The Canes finally return home. Earlier start time too. All Friday games the rest of the season start at 7:00.
The Canes only picked up 4 of 8 points on their recent roadie and have fallen farther behind in the standings. They’re 4 behind both Columbus and Philly, with 2 games in hand on both, and 5 behind the Isles. Svech stayed with Aho and Turbo at practice yesterday. Dzingel didn’t practice but is expected to play.
The Devils are 4-1-3 since the All Star break but remain mired in the Metro basement, 10 points behind the Rangers. They beat Detroit last night 4-1, with all 4 goals coming in the 3rd. Wayne Simmonds had 2 goals. Damon Severson is on a 8 game point streak. Kyle Palmieri and Blake Coleman have 21 goals. Nikita Gusev has 22 assists. Palmieri is one of the only + players at +4. Last year’s 1st overall pick, Jack Hughes, has 7g, 13a but is -18. PK Subban only has 13 points and is -15. Reputed Canes trade target Sami Vatanen hasn’t played since 2/1 and is on IR. Nico Hischier is day to day and isn’t expected to play. Blackwood played in goal last night, so we’ll probably see Louis Domingue tonight. His numbers are not good, 3.74/.882 in 14 games. The Devils are 23rd in goals per game at 2.73 but 30th in goals against at 3.39. They’re 27th on the PP at 16.3% and 15th on the PK at 80.4%
The Canes only picked up 4 of 8 points on their recent roadie and have fallen farther behind in the standings. They’re 4 behind both Columbus and Philly, with 2 games in hand on both, and 5 behind the Isles. Svech stayed with Aho and Turbo at practice yesterday. Dzingel didn’t practice but is expected to play.
The Devils are 4-1-3 since the All Star break but remain mired in the Metro basement, 10 points behind the Rangers. They beat Detroit last night 4-1, with all 4 goals coming in the 3rd. Wayne Simmonds had 2 goals. Damon Severson is on a 8 game point streak. Kyle Palmieri and Blake Coleman have 21 goals. Nikita Gusev has 22 assists. Palmieri is one of the only + players at +4. Last year’s 1st overall pick, Jack Hughes, has 7g, 13a but is -18. PK Subban only has 13 points and is -15. Reputed Canes trade target Sami Vatanen hasn’t played since 2/1 and is on IR. Nico Hischier is day to day and isn’t expected to play. Blackwood played in goal last night, so we’ll probably see Louis Domingue tonight. His numbers are not good, 3.74/.882 in 14 games. The Devils are 23rd in goals per game at 2.73 but 30th in goals against at 3.39. They’re 27th on the PP at 16.3% and 15th on the PK at 80.4%