{"id":410751,"date":"2026-01-16T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410751\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:47:11","slug":"hurricanes-aim-to-end-skid-against-rival-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/410751\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Aim to End Skid Against Rival Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes (28-15-4) will begin a set of back-to-backs Friday, starting with an all too familiar foe, the Florida Panthers (24-18-3), in Raleigh. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EST.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a loss to St. Louis on Tuesday and an overtime loss to Detroit on Monday, the Hurricanes look to get back into the win column, but may have to do so without key players.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Panthers have had to deal with injuries of their own. Brad Marchand has been out of the lineup since he took a hit from Toronto Maple Leafs forward Bobby McMann on January 6th, and on the backend, Seth Jones has been absent since he was hit with a puck during the Winter Classic. Nonetheless, they have found success in recent games, riding a two-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Hurricanes and Panthers will play rested, with multiple days between previous games.<\/p>\n<p>During practice Thursday morning, Brandon Bussi was in the starter\u2019s crease. This season, he has established a goals against average of 2.31 and an average save percentage of .902, with a 16-3-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers are expected to start Sergei Bobrovsky, who currently has a goals against average of 2.90 and a career low .881 save percentage, with a 19-12-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Expected Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Nikolaj Ehlers<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Martinook \u2013 Jordan Staal \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Eric Robinson \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Jesperi Kotkaniemi<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Mike Reilly \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bussi \/ Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n<p>Expected Panthers Lines<\/p>\n<p>Eetu Luostarinen \u2013 Anton Lundell \u2013 Sam Reinhart<\/p>\n<p>Carter Verhaeghe \u2013 Sam Bennett \u2013 A.J. Greer<\/p>\n<p>Sandis Vilmanis \u2013 Evan Rodrigues \u2013 Mackie Samoskevich<\/p>\n<p>Jesper Boqvist \u2013 Luke Kunin \u2013 Jack Studnicka<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Gustav Forsling \u2013 Aaron Ekblad<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Niko Mikkola \u2013 Uvis Balinskis<\/p>\n<p>Donovan Sebrango \u2013 Jeff Petry<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Sergei Bobrovsky \/ Daniil Tarasov<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes power play: 19.58% (17th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes penalty kill: 78.79% (20th)<\/p>\n<p>Panthers power play: 18.79% (21st)<\/p>\n<p>Panthers penalty kill: 83.77% (5th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>During practice Thursday, Shayne Gostisbehere was notably absent. Head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/7jd0gwb6ajo5zshz6fxej\/APKbsu9nFfuJAJtsBimOhMo?dl=0&amp;e=1&amp;rlkey=badxsh54rv5iq2fm26qm5d6pb&amp;st=iaubvlpo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> that Gostisbehere \u2018didn\u2019t feel great\u2019 and that his status for the game was unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin practiced on the top line alongside Jalen Chatfield, but it\u2019s a question whether he will enter the lineup against the Panthers, as the team has been wary of playing him in back-to-backs. Brind\u2019Amour confirmed that the rehabilitation protocol the team has followed is related to the lower-body injury Slavin sustained in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After an absence from the ice on the two-game road trip, William Carrier returned to practice. Brind\u2019Amour seemed hopeful that he would play versus the Panthers, but did not confirm it. If Carrier draws in, Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be the likely scratch.<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch<\/p>\n<p>TV: Fanduel Sports Network South<\/p>\n<p>Streaming: ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Radio: 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes (28-15-4) will begin a set of back-to-backs Friday, starting with an all too familiar foe,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5107],"tags":[261,803,28,1742,245,3819,254,19349,194,29,5176,246,8020,599,1083,249,1111,247,1239,1231,5,195,1238,3284,510,1447,4116,253,1743,1448,1284,520,1803,251,1649,12933,4,255,794,63,83,252,6949,1174,11,1177,259,2823,534,1110,244,31,260,1109],"class_list":["post-410751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-hurricanes","tag-a-j-greer","tag-aaron-ekblad","tag-alexander-nikishin","tag-andrei-svechnikov","tag-anton-lundell","tag-bobby-mcmann","tag-brad-marchand","tag-brandon-bussi","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-carolinahurricanes","tag-carter-verhaeghe","tag-daniil-tarasov","tag-detroit","tag-donovan-sebrango","tag-eetu-luostarinen","tag-eric-robinson","tag-evan-rodrigues","tag-frederik-andersen","tag-gustav-forsling","tag-hockey","tag-hurricanes","tag-jaccob-slavin","tag-jack-studnicka","tag-jackson-blake","tag-jalen-chatfield","tag-jeff-petry","tag-jesper-boqvist","tag-jesperi-kotkaniemi","tag-jordan-martinook","tag-jordan-staal","tag-logan-stankoven","tag-luke-kunin","tag-mackie-samoskevich","tag-mark-jankowski","tag-mike-reilly","tag-nhl","tag-niko-mikkola","tag-nikolaj-ehlers","tag-panthers","tag-sam-bennett","tag-sam-reinhart","tag-sean-walker","tag-sebastian-aho","tag-sergei-bobrovsky","tag-seth-jarvis","tag-seth-jones","tag-shayne-gostisbehere","tag-st-louis","tag-taylor-hall","tag-the-panthers","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-uvis-balinskis","tag-william-carrier"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}