2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes season

2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	13th Eastern
2013–14 record	36–35–11
Home record	18–17–6
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	207
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Kirk Muller
Captain	Eric Staal
Alternate captains	Tim Gleason (Oct–Jan) Manny Malhotra (Jan–Apr) Jordan Staal
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	15,483 (88.4%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Skinner (33)
Assists	Eric Staal (40)
Points	Eric Staal (61)
Penalty minutes	Eric Staal (74)
Plus/minus	(+): John-Michael Liles (+7) (- −): Jeff Skinner Elias Lindholm (-14 −14)
Wins	Anton Khudobin (19)
Goals against average	Anton Khudobin (2.30)

The 2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 42nd season for the major league ice hockey team; its 35th season in the National Hockey League since the NHL franchise was granted on June 22, 1979, and 17th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	109
2	New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	96
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	94
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	93
5	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	90
6	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	83
8	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	79

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	54	19	9	51	261	177	117
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	27	9	38	240	215	101
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	46	28	8	40	215	204	100

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	109
2	New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	96
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	94

Wild Card teams

R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
01 1	Columbus Blue Jackets	ME	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	93
02 2	Detroit Red Wings	AT	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	93
02.5
03 3	Washington Capitals	ME	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	90
04 4	New Jersey Devils	ME	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	88
05 5	Ottawa Senators	AT	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	88
06 6	Toronto Maple Leafs	AT	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	84
07 7	Carolina Hurricanes	ME	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	83
08 8	New York Islanders	ME	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	79
09 9	Florida Panthers	AT	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	66
10 10	Buffalo Sabres	AT	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, ME – Metropolitan

