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The Carolina Panthers (6-5-0, 12 points, 4th Metro) play the third game of a five-game road trip on Saturday when paying a visit to New York to play against the New York Islanders (5-2-2, 12 points, 3rd Metro) in a showdown between two Metropolitan Division rivals. Carolina was defeated by the New York Rangers 2-1 on Thursday night which snapped a two-game winning streak for the Hurricanes. New York defeated the Washington Capitals 3-0 Thursday night with Semyon Varlamov posting a shutout for the Isles. Carolina will play without D Brett Pesce. New York does not have any players listed on its injury report.
The Carolina Hurricanes have a goals-against average of 3.55 which is 26th in the NHL and uncharacteristic for the team that over the last few years has been one of the toughest to score on. Carolina is holding opponents to an average of 26.1 shots per game which is best in the NHL but its goalies are giving up too much. Carolina's penalty kill unit is 23rd in the NHL, holding opponents scoreless only 75.6% of the time the Hurricanes are short-handed. Goalie Frederik Andersen is 4-1-0 with a 2.87 goals against average and a .897 save percentage.
Carolina is scoring an average of 3.36 goals per game which is 10th best in the NHL. Carolina is averaging 34.3 shots per game which is second most and the Hurricanes have the eighth best power play, which scores 26.2% of the time Carolina has the man advantage. The Hurricane s are winning 51.1% of their faceoffs which is 13th in hockey. Teuvo Teravainen is the leading goal scorer for Carolina with eight and Seth Jarvis is second with five. Jesperi Kotkaniemi is the leader in assists with six and is tied with Jarvis for the lead in points with 10 each.
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