2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes season

2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	8th Metropolitan
Conference	14th Eastern
2014–15 record	30–41–11
Home record	18–16–7
Road record	12–25–4
Goals for	188
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Ron Francis
Coach	Bill Peters
Captain	Eric Staal
Alternate captains	Ron Hainsey (Oct-Jan) Jay Harrison (Oct-Dec) Andrej Sekera (Oct-Feb) Jordan Staal
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	12,594 (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Staal (23)
Assists	Justin Faulk (34)
Points	Eric Staal (54)
Penalty minutes	Brad Malone (74)
Plus/minus	Andrej Nestrasil (+2)
Wins	Cam Ward (22)
Goals against average	Cam Ward (2.40)

The 2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 43rd season for the major league ice hockey team; its 36th season in the National Hockey League since the NHL franchise was granted on June 22, 1979, and 18th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season. The Hurricanes failed to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Off-season

On May 5, 2014, the Hurricanes announced that head coach Kirk Muller, as well as assistant coaches John MacLean and Dave Lewis, were fired. The Hurricanes hired Bill Peters as their new head coach on June 19, 2014.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71

Conference standings

Atlantic Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Montreal Canadiens x y	82	50	22	5	5	221	189	110
Tampa Bay Lightningx	82	50	24	3	5	262	211	108
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Detroit Red Wings x	82	43	25	4	10	235	221	100
Ottawa Senatorsx	82	43	26	6	7	238	215	99
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Boston Bruins	82	41	27	4	10	213	211	96
Florida Panthers	82	38	29	5	10	206	223	91
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	3	5	211	262	68
Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	3	5	161	274	54

