2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season

2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	6th Eastern
2019–20 record	38–25–5
Home record	19–12–2
Road record	19–13–3
Goals for	222
Goals against	193
General Manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain	Jordan Staal
Alternate captains	Jordan Martinook Jaccob Slavin
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	16,905 (90.5%) (33 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Sebastian Aho (38)
Assists	Teuvo Teravainen (48)
Points	Sebastian Aho (66)
Penalties in minutes	Joel Edmundson (72)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (21)
Goals against average	James Reimer (2.66)

The 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled The Hurricanes advanced to the playoffs where they defeated the New York Rangers in the qualifying round, but were defeated in the first round by the Boston Bruins in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

2019-20 NHL Metropolitan Division Standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	.652
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	86
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	81
5	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	80
6	Columbus BlueJackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	81
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	68

Eastern Conference

2019-20 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	.714
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	.623
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	.579
9	Columbus BlueJackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	.275

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Carolina	3–0	Tampa Bay		Reimer	12,010	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 18	Tampa Bay	0–2	Carolina		Mrazek	—	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Carolina	2–3	Washington		Reimer	14,603	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Carolina	0–3	Nashville		Forsberg	17,159	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 27	Nashville	2–1	Carolina	OT	Reimer	11,212	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 29	Washington	4–3	Carolina		Mrazek	18,680	2–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log
October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Montreal 3–4 Carolina SO Mrazek 18,680 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Carolina 3–2 Washington OT Reimer 18,506 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 6 Tampa Bay 3–4 Carolina OT Mrazek 14,125 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 8 Carolina 6–3 Florida Reimer 11,638 4–0–0 8 Recap 5 October 11 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 14,875 5–0–0 10 Recap 6 October 12 Columbus 3–2 Carolina Reimer 16,224 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 15 Carolina 2–0 Los Angeles Mrazek 14,219 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 16 Carolina 2–5 San Jose Reimer 15,143 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 18 Carolina 2–4 Anaheim Mrazek 14,755 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 24 Carolina 3–4 Columbus OT Mrazek 15,398 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 26 Chicago 0–4 Carolina Mrazek 15,738 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 October 29 Calgary 1–2 Carolina Mrazek 13,864 8–3–1 17 Recap
November: 8–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Detroit 3–7 Carolina Mrazek 15,383 9–3–1 19 Recap 14 November 2 New Jersey 5–3 Carolina Reimer 15,079 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Mrazek 16,172 9–5–1 19 Recap 16 November 7 NY Rangers 4–2 Carolina Mrazek 13,878 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 November 9 Carolina 1–4 Ottawa Reimer 12,276 9–7–1 19 Recap 18 November 11 Ottawa 2–8 Carolina Mrazek 12,356 10–7–1 21 Recap 19 November 14 Carolina 5–4 Buffalo OT Mrazek 16,603 11–7–1 23 Recap 20 November 16 Carolina 4–3 Minnesota OT Reimer 17,101 12–7–1 25 Recap 21 November 19 Carolina 4–2 Chicago Mrazek 21,325 13–7–1 27 Recap 22 November 21 Philadelphia 5–3 Carolina Mrazek 14,734 13–8–1 27 Recap 23 November 23 Florida 2–4 Carolina Mrazek 18,159 14–8–1 29 Recap 24 November 24 Carolina 2–0 Detroit Reimer 18,726 15–8–1 31 Recap 25 November 27 Carolina 2–3 NY Rangers Mrazek 17,269 15–9–1 31 Recap 26 November 29 Nashville 3–0 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 15–10–1 31 Recap 27 November 30 Carolina 3–2 Tampa Bay Reimer 19,092 16–10–1 33 Recap
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 0–2 Boston Reimer 17,850 16–11–1 33 Recap 29 December 5 San Jose 2–3 Carolina SO Mrazek 14,275 17–11–1 35 Recap 30 December 7 Minnesota 2–6 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 18–11–1 37 Recap 31 December 10 Carolina 6–3 Edmonton Reimer 16,175 19–11–1 39 Recap 32 December 12 Carolina 0–1 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,626 19–11–2 40 Recap 33 December 14 Carolina 4–0 Calgary Reimer 18,853 20–11–2 42 Recap 34 December 17 Carolina 6–3 Winnipeg Mrazek 15,325 21–11–2 44 Recap 35 December 19 Carolina 3–1 Colorado Reimer 18,015 22–11–2 46 Recap 36 December 21 Florida 4–2 Carolina Mrazek 18,224 22–12–2 46 Recap 37 December 23 Carolina 6–8 Toronto Mrazek 19,176 22–13–2 46 Recap 38 December 27 Carolina 3–5 NY Rangers Reimer 17,498 22–14–2 46 Recap 39 December 28 Washington 4–6 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 23–14–2 48 Recap 40 December 31 Montreal 1–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 24–14–2 50 Recap
January: 5–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 3 Washington 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 24–15–2 50 Recap 42 January 5 Tampa Bay 3–1 Carolina Mrazek 18,015 24–16–2 50 Recap 43 January 7 Philadelphia 4–5 Carolina OT Reimer 15,072 25–16–2 52 Recap 44 January 10 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 16,476 26–16–2 54 Recap 45 January 11 Los Angeles 0–2 Carolina Reimer 18,680 27–16–2 56 Recap 46 January 13 Carolina 0–2 Washington Mrazek 18,573 27–17–2 56 Recap 47 January 16 Carolina 2–3 Columbus Mrazek 17,900 27–18–2 56 Recap 48 January 17 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina OT Reimer 16,913 27–18–3 57 Recap 49 January 19 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina SO Reimer 18,680 28–18–3 59 Recap 50 January 21 Winnipeg 1–4 Carolina Mrazek 14,607 29–18–3 61 Recap 51 January 31 Vegas 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,150 29–19–3 61 Recap
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina SO Reimer 15,767 30–19–3 63 Recap 53 February 4 Carolina 3–6 St. Louis Mrazek 18,096 30–20–3 63 Recap 54 February 6 Carolina 5–3 Arizona Reimer 11,632 31–20–3 65 Recap 55 February 8 Carolina 6–5 Vegas SO Reimer 18,417 32–20–3 67 Recap 56 February 11 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Mrazek 18,532 32–21–3 67 Recap 57 February 14 New Jersey 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 33–21–3 69 Recap 58 February 16 Edmonton 4–3 Carolina OT Reimer 18,680 33–21–4 70 Recap 59 February 18 Carolina 4–1 Nashville Mrazek 17,204 34–21–4 72 Recap 60 February 21 NY Rangers 5–2 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 34–22–4 72 Recap 61 February 22 Carolina 6–3 Toronto Ayres 19,414 35–22–4 74 Recap 62 February 25 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Nedeljkovic 18,176 35–23–4 74 Recap 63 February 28 Colorado 3–2 Carolina Forsberg 18,680 35–24–4 74 Recap 64 February 29 Carolina 3–4 Montreal OT Nedeljkovic 21,207 35–24–5 75 Recap
March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Nedeljkovic 18,900 35–25–5 75 Recap 66 March 7 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Forsberg 13,917 36–25–5 77 Recap 67 March 8 Carolina 6–2 Pittsburgh Nedeljkovic 18,548 37–25–5 79 Recap 68 March 10 Carolina 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 17,511 38–25–5 81 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 69 March 12 Carolina New Jersey 70 March 14 Pittsburgh Carolina 71 March 15 Carolina Buffalo 72 March 17 Buffalo Carolina 73 March 19 St. Louis Carolina 74 March 21 Ottawa Carolina 75 March 22 Carolina NY Islanders 76 March 24 Carolina Pittsburgh 77 March 26 Toronto Carolina 78 March 28 Pittsburgh Carolina 79 March 29 Carolina New Jersey 80 March 31 Boston Carolina 81 April 3 Columbus Carolina 82 April 4 Carolina Boston
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the New York Rangers in the qualifying round, and defeated them in three games.

