What – Game 57 (35-15-6)
When – 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5
Where – Madison Square Garden; New York City, NY
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, MSG

The Carolina Hurricanes will play their final game before the Olympic break tonight as they take on the New York Rangers.

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The Hurricanes are coming off of a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators and have points in nine straight games as they continue to cement their spot at the top of the Metro division.

New York struggled mightily this season, leading to an essentially punted year in which the team has begun to already move pieces.

They’re currently on a three game losing streak and with key injuries, things have just been getting worse and worse.

And now they will be without Artemi Panarin too as the star Russian winger was traded to the LA Kings on Wednesday.

Streaks

Jordan Staal (3g, 1a) has points in four-straight games.

Sebastian Aho (3g, 2a) has points in three straight games.

Seth Jarvis (2g, 1a) and Andrei Svechnikov (2a) have points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

Taylor Hall is four goals shy of 300 career goals.

Jordan Staal is four assists away from 300 career assists as a Hurricane.

Game Notes

Carolina is 1-1-0 against New York this season, having lost 4-2 on Nov. 26 and won 3-2 on Dec. 29, with both games being in Raleigh.

Projected Starting Goalies

Brandon Bussi: 22-3-1; 0.906 Sv%; 2.24 GAA

Jonathan Quick: 4-13-2; 0.883 Sv%; 3.22 GAA

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Leading Scorers

Goals – Seth Jarvis (25) / Mika Zibanejad (23)

Points – Sebastian Aho (57) / Mike Zibanejad (52)

Power PlayPenalty Kill

Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
William Carrier – Mark Jankowski – Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Jaccob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Alexander Nikishin

Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen

Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Eric Robinson (UBI), Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)

J.T. Miller – Mika Zibanejad – Gabriel Perreault
Will Cuylle – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere
Jonny Brodzinski – Noah Laba – Taylor Raddysh
Brennan Othmann – Sam Carrick – Matt Rempe

Vladislav Gavrikov – Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson – Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen – Scott Morrow

Jonathan Quick
Spencer Martin

Injuries and Scratches: Anton Blidh, Vincent Iorio, Adam Edstrom (LBI), Adam Fox (LBI), Conor Sheary (LBI), Igor Shesterkin (LBI)

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