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| Carolina Hurricanes vs. Winnipeg Jets - pregame - PKS Consulting LLC |
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Game Notes:
The Carolina Hurricanes host division opponent, the Winnipeg Jets, at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday.
The Hurricanes are currently tied for first in the NHL's Southeast Division with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Jets are in third, just four points behind.
Carolina holds a 45-20-8-1 record over the Jets and the two teams will meet four times this season beginning with their game in Raleigh.
The Hurricanes are coming off a bad 3-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens and are trying not to lose momentum gained during a successful six-game, 12-day road trip away from home as a number of injuries have surfaced during the past week.
Defensemen Joni Pitkanen and Tim Gleason had been recently place on he injured reserve list but Pitkanen was skating as of game day in Raleigh.
However, forward Tim Brent was injured during a pregame skate in Montreal and hasn't returned since, while forward Jeff Skinner hasn't played since last week's 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
On Wednesday, the team officially announced that Skinner had been diagnosed as having suffered a concussion during the game against the Leafs.
As if that wasn't enough, defenseman Jamie McBain is now out with an upper-body injury and as a result, prospect Ryan Murphy was called up from the OHL's Kitchener Rangers to fill his spot and get his first-ever NHL start against the Jets.
If that wasn't enough excitement happening in Raleigh, during the latter end of their pregame skate on Thursday, the Jets experienced quite a scare when rookie defenseman Zach Redmond suffered a bad cut while on the ice during a one-on-one drill.
According to News & Observer Hurricanes beat writer Chip Alexander's report, Redmond was taken to a local hospital and that Winnipeg head coach Claude Noel said he would be alright.
Redmond underwent a 3-hour surgery and is currently recovering well according to team sources..
Well then, now that all of the pregame drama has set the stage for this one - it's time for puck drop.
Enjoy this one.
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First Period:
- Eric Staal starts the game by winning the draw to rookie defenseman Ryan Murphy who moves the puck up and the Canes try to get an early shot on goal
- Wallace picks off a pass in the Winnipeg zone and fires it over the net after Ondrej Pavelec makes the save - Hurr
- 18:07 - Goal - Blake Wheeler catches Cam Ward off-guard with a shot from the top of the circle to the netminder's left side
- The Jets continue to pressure the Carolina defense and Michal Jordan is called for closing his hand on the puck at 17:24 - early PK for the Hurricanes
- Winnipeg keeps control in the Carolina zone and Pat Dwyer, Jordan Staal, Jay Harrison, and Justin Faulk stay busy for most of the Jets' PP
- The Hurricanes kill off the penalty successfully
- Great shift by the fourth line as Kevin Westgarth keeps the puck in the Jets zone and finds Chad LaRose wide open in the slot and he rings a shot off the right post - still 1-0 for the Jets with 13:56 to play
- Murphy takes to the ice for his second shift with the faceoff in the Jets zone
- As Winnipeg gains the zone Byfuglien brings it along the right boards and tries to get a shot off, but Murphy gets his stick on it and it deflects over the glass
- Murphy and Harrison stay on with JStaal's line with Bowman and Dwyer out there
- Staal is brought down and the Hurricanes get their first PP
- Murphy on the PP with Alexander Semin - Eric Staa, Chad Larose and Jiri Tlusty in the front
- Hurricanes trying to get some momentum on the man-advantage and keep resetting in the neutral zone - JStaal, Riley Nash, Jussi Jokinen on the PP now - can't get much going as both teams are at even strength now
- Murphy jumps into the offense but the puck doesn't make it back to him as he heads to the net
- Carolina's work lines are keeping the puck in the neutral zone, but the Jets are still able to get shot on Ward
- Bodies are starting to fly a little more now at both ends - that will happen with Westgarth and Byfuglien on the ice
- With under six minutes to play, Murphy on the ice with Joe Corvo before he makes a change
- Murphy takes a shot towards the Jets net but it's deflected
- Before he finishes his shift, Murphy makes a neutral zone pass to Jordan Staal who gets tied up along the boards
- Ward has to come up with a big save with Jets swarming around his net - still 1-0 for Winnipeg here with 5:05 to play
- No major mistakes by either team, but Carolina's top line is trying to press the issue
- Murphy stays with Kane whose pass ends up on a Canes stick
