Hurricanes rookie defenseman Joel Nystrom has been called for just one penalty in the first 19 games of his NHL career. (Noah K. Murray / AP Photo)

RALEIGH — The Hurricanes hit the 25-game mark of the 2025-26 season atop the Metropolitan Division and tied with Tampa Bay for the best record in the Eastern Conference at 16-7-2.

The start has Carolina on track to reach the postseason for the eighth consecutive season, all under coach Rod Brind’Amour. Sunday’s 1-0 overtime win over the visiting Flames gave Brind’Amour his 341st regular season win, the 53rd most all time.

Brind’Amour is one behind Emile Francis for the 23rd most with one franchise and is 29 wins from tying Punch Imlach for the 20th most.

As for 2025-26, several Hurricanes have interesting statistics with the regular season nearly a third over.

49.2 — The number of goals Seth Jarvis is on pace for. Jarvis has 15 goals in the season’s first 25 games. He’s gotten some help because of Carolina’s record — Jarvis has four of the Hurricanes’ five empty-net goals (Charles Alexis Legault’s first career goal is the other). That’s tied with Washington’s Tom Wilson and Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel for the most in the NHL this year.

2 — Players who have scored 40 goals since relocation to North Carolina. Eric Staal did it twice (45 in 2005-06 and 40 in 2008-09), and Jeff O’Neill had 41 in 2000-01.

8.4% — Jarvis’ shooting percentage in December in his career, the only month during which he is under 14.8%. December has therefore, unsurprisingly, also traditionally been Jarvis’ lowest goal-scoring month — he has nine goals in 48 career games.

98.97 — Speed, in miles per hour, of Hurricanes rookie defenseman Alexander Nikishin’s shot in the third period of Carolina’s 5-1 win in San Jose on Oct. 14, according to NHL EDGE statistics. It’s the hardest shot by any Hurricanes player this season, and only eight NHL defensemen have had a harder shot through 25 games.

462:58 — Time on ice this season for Nikishin, the second most by a Hurricanes rookie in the first 24 games of a rookie season since relocation. Only Justin Faulk (532:18) had more in his first 24 career games.

320:11 — Time on ice this season for fellow rookie defenseman Joel Nystrom, the 10th most by a Hurricanes player in the first 19 games of a rookie season.

12 — NHL players with at least 300 minutes played and one or fewer penalties this season. Nystrom has taken just one penalty — a holding infraction in his second career game on Oct. 25 in Dallas.

4 — Long-range goals for defenseman Sean Walker, the most by any player in the NHL this season, according to NHL EDGE. Walker’s four goals are one shy of his total from last season.

.908 — Goalie Brandon Bussi’s save percentage on high-danger scoring chances, the best in the league according to NHL EDGE. Bussi, who is 7-1-0 in his first eight career starts, has an overall save percentage of .908 as well.

3 — Hurricanes goalies with at least four wins this season, the most of any team. On top of Bussi’s 7-1-0 record, Frederik Andersen is 5-6-2, and Pyotr Kochetkov is unbeaten at 4-0‑0. Only one other team, Buffalo, has three goalies with at least three wins.

9 — Hurricanes players with at least five goals. Only Colorado, with 10, has more. Montreal also has nine players with at least five goals. Detroit, Minnesota and Seattle have the fewest with four each. Three Hurricanes defensemen have at least three goals, tied with seven other teams for the most in the league.

10 — Power play goals for the Hurricanes, tied for the fewest in franchise history through 25 games. The Whalers started the 1979-80 season with that many goals on the power play through 25 games, as did the 2015-16 Hurricanes. The franchise had 35 in the opening 25 games of the 1987-88 season while in Hartford, and the most since relocation was 31 in 2007‑08. Carolina’s 73 opportunities so far this season are the fewest for the organization since Stathead.com started tracking that in 2015-16.

611 — Shots on goal allowed through 25 games, the fewest in franchise history. It is 14 fewer than the previous low, 625 in 2023-24.

13 — Even-strength assists for Shayne Gostisbehere in 16 games this season, two shy of the 15 he had in 70 games last season.

Plus 15 — Nikishin’s plus/minus this season, best on the Hurricanes. The best by a rookie in franchise history was plus 17 for Grant Jennings in 1988-89. Since relocation, Jarvis has the best rookie plus/minus at plus 11 in 2021-22, followed by Jackson Blake at plus 10 last season.