{"id":550208,"date":"2026-04-11T09:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550208\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:48:27","slug":"lines-notes-goalies-and-how-to-watch-vs-mammoth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550208\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Notes, Goalies, and How to Watch vs. Mammoth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes will continue their trek west to face the Utah Mammoth \u2013 their final Western Conference matchup of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for 5:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hurricanes\u2019 last game against the Chicago Blackhawks, they enlisted the help of four players from the Chicago Wolves in Josiah Slavin, Skyler Brind\u2019Amour, Bradly Nadeau, and Charles-Alexis Legault.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Hurricanes defeat the Blackhawks with only half of their usual roster, but they did so in style as they achieved over half a dozen milestones in the 7-2 win. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/hurricanes-b-squad-achieves-over-half-a-dozen-milestones-in-big-win-over-blackhawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can read all about it here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Mammoth\u2019s previous game, they handed the Nashville Predators a setback in their mad dash for a wild card spot with a 4-1 win. Not only did they cause a little havoc for their central division rivals, but paired with the Anaheim Ducks\u2019 thrashing of the San Jose Sharks, the Mammoth were able to clinch a playoff spot for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>Due to both teams\u2019 current status as playoff-bound teams, their lineups remain murky down the stretch, as practices shift toward optionality and final gameday choices only come into focus moments before puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>In the Crease<\/p>\n<p>For the Hurricanes, the starting goalie is likely to be Brandon Bussi, due to the alternating tandem. Bussi previously faced them in January during <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/play-brass-bonanza-baby-hurricanes-defeat-mammoth-in-historic-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Hurricanes\u2019 historic comeback during Whalers night<\/a>, which saw a two-goal deficit erased as they scored three goals in the final two minutes to win the game in regulation \u2013 making them only the third team in NHL history to accomplish the feat. Bussi\u2019s save percentage this season is .890, with a goals against average of 2.52 across a 30-6-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Mammoth, Karel Vejmelka has taken 75 percent of the starts for Utah this season, including the last four straight. For that reason, I believe that the Mammoth will likely turn to V\u00edtek Vanecek for the start against Carolina. His save percentage this season is .885, with a goals against average of 2.87 across a 5-11-3 record.<\/p>\n<p>Expected Carolina Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaj Ehlers \u2013 Jesperi Kotkaniemi \u2013 Bradly Nadeau<\/p>\n<p>William Carrier \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Nicolas Deslauriers<\/p>\n<p>Josiah Slavin \u2013 Skyler Brind\u2019Amour \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Shayne Gostisbehere<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Nikishin \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Mike Reilly \u2013 Charles-Alexis Legault<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bussi \/ Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n<p>Expected Utah Mammoth Lines<\/p>\n<p>Clayton Keller \u2013 Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Lawson Crouse<\/p>\n<p>Kailer Yamamoto \u2013 Logan Cooley \u2013 Dylan Guenther<\/p>\n<p>JJ Peterka \u2013 Alex Kerfoot \u2013 Michael Carcone<\/p>\n<p>Liam O\u2019Brien \u2013 Kevin Stenlund \u2013 Brandon Tanev<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Mikhail Sergachev \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n<p>Nate Schmidt \u2013 John Marino<\/p>\n<p>Ian Cole \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Karel Vejmelka \/ Vitek Vanecek<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes power play: 24.6% (6th, down one spot from previous game)<br \/>Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 80.6% (11th, up one spot from previous game)<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth power play: 19.8% (20th)<br \/>Utah Mammoth penalty kill: 78.4% (18th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>This season, it appears that the Hurricanes are out of the running for the Presidents\u2019 Trophy this season. Following the Colorado Avalanche\u2019s 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday night, the best of the west clinched the trophy as they acquired their 114th point in the standings. Considering the curse that seems to follow the trophy, this is a good thing for Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour spoke with the media in the last game regarding the status of players who were left off the lineup against the Blackhawks. He said that a few of them were \u2018nicked up\u2019, but that they could go if needed.<\/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\/04\/1775900907_238_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":"Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes will continue their trek west to face the Utah Mammoth \u2013 their final Western&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5107],"tags":[194,29,5176,5,2603,195,4,1835],"class_list":{"0":"post-550208","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-hockey","12":"tag-how-to-watch","13":"tag-hurricanes","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-starting-goalies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116385450348572185","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550208","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=550208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}