{"id":398612,"date":"2026-01-09T01:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398612\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:01:15","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-vs-anaheim-ducks-lineups-game-preview-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398612\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes vs. Anaheim Ducks: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

What – Game 44 (26-14-3)
When – 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8
Where – Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, Victory+, KCOP-13<\/p>\n

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to sweep the season series with the Anaheim Ducks tonight as they go for a third win in a row.<\/p>\n

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Carolina is coming off of a 6-3 win over the Dallas Stars, a game where they got leading goal scorer Seth Jarvis back into the lineup.<\/p>\n

While star defenseman Jaccob Slavin is nearing a return, he is still not quite ready to play yet.<\/p>\n

Anaheim comes to town losers of their last seven games in a row.<\/p>\n

Things have gotten shaky for the Ducks, who had a really strong start to the year, as they’ve been allowing quite a lot of goals.<\/p>\n

Streaks<\/p>\n

Nikolaj Ehlers (3g, 5a) has points in four straight games.<\/p>\n

Logan Stankoven (2g, 1a) has points in three straight games.<\/p>\n

Milestone Watch<\/p>\n

Jalen Chatfield will play in his 300 career game tonight.<\/p>\n

Andrei Svechnikov is one point away from 400 career points.<\/p>\n

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Game Notes<\/p>\n

Carolina is 1-0-0 against Anaheim this season, winning 4-1 Oct. 16 in California.<\/p>\n

Seth Jarvis (5g, 11pts in 9gp) is a point-per-game player for his career against the Ducks.<\/p>\n

Projected Starting Goalies<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen: 5-10-2; 0.867 Sv%; 3.43 GAA<\/p>\n

Ville Husso: 5-3-1; 0.884 Sv%; 3.25 GAA<\/p>\n

Leading Scorers<\/p>\n

Goals – Seth Jarvis (20) \/ Cutter Gauthier (20)<\/p>\n

Points – Sebastian Aho (43) \/ Leo Carlsson (42)<\/p>\n

Power PlayPenalty Kill<\/p>\n

Nikolaj Ehlers – Sebastian Aho – Andrei Svechnikov
Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook – Jordan Staal – Seth Jarvis
William Carrier – Mark Jankowski – Eric Robinson<\/p>\n

K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Jalen Chatfield
Alexander Nikishin – Joel Nystrom<\/p>\n

Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi<\/p>\n

Injuries and Scratches: Mike Reilly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Noah Philp (concussion), Jaccob Slavin (UBI), Pyotr Kochetkov (hip), Charles Alexis Legault (hand)<\/p>\n

Mikael Granlund – Mason McTavish – Beckett Sennecke
Alex Killorn – Leo Carlsson – Ryan Strome
Chris Kreider – Ryan Poehling – Cutter Gauthier
Ross Johnston – Tim Washe – Jansen Harkins<\/p>\n

Olen Zellweger – Jacob Trouba
Jackson LaCombe – Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov – Drew Helleson<\/p>\n

Ville Husso
Lukas Dostal<\/p>\n

Injuries and Scratches: Ian Moore, Frank Vatrano (shoulder), Troy Terry (UBI), Petr Mrazek (LBI)<\/p>\n

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