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Columbus	5–4	Carolina		Ward	8,178	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 19	Carolina	2–5	Buffalo		Khudobin	17,626	0–2–0	Recap
3[a]	September 20	Montreal	6–0	Carolina		Ward	15,176	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 21	Carolina	3–1	Montreal		Khudobin	21,273	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 26	Carolina	2–1	Columbus		Ward	10,899	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 27	Buffalo	0–1	Carolina		Ward	12,033	3–3–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 4–5–3 (Home: 1–2–3 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Detroit 3–2 Carolina OT Ward 18,680 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 6 Philadelphia 1–2 Carolina Khudobin 16,088 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 8 Carolina 2–5 Pittsburgh Ward 18,451 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 10 Carolina 3–2 Washington Khudobin 18,506 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 11 Los Angeles 2–1 Carolina SO Ward 16,353 2–1–2 6 Recap 6 October 13 Phoenix 5–3 Carolina Ward 15,384 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 15 Chicago 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 16,263 2–2–3 7 Recap 8 October 17 Carolina 3–2 Toronto Ward 19,277 3–2–3 9 Recap 9 October 19 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders Ward 13,008 4–2–3 11 Recap 10 October 24 Carolina 1–3 Minnesota Peters 17,668 4–3–3 11 Recap 11 October 25 Carolina 2–4 Colorado Peters 16,177 4–4–3 11 Recap 12 October 28 Pittsburgh 3–1 Carolina Peters 15,042 4–5–3 11 Recap
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Tampa Bay 3–0 Carolina Peters 14,828 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 2 Carolina 1–5 NY Rangers Peters 18,006 4–7–3 11 Recap 15 November 5 Philadelphia 1–2 Carolina OT Peters 15,519 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 7 NY Islanders 0–1 Carolina Peters 11,541 6–7–3 15 Recap 17 November 9 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina SO Peters 14,704 6–7–4 16 Recap 18 November 12 Colorado 1–2 Carolina Peters 13,278 7–7–4 18 Recap 19 November 15 Anaheim 2–3 Carolina SO Peters 14,802 8–7–4 20 Recap 20 November 16 Carolina 2–4 St. Louis Peters 17,936 8–8–4 20 Recap 21 November 18 Boston 4–1 Carolina Ward 13,919 8–9–4 20 Recap 22 November 21 Carolina 3–4 Detroit Peters 20,066 8–10–4 20 Recap 23 November 23 Carolina 2–3 Boston OT Ward 17,565 8–10–5 21 Recap 24 November 24 Ottawa 1–4 Carolina Ward 13,657 9–10–5 23 Recap 25 November 27 Carolina 4–3 New Jersey Ward 16,592 10–10–5 25 Recap 26 November 29 New Jersey 5–2 Carolina Ward 15,034 10–11–5 25 Recap
December: 5–5–4 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Vancouver 3–2 Carolina Ward 14,916 10–12–5 25 Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 4–1 Washington Peters 18,506 11–12–5 27 Recap 29 December 5 Carolina 5–2 Nashville Peters 15,768 12–12–5 29 Recap 30 December 6 San Jose 3–5 Carolina Ward 14,553 13–12–5 31 Recap 31 December 9 Carolina 0–2 Vancouver Peters 18,910 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 December 10 Carolina 4–5 Edmonton OT Ward 16,839 13–13–6 32 Recap 33 December 12 Carolina 1–2 Calgary OT Peters 19,289 13–13–7 33 Recap 34 December 14 Carolina 3–1 Phoenix Peters 11,697 14–13–7 35 Recap 35 December 20 Washington 4–2 Carolina Ward 17,737 14–14–7 35 Recap 36 December 21 Carolina 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Peters 19,204 14–14–8 36 Recap 37 December 23 Columbus 4–3 Carolina Peters 16,601 14–15–8 36 Recap 38 December 27 Pittsburgh 4–3 Carolina OT Peters 18,124 14–15–9 37 Recap 39 December 29 Carolina 2–5 Toronto Ward 19,452 14–16–9 37 Recap 40 December 31 Montreal 4–5 Carolina OT Ward 16,807 15–16–9 39 Recap
January: 10–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Carolina 4–3 Washington OT Khudobin 18,506 16–16–9 41 Recap 42 January 4 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders Khudobin 14,208 17–16–9 43 Recap 43 January 5 Nashville 1–2 Carolina Khudobin 13,994 18–16–9 45 Recap – January 7 Carolina Buffalo Game rescheduled to February 25 due to hazardous weather in Buffalo. 44 January 9 Toronto 1–6 Carolina Khudobin 16,583 19–16–9 47 Recap 45 January 10 Carolina 0–3 Columbus Khudobin 16,008 19–17–9 47 Recap 46 January 13 Calgary 2–0 Carolina Khudobin 15,276 19–18–9 47 Recap 47 January 18 Florida 2–3 Carolina Khudobin 15,476 20–18–9 49 Recap 48 January 19 Tampa Bay 5–3 Carolina Khudobin 16,760 20–19–9 49 Recap – January 21 Carolina Philadelphia Game postponed to January 22 due to a snowstorm in Philadelphia. 49 January 22 Carolina 3–2 Philadelphia Khudobin 19,592 21–19–9 51 Recap 50 January 23 Carolina 5–3 Buffalo Khudobin 18,468 22–19–9 53 Recap – January 24 Ottawa Carolina Game rescheduled to January 25 due to Hurricanes-Flyers game being postponed. 51 January 25 Ottawa 3–6 Carolina Khudobin 11,458 23–19–9 55 Recap 52 January 27 Columbus 2–3 Carolina Khudobin 13,641 24–19–9 57 Recap 53 January 28 Carolina 0–3 Montreal Khudobin 21,273 24–20–9 57 Recap 54 January 31 St. Louis 1–3 Carolina Khudobin 16,035 25–20–9 59 Recap
