The Carolina Hurricanes (4-1-1) and their high-volume offense play host to the New York Islanders (3-4-0) and their suffocating goaltending at PNC Arena on Friday. New York is coming off a 3-0 win over the Rangers on Wednesday, breaking a run of three straight defeats. Kyle Palmieri led the Islanders with two goals. Ilya Sorokin earned his first shutout of the season with an impressive 41 saves.
Carolina beat the Canucks 3-2 on Monday. Sebastian Aho, Jesper Fast, and Andrei Svechnikov each scored once for the Hurricanes. Frederik Andersen surrendered two goals on 16 shots (.875%).
HEAD TO HEAD
The Hurricanes won two of the three games between the teams last season, including a 5-2 victory in their final meeting in April. Five players were on the scoresheet for Carolina. Ryan Pulock and Ross Johnston were on the scoresheet for New York. Pyotr Kochetkov got the win despite saving only seven of 8 shots (.875%).
FACING OFF
New York is averaging 3.14 goals per game so far this season, 19th in the NHL, and they are taking on a Hurricanes team that is allowing just 2.33 goals a game (3rd). Meanwhile, Carolina has found the net 3.33 times a game on average, 12th in the league, and the Islanders are allowing opponents to score 2.57 goals per game (6th).
Carolina averages more shots a game (36.3) than most teams in the league, ranking fifth, though the team’s 9.2% shooting percentage is 21st. New York has been one of the league’s better shot-stopping teams, ranking No. 5 with a team save percentage of .927%.
The Hurricanes’ 22.73% power play percentage ranks 14th in the league, while the Islanders are 25th with a conversion rate of 12.50%. New York has been equally successful at penalty killing, boasting the league’s highest PK% at 100.00%. Carolina ranks 18th at 78.26%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With seven points apiece this season, Anders Lee (4G 3A) and Mathew Barzal (0G 7A) are the top skaters for the Islanders. Barzal is among the league leaders in assists (5th). In the net, Sorokin (2-3-0) is New York’s top goaltender by goals against average.
He has a 2.25 GAA and a .931% save percentage.Svechnikov and Aho lead the Hurricanes in scoring with nine points apiece (9th in the league). Svechnikov has a league-best seven goals and two assists (), while Aho has four goals (10th) and five assists ().
Antti Raanta (1-0-1) has the best goals against average for Carolina at 1.94. He has a save percentage of .922%. Andersen (3-1-0) has played the most games in net for the Hurricanes this season. He has a 2.26 GAA and a .913% save percentage.
HOME AND AWAY
New York is looking to taste victory away from home for the first time this season.
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