Canes go together with Andersen as they attempt to shut out the Islanders
RALEIGH, NC. – The Carolina Hurricanes will flip to Frederik Andersen for a fifth consecutive sport on Tuesday as they attempt to finish their first spherical sequence in opposition to the New York Islanders.
Andersen is 12-1-1 with a 1.54 goals against average and a .942 save percentage in 14 video games (common season + postseason) since getting back from a blood clotting subject on March 7.
“He is tremendous. He is had numerous relaxation in between video games, so he needs to be able to go,” Rod Brind’Amour shared pre-game when he took questions from the media.
This would be the veteran netminder’s first time making 5 begins in a row since Could 3-11, 2023, coming throughout final 12 months’s playoffs.
In entrance of Andersen, the Canes will go together with the identical 18 skaters that they utilized for Video games 3 & 4 on Lengthy Island. They could, nonetheless, have totally different line mixtures up entrance.
The beneath listed ahead group is what the workforce used at Monday’s follow, however the head coach cautioned that what he went with yesterday will not be what they go together with tonight.
“I do not actually know that I am going with that. I did that at follow simply to get a take a look at one thing,” Brind’Amour mentioned pre-game. “Perhaps (we’d although) simply to see a little bit gritter across the internet, as a result of that is how the objectives go on this time of 12 months.”
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Forwards
Guentzel – Aho – Svechnikov
Teravainen – Staal – Jarvis
Martinook – Drury – Necas
Kotkaniemi – Kuznetsov – Noesen
Protection
Slavin – Burns
Skjei – DeAngelo
Orlov – Chatfield
Goaltenders
Andersen
[Backup: Kochetkov]
Accidents
Jesper Quick (Higher-Physique)
Brett Pesce (Decrease-Physique)
Scratches
Jackson Blake
Dylan Coghlan
Max Comtois
Brendan Lemieux
Scott Morrow
Bradly Nadeau
Antti Raanta
Ronan Seeley
Ryan Suzuki
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PP1: Aho, Guentzel, Jarvis, and Teravainen with Burns
PP2: Kuznetsov, Necas, Noesen, and Svechnikov with Skjei
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