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the first round, where they were defeated in five games.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Aho, SebastianSebastian Aho 68 38 28 66 10 26 Teravainen, TeuvoTeuvo Teravainen 68 15 48 63 20 8 Svechnikov, AndreiAndrei Svechnikov 68 24 37 61 9 54 Hamilton, DougieDougie Hamilton 47 14 26 40 30 32 Necas, MartinMartin Necas 64 16 20 36 −6 20 Slavin, JaccobJaccob Slavin 68 6 30 36 30 10 Foegele, WarrenWarren Foegele 68 13 17 30 9 34 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 67 11 18 29 −3 42 Dzingel, RyanRyan Dzingel 64 8 21 29 3 30 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 68 8 19 27 3 40 Gardiner, JakeJake Gardiner 68 4 20 24 −24 30 Wallmark, LucasLucas Wallmark ‡ || 60 || 11 || 12 || 23 || 0 || 18 Haula, ErikErik Haula ‡ || 41 || 12 || 10 || 22 || 1 || 20 Edmundson, JoelJoel Edmundson 68 7 13 20 7 72 Pesce, BrettBrett Pesce 61 4 14 18 7 27 McGinn, BrockBrock McGinn 68 7 10 17 −4 17 Fleury, HaydnHaydn Fleury 45 4 10 14 −2 8 Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook 45 2 11 13 −2 22 Williams, JustinJustin Williams 20 8 3 11 2 6 van Riemsdyk, TrevorTrevor van Riemsdyk 49 1 7 8 −7 10 Geekie, MorganMorgan Geekie 2 3 1 4 3 2 Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck † || 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || −5 || 16 Skjei, BradyBrady Skjei † || 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || −4 || 4 Bishop, ClarkClark Bishop 5 0 1 1 −2 4 Gauthier, JulienJulien Gauthier ‡ || 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 6 Luostarinen, EetuEetu Luostarinen ‡ || 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || −2 || 0 Gibbons, BrianBrian Gibbons 15 0 0 0 −7 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Aho, SebastianSebastian Aho 8 3 9 12 6 4 Svechnikov, AndreiAndrei Svechnikov 6 4 3 7 7 8 Teravainen, TeuvoTeuvo Teravainen 8 3 2 5 6 4 Necas, MartinMartin Necas 8 1 3 4 0 0 Martinook, JordanJordan Martinook 8 2 1 3 0 8 Vatanen, SamiSami Vatanen 7 0 3 3 −1 6 Fleury, HaydnHaydn Fleury 8 2 0 2 4 6 McGinn, BrockBrock McGinn 8 1 1 2 0 2 Niederreiter, NinoNino Niederreiter 7 1 1 2 −6 2 Slavin, JaccobJaccob Slavin 8 1 1 2 −2 0 Hamilton, DougieDougie Hamilton 5 1 1 2 −2 4 Skjei, BradyBrady Skjei 8 0 2 2 6 4 Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck 8 0 2 2 4 4 Edmundson, JoelJoel Edmundson 4 1 0 1 4 2 Foegele, WarrenWarren Foegele 8 1 0 1 −1 2 Williams, JustinJustin Williams 7 1 0 1 0 9 Geekie, MorganMorgan Geekie 8 0 1 1 −1 0 van Riemsdyk, TrevorTrevor van Riemsdyk 2 0 1 1 1 4 Gardiner, JakeJake Gardiner 6 0 1 1 0 2 Staal, JordanJordan Staal 8 0 0 0 −2 4 Dzingel, RyanRyan Dzingel 4 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek	40	38	2,320:59	21	16	2	104	2.69	1,091	.905	3	0	0	4
Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	25	24	1,378:01	14	6	2	61	2.66	712	.914	3	0	0	2
Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg	3	3	143:09	1	1	0	8	3.35	78	.897	0	0	0	0
Nedeljkovic, AlexAlex Nedeljkovic	4	3	216:19	1	2	1	11	3.05	97	.887	0	0	0	0
Ayres, DavidDavid Ayres	1	0	28:41	1	0	0	2	4.18	10	.800	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Reimer, JamesJames Reimer	3	3	178:05	2	1	7	2.36	106	.934	0	0	0	0
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek	5	5	316:36	2	3	11	2.08	155	.929	0	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.