February: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 4 Winnipeg 2–1 Carolina Khudobin 14,033 25–21–9 59 Recap 56 February 7 Florida 1–5 Carolina Khudobin 16,132 26–21–9 61 Recap 57 February 8 Montreal 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 18,680 26–22–9 61 Recap 58 February 25 Carolina 2–3 Buffalo Ward 18,719 26–23–9 61 Recap 59 February 27 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 16,122 26–24–9 61 Recap
March: 6–8–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Carolina 1–3 Los Angeles Khudobin 16,122 26-25-9 61 Recap 61 March 2 Carolina 3–5 Anaheim Ward 17,174 26-26-9 61 Recap 62 March 4 Carolina 3–2 San Jose OT Khudobin 17,562 27-26-9 63 Recap 63 March 7 NY Rangers 4–2 Carolina Khudobin 17,547 27-27-9 63 Recap 64 March 8 Carolina 4–5 New Jersey Ward 16,162 27-28-9 63 Recap 65 March 11 NY Rangers 1–3 Carolina Ward 15,667 28-28-9 65 Recap 66 March 13 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina Ward 13,654 29-28-9 67 Recap 67 March 15 Carolina 1–5 Boston Ward 17,565 29-29-9 67 Recap 68 March 16 Edmonton 2–1 Carolina Khudobin 16,588 29-30-9 67 Recap 69 March 18 Carolina 3–1 Columbus Khudobin 15,938 30-30-9 69 Recap 70 March 21 Carolina 2–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,857 30-31-9 69 Recap 71 March 22 Carolina 3–2 Winnipeg Ward 15,004 31-31-9 71 Recap 72 March 25 NY Islanders 5–4 Carolina Khudobin 15,176 31-32-9 71 Recap 73 March 27 Carolina 3–0 Florida Khudobin 12,379 32-32-9 73 Recap 74 March 29 Columbus 3–2 Carolina OT Khudobin 16,714 32-32-10 74 Recap 75 March 31 Carolina 1–2 Ottawa SO Ward 16,732 32-32-11 75 Recap
April: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Carolina 4–1 Pittsburgh Khudobin 18,635 33-32-11 77 Recap 77 April 3 Dallas 1–4 Carolina Khudobin 15,730 34-32-11 79 Recap 78 April 5 New Jersey 3–1 Carolina Khudobin 16,123 34-33-11 79 Recap 79 April 8 Carolina 1–4 NY Rangers Ward 18,006 34-34-11 79 Recap 80 April 10 Washington 5–2 Carolina Khudobin 15,735 34-35-11 79 Recap 81 April 11 Carolina 2–1 Detroit Ward 20,066 35-35-11 81 Recap 82 April 13 Carolina 6–5 Philadelphia SO Khudobin 19,727 36-35-11 83 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM Staal, EricEric Staal 79 21 40 61 -13 −13 74 Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner 71 33 21 54 -14 −14 22 Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera 74 11 33 44 4 20 Semin, AlexanderAlexander Semin 65 22 20 42 1 42 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 82 15 25 40 2 34 Faulk, JustinJustin Faulk 76 5 27 32 -9 −9 37 Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe 81 16 15 31 -6 −6 36 Tlusty, JiriJiri Tlusty 68 16 14 30 2 22 Nash, RileyRiley Nash 73 10 14 24 0 29 Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer 75 8 14 22 -2 −2 14 Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm 58 9 12 21 -14 −14 4 Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 57 5 11 16 -19 −19 34 Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey 82 4 11 15 -9 −9 45 Harrison, JayJay Harrison 68 4 11 15 -1 −1 44 Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra 69 7 6 13 0 18 Bowman, DraysonDrayson Bowman 70 4 8 12 -2 −2 16 Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy 48 2 10 12 -9 −9 10 Loktionov, AndreiAndrei Loktionov 20 3 7 10 -4 −4 2 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak 60 4 5 9 3 41 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles 35 2 7 9 7 8 Bellemore, BrettBrett Bellemore 64 2 6 8 -1 −1 45 Komisarek, MikeMike Komisarek 32 0 4 4 -4 −4 14 Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 11 1 3 4 2 0 Sutter, BrettBrett Sutter 17 1 1 2 -4 −4 9 Terry, ChrisChris Terry 10 0 2 2 -4 −4 0 Gleason, TimTim Gleason 17 0 1 1 -7 −7 10 Palushaj, AaronAaron Palushaj 2 0 0 0 -1 −1 0 Westgarth, KevinKevin Westgarth 12 0 0 0 -2 −2 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Khudobin, AntonAnton Khudobin	36	34	2,084:18	19	14	1	80	2.30	1076	0.926	1	0	0	0
Ward, CamCam Ward	30	28	1,645:16	10	12	6	84	3.06	824	0.898	0	0	1	2
Peters, JustinJustin Peters	21	20	1,225:20	7	9	4	51	2.50	626	0.919	1	0	2	4