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Columbus	4–3	Carolina		Nedeljkovic	6,250	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 23	Carolina	0–2	Buffalo		MacIntyre	18,546	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 24	Carolina	4–2	NY Islanders		MacIntyre	9,888	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 30	Carolina	1–3	St. Louis		Ward	10,213	1–3–0	Recap
5	October 1	Carolina	3–6	Columbus		Khudobin	11,798	1–4–0	Recap
6	October 3	Buffalo	1–5	Carolina		Ward	7,890	2–4–0	Recap
7	October 5	Carolina	2–5	Washington		Khudobin	16,138	2–5–0	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 NY Islanders 5–3 Carolina Ward 18,680 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Carolina 3–4 NY Islanders Khudobin 16,170 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 14 Buffalo 4–3 Carolina SO Ward 14,930 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 16 Carolina 1–2 NY Rangers SO Khudobin 18,006 0–2–2 2 Recap 5 October 21 Carolina 1–3 Winnipeg Khudobin 15,016 0–3–2 2 Recap 6 October 23 Carolina 0–5 Calgary Ward 19,289 0–4–2 2 Recap 7 October 24 Carolina 3–6 Edmonton Khudobin 16,839 0–5–2 2 Recap 8 October 28 Carolina 1–4 Vancouver Ward 18,234 0–6–2 2 Recap
November: 7–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Ward 10,870 1–6–2 4 Recap 10 November 2 Los Angeles 2–3 Carolina Ward 10,519 2–6–2 6 Recap 11 November 4 Carolina 4–2 Columbus Ward 15,638 3–6–2 8 Recap 12 November 7 Columbus 2–3 Carolina OT Ward 11,540 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 November 8 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Khudobin 18,506 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 10 Calgary 1–4 Carolina Ward 9,906 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 13 Winnipeg 3–1 Carolina Ward 10,005 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 15 Carolina 1–2 Boston Ward 17,565 5–8–3 13 Recap 17 November 16 San Jose 2–0 Carolina Khudobin 12,784 5–9–3 13 Recap 18 November 18 Carolina 6–4 Dallas Ward 15,678 6–9–3 15 Recap 19 November 20 Carolina 2–3 Los Angeles Ward 18,230 6–10–3 15 Recap 20 November 22 Carolina 3–4 Colorado Ward 17,208 6–11–3 15 Recap 21 November 26 Carolina 0–1 Florida Ward 8,119 6–12–3 15 Recap 22 November 28 Carolina 4–2 Pittsburgh Ward 18,665 7–12–3 17 Recap 23 November 29 Pittsburgh 3–2 Carolina Khudobin 11,225 7–13–3 17 Recap
December: 3–10–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Nashville 1–2 Carolina Ward 9,161 8–13–3 19 Recap 25 December 4 Washington 2–1 Carolina Khudobin 10,783 8–14–3 19 Recap 26 December 7 Detroit 3–1 Carolina Ward 13,489 8–15–3 19 Recap 27 December 8 New Jersey 2–1 Carolina Ward 9,815 8–16–3 19 Recap 28 December 11 Carolina 1–2 Tampa Bay Ward 18,104 8–17–3 19 Recap 29 December 13 Carolina 1–5 Philadelphia Khudobin 19,609 8–18–3 19 Recap 30 December 16 Carolina 1–4 Montreal Ward 21,286 8–19–3 19 Recap 31 December 18 Toronto 1–4 Carolina Ward 12,332 9–19–3 21 Recap 32 December 20 NY Rangers 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 13,329 9–19–4 22 Recap 33 December 21 Carolina 0–1 NY Rangers Khudobin 18,006 9–20–4 22 Recap 34 December 23 Carolina 2–1 New Jersey SO Khudobin 16,101 10–20–4 24 Recap 35 December 27 Carolina 1–2 Tampa Bay Ward 19,204 10–21–4 24 Recap 36 December 29 Montreal 3–1 Carolina Ward 17,123 10–22–4 24 Recap 37 December 31 Carolina 1–2 Pittsburgh Ward 18,639 10–23–4 24 Recap
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Philadelphia 1–2 Carolina Ward 12,682 11–23–4 26 Recap 39 January 4 Boston 1–2 Carolina SO Khudobin 17,212 12–23–4 28 Recap 40 January 6 Carolina 2–3 Nashville Ward 15,706 12–24–4 28 Recap 41 January 8 Buffalo 2–5 Carolina Ward 9,781 13–24–4 30 Recap 42 January 10 Carolina 4–5 St. Louis SO Ward 19,411 13–24–5 31 Recap 43 January 13 Colorado 2–3 Carolina SO Khudobin 12,965 14–24–5 33 Recap 44 January 16 Vancouver 3–0 Carolina Ward 13,093 14–25–5 33 Recap 45 January 17 Carolina 3–2 Ottawa Khudobin 17,434 15–25–5 35 Recap 46 January 19 Carolina 4–1 Toronto Khudobin 18,979 16–25–5 37 Recap 47 January 27 Tampa Bay 2–4 Carolina Khudobin 12,508 17–25–5 39 Recap 48 January 30 St. Louis 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 13,287 17–25–6 40 Recap 49 January 31 Carolina 1–4 NY Rangers Ward 18,006 17–26–6 40 Recap
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Carolina 4–5 Anaheim OT Khudobin 16,274 17–26–7 41 Recap 51 February 5 Carolina 2–1 Arizona SO Ward 12,649 18–26–7 43 Recap 52 February 7 Carolina 5–4 San Jose Ward 17,139 19–26–7 45 Recap 53 February 12 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina Ward 11,991 19–27–7 45 Recap 54 February 14 Carolina 3–6 Minnesota Khudobin 19,220 19–28–7 45 Recap 55 February 16 Carolina 6–3 Ottawa Ward 16,562 20–28–7 47 Recap 56 February 17 NY Islanders 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 11,991 20–29–7 47 Recap 57 February 20 Toronto 1–2 Carolina Ward 11,991 21–29–7 49 Recap 58 February 21 Carolina 1–3 New Jersey Khudobin 16,101 21–30–7 49 Recap 59 February 24 Philadelphia 1–4 Carolina Ward 11,024 22–30–7 51 Recap 60 February 27 Washington 0–3 Carolina Khudobin 11,024 23–30–7 53 Recap 61 February 28 Carolina 5–3 NY Islanders Ward 16,170 24–30–7 55 Recap