- After the puck slides around Pavelec, Murphy pinches in and throws a backhand pass towards the slot, but no one is there for it
- Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller very active in giving direction to all of his players on the bench - very engaged tonight
- The best goal scored by the Hurricanes this season at 1:21 to tie the game
- To Pavelec's left, Staal pushes it out of the corner to Semin whose backhand pass across the top of the crease finds Tlusty wide-open to one-time it into the net - 1-1 now
- As the horn sounds, the Hurricanes outshooting the Jets 10-8
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Second Period:
- After the first three minutes of play, both teams still sizing one another up - a lot of line combo match-ups as the Hurricanes work lines are getting their share of TOI as well their top two
- Carolina gets a big opportunity as their one-man advantage at 16:21, increases to two - a 5-on-3 PP opportunity at the 15:12 mark
- A quick shot from Faulk on the right crease and Pavelec makes the save
- Winnipeg blocking three separate shot attempts from Semin and Tlusty on the Carolina PP which is almost over - still 1-1 with 13:32 to play
- Winnipeg back at even-strength and now the Jets pick up the pace and try to gain the Carolina zone
- Murphy out there with Harrison as the JStaal line makes a change
- Both teams playing with a bit more sense of urgency
- Carolina still outshooting Winnipeg 16-9 with under 10 minutes to play
- Even though the puck is moving, it's not getting to the net until Ward makes a save from a Jets point shot
- Hurricanes point shots not making it through Jets line of wingers
- Murphy pinches, spins and finds Michal Jordan whose point shot misses the mark - still 1-1 with 6:08 to play
- After a few minutes play continues on wih relatively no offensive production from either team, but a lot of puck movement in the corners and neutral zone - Carolina outshooting Winnipeg 18-13 at this point
- Jay Harrison is called for interference and the Hurricanes go to work on the PK again with 3:33 to go
- As Jets Alex Burmistrov tries to beat Corvo, he trips him up and the Hurricanes are down two players now with 2:25 to play in the period
- EStaal, Sanguinetti, and Faulk on the ice for Carolina as Winnipeg passes the puck freely across and around the Hurricanes zone
- Zach Bogosian rings one off the right post past Ward and Sanguinetti blocks a shot and gets up slowly as the Hurricanes kill off Harrison's penalty
- Carolina kills off remainder of Corvo's penalty with 40 seconds to play
- Both teams at even strength trying to press each other for a go-ahead goal, but neither one gets a chance on goal as the period ends
Third Period:
- JStaal's line starts with Murphy and Harrison on the back end
- Dwyer gets a nice pass from Staal but Pavelec gets his pad on it
- A mix up in the Hurricanes zone and Kane snipes a shot between Corvo's legs and above Ward's glove to give Winnipeg a 2-1 lead at the 17:50 mark
- Semin carries it over the Jets blue line, toe drags it and makes a cross ice pass to Faulk who wires a shot that Pavelec has eyes on for the faceoff to his left
- JStaal wins the faceoff to Dwyer on the boards who passes it back to Harrison who puts it towards the net and Staal gets the puck in the faceoff circle, turns and scores from the slot with a bouncing puck that beats the Winnipeg keeper - 2-2 with 16:23 to play
- Murphy picks up the puck behind his net and starts up the ice and wheels it into the Jets zone, around the defender and puts a shot on goal, his first of the game with 13:55 to play
- The back-and-forth puck movment between blue lines continues as both teams trade shots on net - Carolina leading in SOG 25-18 with 12 minutes to go
- Chip and chase continuing here as both teams' defenders are stopping rushes at the top of the circles
- Both teams making quick changes but Winnipeg's Byfuglien gets a shot that misses just wide as the Hurricanes applies the pressure at the other end
- Just under six minutes and the Jets catch the Hurricanes off-guard off the faceoff with 5:57 to play as Andrew Ladd scores - 3-2 Jets lead now
- It doesn't take Carolina long as Tlusty ties it up 47 seconds later as he picks up the loos puck in the Jets zone and beats Pavelec with a low shot over his pads
- Jets break it out and as Corvo misses a puck flipping over his head by his blue line, Blake Wheeler picks it up and beats Ward just 16 seconds later with 4:54 to go
- Now leading 4-3, Winnipeg just holding on as Corvo lets a point shot go and Pavelec makes the save as a slight scrum breaks out, but quickly dissipates with 2:23 to play
- Both teams trading possessions and with 57.4 seconds to play Carolina's JStaal is penalized for roughing and gets an additional 10-minute misconduct
- The horn sounds and time runs out as Carolina pulls Ward - to no avail
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