{"id":485744,"date":"2026-03-04T22:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485744\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:35:43","slug":"lines-notes-and-how-to-watch-vs-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485744\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Notes, and How to Watch vs. Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes continue their final western conference road trip of the season as they face the Vancouver Canucks Wednesday. It will be the final game for both teams before the NHL Trade Deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled to begin at 10:00 PM EST.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unknown who all will be on the roster for the game, and who will be missing. Jesperi Kotkaniemi has been absent from the bench since the Hurricanes\u2019 return to play after the Olympics. Meanwhile, Elias Pettersson (the forward, that is) has been one of the biggest names on the NHL\u2019s trade board. There is a possibility that the Canucks\u2019 top-line centerman could be scratched to help facilitate a trade.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes started their trip off <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/hello-beasty-kraken-sinks-jet-lagged-hurricanes-end-12-game-point-streak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the wrong foot<\/a>, suffering their first regulation loss since January 13th to the Seattle Kraken, which ended a 12-game point streak, goaltender Frederik Andersen\u2019s six-game point streak, and was the first that defenseman Jaccob Slavin had experienced since last season.<\/p>\n<p>As for goaltenders, the expected starter for Carolina is Brandon Bussi, following Andersen\u2019s start in the past two consecutive games \u2013 something he hadn\u2019t had since October. Bussi has held the line well, posting a .904 save percentage and a 2.23 goals against average across a 24-3-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Canucks will likely give Kevin Lankinen the crease, as Nikita Tolopilo manned the net in the last game; a 6-1 loss to the Dallas Stars. Lankinen\u2019s stats this season have been the worst he\u2019s posted in his career, though hardly to any fault of his own. His save percentage is .875 with a goals against average 3.69 across a 7-20-4 record.<\/p>\n<p>Expected Carolina Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaj Ehlers \u2013 Jordan Staal \u2013 Jordan Martinook<\/p>\n<p>William Carrier \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Shayne Gostisbehere \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bussi \/ Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n<p>Expected Canucks Lines<\/p>\n<p>Evander Kane \u2013 Elias Pettersson \u2013 Jake DeBrusk<\/p>\n<p>Drew O\u2019Connor \u2013 Marco Rossi \u2013 Brock Boeser<\/p>\n<p>Liam Ohgren \u2013 Teddy Blueger \u2013 Conor Garland<\/p>\n<p>Nils Hoglander \u2013 David Kampf \u2013 Linus Karlsson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Elias Nils Pettersson \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Pettersson \u2013 Tom Willander<\/p>\n<p>Zeev Buium \u2013 Pierre-Olivier Joseph<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lankinen \/ Nikita Tolopilo<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes power play: 21.9% (13th)<br \/>Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 80.7% (10th, up one spot from the previous game)<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks power play: 17.7% (24th)<br \/>Vancouver Canucks penalty kill: 70.6% (32nd)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>Carolina\u2019s previous game saw a notable difficulty in generating offense. Though jet-lag and tired legs were a likely culprit, it will be something to watch in the upcoming game.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Eric Robinson took <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rbarkleyhockey\/status\/2028704145465864694?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">a hard hit<\/a> from Kraken defenseman Cale Fleury. He appeared to be shaken up as he made his way to the bench and did not play another shift afterwards. However, neither did his fourth-line cohorts Mark Jankowski and William Carrier, as the Hurricanes were down a goal with under eight minutes left to play.<\/p>\n<p>Jesperi Kotkaniemi is likely to remain a healthy scratch.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p>TV: FanDuel Sports Network South<br \/>Streaming: ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772663743_733_ab783896b73f675bc93cb7c5b0a070ee9f363e9b6b751c7e80dcfd1fd7431eb5.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tRachel  Barkley  is  a  beat  writer  covering  the  Carolina  Hurricanes  for  Carolina  Hockey  Now  on  Sportsnaut.  Painting  stories  with  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/rbarkley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Barkley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes continue their final western conference road trip of the season as they face the Vancouver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[194,29,5176,1239,5,195,1743,4,548],"class_list":{"0":"post-485744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","10":"tag-carolinahurricanes","11":"tag-frederik-andersen","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-hurricanes","14":"tag-jesperi-kotkaniemi","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116173297121671849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485744","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=485744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}