NEW YORK — Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis was in the middle of his pregame nap Thursday when his phone rang. On the other end of the call was Doug Armstrong, Team Canada’s general manager. The 24-year-old felt groggy when he woke up, but he was quickly excited when Armstrong told him the news: He was joining the Canadian Olympic team in place of Brayden Point, who is out with a knee injury.

“Great reason to interrupt my nap,” Jarvis said after helping Carolina to a 2-0 win against the Rangers. “I take those pretty seriously, but for that reason, more than happy to wake up.”

Team Canada had told Jarvis to stay ready as a potential injury replacement. The winger, who has 25 goals and 43 points in 49 games this year, was part of Canada’s gold medal-winning team at the 4 Nations Face-Off but missed the cut for the initial Olympic roster. After the news, he told reporters, “Sometimes you gotta eat a s— sandwich and chew on it for a little bit. It doesn’t taste good, but you move on.”

Jarvis had planned to vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, over the Olympic break. Quickly, he was on the phone rearranging plans, trying to figure out what to pack and how to get to Italy.

“Obviously, love warm weather, but this is an absolutely great reason not to go (to Cabo),” he said.

Jarvis, who is from Winnipeg and sported a T-shirt from the city’s CFL team in his postgame interview, said it’s nice to have some familiarity with Canadian coach Jon Cooper’s systems from 4 Nations. He doesn’t anticipate being as intimidated as he was at the 2025 tournament because he already knows many of the players, including Sidney Crosby, whom he watched score the 2010 gold medal-winning goal from a friend’s basement in Winnipeg. He was 8 at the time.

Jarvis’ inclusion comes at the expense of Point, a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Point suffered his knee injury on Jan. 12 in the Lightning’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

“You never want to see someone go down, especially Pointer: someone I model a lot of my game after, I have a ton of respect for and someone at 4 Nations I grew pretty close to and really enjoyed being around,” Jarvis said. “It sucks that this is the way it had to go.

“Now my job is to focus on helping the team any way I can, whether that’s playing games or being a great teammate off the ice.”