Andersen will defend the home crease during Thursday’s Opening Night matchup against the Devils, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes‘ official site reports.
Andersen will draw the start in Thursday’s regular-season opener, while Brandon Bussi will serve as the backup since Pyotr Kochetkov (undisclosed) is “nicked up.” Andersen made 22 regular-season appearances for Carolina last year, going 13-8-1 with a 2.50 GAA and .899 save percentage. He’s been effective over a limited sample across the past two seasons, and he’ll likely split goaltending duties with Kochetkov this year.
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