2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 42nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and 24th season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes
2020–21 record7–2–0
Home record3–0–0
Road record4–2–0
Goals for32
Goals against24
Team information
CoachRod Brind'Amour
CaptainJordan Staal
Alternate captainsJordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin
ArenaPNC Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAndrei Svechnikov
Vincent Trocheck (6)
AssistsSebastian Aho
Dougie Hamilton
Jordan Staal (7)
PointsAndrei Svechnikov (10)
Penalty minutesDougie Hamilton (11)
Plus/minusMartin Necas (+6)
WinsJames Reimer (5)
Goals against averagePetr Mrazek (0.99)

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Hurricanes will play this season in the Central Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings
Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Lightning 9 7 1 1 6 32 18 +14 15
2 Florida Panthers 8 6 0 2 3 29 23 +6 14
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 5 4 3 4 31 37 −6 13
4 Carolina Hurricanes 8 6 2 0 3 26 19 +7 12
5 Chicago Blackhawks 12 4 4 4 4 35 39 −4 12
6 Dallas Stars 8 5 2 1 4 32 21 +11 11
7 Nashville Predators 11 5 6 0 2 29 36 −7 10
8 Detroit Red Wings 12 2 8 2 1 22 43 −21 6
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[2]

2020–21 game log
February: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
7February 2Carolina4–3ChicagoSOReimer06–1–012Recap
8February 4Carolina4–6ChicagoReimer06–2–012Recap
9February 7Carolina6–5ColumbusReimer07–2–014Recap
10February 8Carolina–Columbus
11February 11Carolina–Dallas
12February 13Carolina–Dallas
13February 15Columbus–Carolina
14February 17Florida–Carolina
15February 19Chicago–Carolina
16February 20Chicago–Carolina
17February 22Tampa Bay–Carolina
18February 24Carolina–Tampa Bay
19February 25Carolina–Tampa Bay
20February 27Carolina–Florida

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement


Roster

Updated February 1, 2021[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Sebastian Aho C L 23 2015 Rauma, Finland
24 Jake Bean D L 22 2016 Calgary, Alberta
18 Ryan Dzingel LW L 28 2019 Wheaton, Illinois
71 Jesper Fast RW R 29 2020 Nässjö, Sweden
4 Haydn Fleury D L 24 2014 Carlyle, Saskatchewan
13 Warren Foegele LW L 24 2014 Markham, Ontario
51 Jake Gardiner D L 30 2019 Minneapolis, Minnesota
67 Morgan Geekie C R 22 2017 Strathclair, Manitoba
19 Dougie Hamilton D R 27 2018 Toronto, Ontario
78 Steven Lorentz C L 24 2015 Waterloo, Ontario
48 Jordan Martinook (A) LW L 28 2018 Brandon, Manitoba
28 Max McCormick  LW L 28 2019 De Pere, Wisconsin
23 Brock McGinn LW L 27 2012 Fergus, Ontario
34 Petr Mrazek  G L 28 2018 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
88 Martin Necas C R 22 2017 Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
39 Alex Nedeljkovic G L 25 2014 Parma, Ohio
21 Nino Niederreiter RW L 28 2019 Chur, Switzerland
22 Brett Pesce D R 26 2013 Tarrytown, New York
47 James Reimer G L 32 2019 Morweena, Manitoba
33 Joakim Ryan D L 27 2020 Rumson, New Jersey
76 Brady Skjei D L 26 2020 Lakeville, Minnesota
74 Jaccob Slavin (A) D L 26 2012 Denver, Colorado
11 Jordan Staal (C) C L 32 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario
37 Andrei Svechnikov RW L 20 2018 Barnaul, Russia
86 Teuvo Teravainen LW L 26 2016 Helsinki, Finland
16 Vincent Trocheck C R 27 2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

References
  1. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  2. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  3. "Hurricanes-Predators game postponed due to COVID-19". NHLcom. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. "Hurricanes games postponed through Jan. 23 because of COVID-19". NHLcom. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. "Hurricanes' game Tuesday postponed, six rescheduled due to coronavirus". NHL.com. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. "Carolina Hurricanes Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  7. "Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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