March: 4–7–4 (Home: 3–4–4 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Carolina 2–5 Chicago Ward 11,024 24–31–7 55 Recap 63 March 6 Minnesota 3–1 Carolina Khudobin 10,857 24–32–7 55 Recap 64 March 8 Edmonton 4–7 Carolina Ward 12,826 25–32–7 57 Recap 65 March 10 Columbus 4–3 Carolina SO Ward 10,418 25–32–8 58 Recap 66 March 12 Dallas 5–3 Carolina Khudobin 10,025 25–33–8 58 Recap 67 March 14 Florida 2–0 Carolina Ward 11,790 25–34–8 58 Recap 68 March 15 Carolina 3–2 Columbus Khudobin 15,258 26–34–8 60 Recap 69 March 17 Ottawa 2–1 Carolina OT Khudobin 13,469 26–34–9 61 Recap 70 March 19 Carolina 0–4 Montreal Khudobin 21,286 26–35–9 61 Recap 71 March 21 NY Rangers 3–2 Carolina SO Khudobin 13,404 26–35–10 62 Recap 72 March 23 Chicago 3–1 Carolina Khudobin 13,786 26–36–10 62 Recap 73 March 26 Pittsburgh 2–5 Carolina Ward 13,738 27–36–10 64 Recap 74 March 28 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Ward 12,578 28–36–10 66 Recap 75 March 29 Boston 2–1 Carolina OT Khudobin 14,275 28–36–11 67 Recap 76 March 31 Carolina 2–4 Washington Ward 18,506 28–37–11 67 Recap
April: 2–4–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Carolina 1–6 Florida Khudobin 9,827 28–38–11 67 Recap 78 April 4 Philadelphia 2–3 Carolina SO Ward 12,852 29–38–11 69 Recap 79 April 6 Carolina 3–4 Buffalo Ward 19,070 29–39–11 69 Recap 80 April 7 Carolina 2–3 Detroit Khudobin 20,027 29–40–11 69 Recap 81 April 9 Carolina 3–1 Philadelphia Ward 17,348 30–40–11 71 Recap 82 April 11 Detroit 2–0 Carolina Ward 16,680 30–41–11 71 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Staal, EricEric Staal 77 23 21 54 −13 41 Faulk, JustinJustin Faulk 82 15 34 49 −19 30 Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm 81 17 22 39 −23 14 Rask, VictorVictor Rask 80 11 22 33 −14 16 Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner 77 18 13 31 −24 18 Gerbe, NathanNathan Gerbe 78 10 18 28 −14 34 Nash, RileyRiley Nash 68 8 17 25 −10 12 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 46 6 18 24 −6 14 Tlusty, JiriJiri Tlusty ‡ || 52 || 13 || 10 || 23 || −17 || 16 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles 57 2 20 22 −9 14 McClement, JayJay McClement 82 7 14 21 −7 17 Terry, ChrisChris Terry 57 11 9 20 −4 14 Semin, AlexanderAlexander Semin 57 6 13 19 −10 32 Sekera, AndrejAndrej Sekera ‡ || 57 || 2 || 17 || 19 || −7 || 8 Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil † || 41 || 7 || 11 || 18 || 2 || 4 Malone, BradBrad Malone 65 7 8 15 −8 74 Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy 37 4 9 13 −11 8 Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer 71 5 7 12 −12 10 Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey 81 2 8 10 −14 16 Bellemore, BrettBrett Bellemore 49 2 8 10 1 27 Gleason, TimTim Gleason ‡ || 55 || 1 || 6 || 7 || −18 || 44 Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 31 3 3 6 0 4 Jordan, MichalMichal Jordan 38 2 4 6 −7 4 Harrison, JayJay Harrison ‡ || 20 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −5 || 42 Biega, DannyDanny Biega 10 0 2 2 −5 0 Hillen, JackJack Hillen † || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −2 || 0 Rissanen, RasmusRasmus Rissanen 6 0 0 0 −5 4 Shugg, JustinJustin Shugg 3 0 0 0 0 2 Sutter, BrodyBrody Sutter 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Lowe, KeeganKeegan Lowe 2 0 0 0 −2 10 Woods, BrendanBrendan Woods 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown 7 0 0 0 −4 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ward, CamCam Ward	51	50	3026	22	24	5	121	2.40	1351	0.910	1	0	0	4
Khudobin, AntonAnton Khudobin	34	32	1920	8	17	6	87	2.72	874	0.900	1	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.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Faulk, J.J. Faulk NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Rask, V.V. Rask 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2014 Brown, P.P. Brown 1st Career NHL Game October 10, 2014 V. Rask 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point November 2, 2014 V. Rask 1st Career NHL Assist November 7, 2014 Skinner, J.J. Skinner 100th Career NHL Goal November 10, 2014 McClement, J.J. McClement 700th Career NHL Game November 18, 2014 Staal, E.E. Staal 700th Career NHL Point November 20, 2014 Faulk, J.J. Faulk 200th Career NHL Game November 22, 2014 Nestrasil, A.A. Nestrasil 1st Career NHL Goal November 22, 2014 Semin, A.A. Semin 500th Career NHL Point December 4, 2014 Hainsey, R.R. Hainsey 700th Career NHL Game December 11, 2014 J. Skinner 200th Career NHL Point December 16, 2014 A. Semin 600th Career NHL Game December 21, 2014 E. Staal 800th Career NHL Game December 29, 2014 E. Staal 300th Career NHL Goal January 6, 2015 Lindholm, E.E. Lindholm 100th Career NHL Game January 10, 2015 J. Skinner 300th Career NHL Game January 19, 2015 Gleason, T.T. Gleason 700th Career NHL Game January 31, 2015 J. Faulk 100th Career NHL Point February 7, 2015 Bellemore, B.B. Bellemore 100th Career NHL Game February 12, 2015 Jordan, M.M. Jordan 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point February 14, 2015 M. Jordan 1st Career NHL Goal February 16, 2015 Ward, C.C. Ward 500th Career NHL Game February 24, 2015 Malone, B.B. Malone 100th Career NHL Game February 24, 2015 Liles, J.J. Liles 700th Career NHL Game February 27, 2015 Dwyer, P.P. Dwyer 400th Career NHL Game March 8, 2015 J. Skinner 100th Career NHL Assist March 17, 2015 Staal, J.J. Staal 600th Career NHL Game March 29, 2015

