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A pair of Eastern Conference teams looking to gain some ground in their respective divisions take the ice north of the border. The Carolina Hurricanes are on the road as they travel to take on the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night. Carolina was upended 4-3 on the road by Vancouver in their previous contest Saturday night. Ottawa dropped Detroit 5-1 on the road Saturday night in their most recent contest. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Hurricanes own a 6-4 advantage. That includes a 5-3 victory at home in the first meeting this season between the squads back on October 11.
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Carolina suffered their fourth straight loss as they were unable to take down the Canucks on the road Saturday night in their previous contest. The Hurricanes fell to 14-12-1 on the season and stood tied for fifth, 10 points behind the Rangers for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division standings. Carolina stands 16th in goals per game as they put up 3.22 goals per contest on the year. The Hurricanes are tied for 22nd in goals against by allowing an average of 3.33 goals per night. Carolina stands tied for 15th in power play success as they cash in on 20.7% of their chances with the man advantage on the year. The Hurricanes are 19th in the league in penalty killing as they have successfully navigated 79.1% of their shorthanded situations on the year.
Against Vancouver, Carolina battled but ended up falling short as they gave up a goal in the third period that decided the contest. The Hurricanes were outshot 13-7 in the opening period of play and trailed 1-0 at the first intermission on the scoreboard. In the second period, Carolina was outshot 8-7 with each team scoring twice, leaving the Hurricanes down 3-2 after 40 minutes of play. After giving up a goal to trail 2-0, Jordan Martinook scored his first goal of the season at 7:23 off assists from Jesper Fast and Jaccob Slavin. Carolina gave up a goal to trail 3-1 before Brady Skjei narrowed the margin again with his fifth goal of the season, on the power play, at 19:04 off assists from Dmitry Orlov and Michael Bunting. In the third period, Carolina owned a 10-3 shot advantage with both teams scoring once, leaving them on the wrong end of the scoreboard. Stefan Noesen tied the game at three with his eighth goal of the season at 2:10 off assists from Jack Drury and Brent Burns. They gave up the eventual winning goal less than 90 seconds later and couldn’t get the equalizer. An tti Raanta made 20 saves for the Hurricanes, in a game where each team had 24 shots on goal, in the loss. Raanta is expected to get the start in goal for this contest.