the upswing even after giving
up three third-period goals in a 6-4 loss to the New York
Islanders on Thursday night.
"I don't think we got started on time," Carolina coach Bill
Peters said. "(Down) 3-1, then we found a way to come
back."
The comeback was fueled by the Aho-Staal-Teravainen line,
which totaled a goal and five assists. The trio has been
difficult to contain while lifting the Hurricanes to 3-1-1 record
over their last five games.
Teravainen leads the way with three goals -- courtesy of his
first career hat trick Monday in a win over the Dallas Stars --
and five assists. Staal also has eight points during the hot
stretch, including six assists over his last two games. Aho, a
24-goal scorer as a rookie last season, collected his first two
tallies of the season in the last two contests to go with four
helpers.
"I think that line has been dangerous, and they've been
dangerous for a long time," Peters told the Hurricanes'
official website. "Now they're starting to roll a little bit. ...
We're going to need more than one line being productive and
getting it done, especially on the road."
Carolina is 4-4-1 away from home.
But none of the three players generated much success in
three wins over the Sabres last season. Teravainen failed to
register a point while Staal and Aho combined for a goal and
two assists.
Jeff Skinner, the 'Canes current leader with nine goals,
scored three times and added an assist in the season series.
The eight-year veteran also has two goals and an assist in a
three-game points streak.
Scott Darling (5-4-4, 2.57 goals-against average, .905 save
percentage) has seen most of the time in net for the
Hurricanes. But after he yielded a season-high five goals on
Thursday, don't be surprised if longtime veteran Cam Ward
gets the call in this contest.
Ward, the 2006 Conn Smythe Trophy winner who is three
wins short of 300 for his career, beat Buffalo in all three
matchups last season, turning away 81 of 85 shots.
The Sabres return to western New York looking to avoid their
fifth straight loss after falling 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings on
Friday.
"We've got to be smarter," coach Phil Housley told the
Buffalo News. "We just got outbattled, outworked and
outcompeted tonight. At times we even looked slow and I
don't know why that is. We played one game in six nights. It's
disappointing."
Buffalo is 2-1-1 in the second of back-to-back games, but 2-
4-1 at home in 2017-18.
"We're going to have to right the ship because Carolina is a
pretty good hockey team right now with pretty good balance.
We've got an opportunity to start this four-game homestand
the right way, but we've got to come to work," Housley said.
The Sabres failed to score more than one goal for the fourth
time in six games, posting an 0-3-1 record. Buffalo is 30th in
the NHL with 43 goals, and also the only team to average
fewer than two goals per game at home (1.86) despite
having Evander Kane (team-high 10 goals) and Jack Eichel -
- the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft -- on the roster.
Ryan O'Reilly, who scored Friday, managed one assist in
three games, and only Kane and Johan Larsson among
players currently on the team notched goals versus the
'Canes last season.
Robin Lehner made 30 saves against Detroit, but has
allowed 10 goals while going 0-2-1 in his last three starts.
The 26-year-old lost his only career matchup with Carolina
while playing for Buffalo.
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Chad Johnson is 0-2-2 with a 3.72 GAA and .891 save
percentage in his last four starts. However, the veteran
journeyman is 7-1-0 with a 2.11 GAA and .930 save
percentage in his eight-year career versus the Hurricanes.