^†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

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades June 30, 2013 To Buffalo Sabres Jamie McBain 2nd-round pick in 2013 To Carolina Hurricanes Andrej Sekera September 29, 2013 To Vancouver Canucks Zac Dalpe Jeremy Welsh To Carolina Hurricanes Kellan Tochkin 4th-round pick in 2014 December 30, 2013 To Calgary Flames Kevin Westgarth To Carolina Hurricanes Greg Nemisz January 1, 2014 To Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Gleason To Carolina Hurricanes John-Michael Liles Dennis Robertson March 5, 2014 To New Jersey Devils Tuomo Ruutu To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Loktionov Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2017 Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Mike Komisarek Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $700,000 Anton Khudobin Boston Bruins 1 year, $800,000 Mark Flood Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1 year, $550,000 Matt Corrente Albany Devils 1 year, $550,000 Aaron Palushaj Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $600,000 Mike Murphy Spartak Moscow 1 year, $550,000 Nathan Gerbe Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $550,000 Sergey Tolchinsky Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3 years, $1.675 million entry-level contract Ron Hainsey Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $2 million Radek Dvorak Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 Manny Malhotra Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $600,000 Patrick Brown Boston College 2 years, $1.175 million entry-level contract Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Dan Ellis Dallas Stars 2 years, $1.8 million Joe Corvo Ottawa Senators 1 year, $900,000 Marc-Andre Bergeron ZSC Lions 3 years Bobby Sanguinetti Atlant Moscow Oblast 2 years Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Lost via waivers Player New team Date Lost via Retirement Player Date Player signings Player Date Contract terms Riley Nash July 9, 2013 2 years, $1.15 million Michal Jordan July 11, 2013 1 year, $550,000 Elias Lindholm July 15, 2013 3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract Jared Staal July 16, 2013 1 year, $550,000 Zac Dalpe July 19, 2013 1 year, $550,000 Zach Boychuk August 20, 2013 1 year, $550,000 Trevor Carrick December 18, 2013 3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract Daniel Altshuller December 20, 2013 3 years, $2.025 million entry-level contract Anton Khudobin March 4, 2014 2 years, $4.5 million contract extension Dennis Robertson March 20, 2014 2 years, $1.125 million entry-level contract Justin Faulk March 24, 2014 6 years, $29 million contract extension Phil Di Giuseppe March 26, 2014 3 years, $2.175 million entry-level contract Erik Karlsson May 27, 2014 3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract Chris Terry June 24, 2014 1 year, $600,000 Ron Hainsey June 24, 2014 3 years, $8.5 million Nathan Gerbe June 24, 2014 2 years, $3.5 million Draft picks See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks Carolina Hurricanes' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 5 Elias Lindholm Center  Sweden Brynäs (SHL) 3 66 Brett Pesce Defence  United States University of New Hampshire (Hockey East) 5 126 Brent Pedersen Left Wing  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 6 156 Tyler Ganly Defence  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Draft notes The Carolina Hurricanes' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a June 30, 2013 trade that sent Andrej Sekera to the Hurricanes in exchange for Jamie McBain and this pick. The Carolina Hurricanes' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers (via Los Angeles), the Hurricanes traded this pick to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a January 13, 2013 trade that sent Kevin Westgarth to the Hurricanes in exchange for Anthony Stewart, 2014 sixth-round pick and this pick. The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of an April 2, 2013 trade that sent Marc-André Bergeron to the Hurricanes in exchange for Adam Hall and this pick. References