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades Date Details December 18, 2014 To Winnipeg Jets Jay Harrison To Carolina Hurricanes OTT's 6th-round pick in 2015 February 25, 2015 To Winnipeg Jets Jiri Tlusty To Carolina Hurricanes Conditional 5th-round or 6th-round pick in 2015 3rd-round pick in 2016 February 25, 2015 To Los Angeles Kings Andrej Sekera To Carolina Hurricanes Roland McKeown Conditional 1st-round pick in 2015 February 28, 2015 To Washington Capitals Tim Gleason To Carolina Hurricanes Jack Hillen ARZ's 4th-round pick in 2015 Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Brad Malone Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $1.3 million July 1, 2014 Drew MacIntyre Toronto Marlies 1 year, $600,000 July 1, 2014 Jay McClement Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1 million July 1, 2014 Tim Gleason Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1.2 million July 1, 2014 Ben Holmstrom Adirondack Phantoms 1 year, $600,000 March 22, 2015 Rasmus Tirronen Merrimack College 1 year, $575,000 entry-level contract June 15, 2015 Derek Ryan Orebro HK 1 year, $600,000 Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Manny Malhotra Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $850,000 July 1, 2014 Justin Peters Washington Capitals 2 years, $1.9 million July 1, 2014 Brett Sutter Minnesota Wild 2 years, $1.2 million July 8, 2104 Matt Corrente Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $550,000 October 2, 2014 Drayson Bowman Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $575,000 Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Andrej Nestrasil Detroit Red Wings November 20, 2014 Lost via waivers Player New team Date Lost via retirement Player Date Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Jiri Tlusty 1 year, $2.95 million July 2, 2014 Greg Nemisz 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2014 Zach Boychuk 1 year, $600,000 July 3, 2014 Michal Jordan 1 year, $550,000 July 3, 2014 Jared Staal 1 year, $550,000 July 14, 2014 Justin Shugg 1 year, $600,000 July 23, 2014 Rasmus Rissanen 1 year, $575,000 July 25, 2014 Brett Bellemore 1 year, $600,000 August 7, 2014 Haydn Fleury 3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract March 1, 2015 Jay McClement 2 years, $2.4 million contract extension March 27, 2015 Brett Pesce 3 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract March 27, 2015 Alex Nedeljkovic 3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract April 1, 2015 Roland McKeown 3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract May 29, 2015 Drew MacIntyre 1 year, $600,000 June 1, 2015 Tyler Ganly 3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract June 11, 2015 Lucas Wallmark 3 years, $1.825 million entry-level contract June 18, 2015 Michal Jordan 1 year, $625,000 June 25, 2015 Chris Terry 1 year, $875,000 Draft picks The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Hurricanes will pick 7th overall in the first round. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 7 Haydn Fleury (D) Canada Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 2 37 Alex Nedeljkovic (G) United States Plymouth Whalers (OHL) 3 67 Warren Foegele LW Canada St. Andrew's Saints (OFSAA) 4 96[a] Josh Wesley D United States Plymouth Whalers (OHL) 4 97 Lucas Wallmark RW Sweden Luleå HF (SHL) 5 127 Clark Bishop C Canada Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) 7 187 Kyle Jenkins D Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Draft notes a Vancouver's fourth-round pick went to Carolina, as the result of a trade on September 29, 2013, that sent Zac Dalpe and Jeremy Welsh to Vancouver, in exchange for Kellan Tochkin and this pick. Carolina's sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings, as the result of a trade on January 13, 2013, that sent Kevin Westgarth to Carolina, in exchange for Anthony Stewart, a fourth round pick in 2013, and this pick. References