Roster

Updated March 26, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
21	United States	Bowman, DraysonDrayson Bowman	4.0 C	L	36	2007	Grand Rapids, Michigan
11	Canada	Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk	4.0 C	L	35	2008	Airdrie, Alberta
17	Canada	Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour  (A)	4.0 C	L	54	2000	Ottawa, Ontario
27	Canada	Carson, BrettBrett Carson	2.0 D	R	39	2004	Regina, Saskatchewan
26	United States	Cole, ErikErik Cole	6.0 LW	L	46	2009	Oswego, New York
39	United States	Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer	7.0 RW	R	41	2006	Great Falls, Montana
6	United States	Gleason, TimTim Gleason	2.0 D	L	42	2006	Clawson, Michigan
44	Canada	Harrison, JayJay Harrison	2.0 D	L	42	2009	Oshawa, Ontario
36	Finland	Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	6.0 LW	L	42	2009	Kalajoki, Finland
29	Canada	Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos	7.0 RW	R	46	2009	Mississauga, Ontario
59	United States	LaRose, ChadChad LaRose	7.0 RW	R	42	2003	Fraser, Michigan
34	Canada	Legace, MannyManny Legace	1.0 G	L	52	2009	Toronto, Ontario
28	United States	McBain, JamieJamie McBain	2.0 D	R	37	2006	Edina, Minnesota
45	Canada	Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard	2.0 D	L	39	2010	Gatineau, Quebec
25	Finland	Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen	2.0 D	L	41	2008	Oulu, Finland
5	United States	Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier	2.0 D	R	48	2010	New Bedford, Massachusetts
33	Canada	Rodney, BryanBryan Rodney	2.0 D	R	41	2007	London, Ontario
15	Finland	Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu	6.0 LW	L	42	2008	Vantaa, Finland
14	Russia	Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	6.0 LW	R	46	2008	Moscow, Soviet Union
12	Canada	Staal, EricEric Staal  (C)	4.0 C	L	40	2003	Thunder Bay, Ontario
16	Canada	Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	4.0 C	R	36	2007	Huntington, New York
30	Canada	Ward, CamCam Ward	1.0 G	L	41	2002	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
13	Canada	Whitney, RayRay Whitney  (A)	6.0 LW	R	52	2005	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta