2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes season

2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes
Division TBD Metropolitan
Conference TBD Eastern
2016–17 record 9–10–5
Home record 6–3–0
Road record 3–7–5
Goals for 57
Goals against 65
Team information
General Manager Ron Francis
Coach Bill Peters
Captain Vacant
Alternate captains Justin Faulk
Victor Rask
Jeff Skinner
Jordan Staal
Arena PNC Arena
Team leaders
Goals Victor Rask
Jeff Skinner (9)
Assists Jeff Skinner (11)
Points Jeff Skinner (20)
Penalties in minutes Viktor Stalberg (21)
Plus/minus Matt Tennyson (+4)
Wins Cam Ward (7)
Goals against average Cam Ward (2.21)
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The 2016–17 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 38th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 20th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Rangers 26 17 8 1 17 95 65 +30 35
2 Pittsburgh Penguins 25 15 7 3 13 80 73 +7 33
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 23 14 5 4 13 73 52 +21 32
4 Philadelphia Flyers 27 14 10 3 11 87 85 +2 31
5 Washington Capitals 23 13 7 3 13 58 53 +5 29
6 New Jersey Devils 24 11 7 6 9 63 66 3 28
7 Carolina Hurricanes 25 10 10 5 9 58 65 7 25
8 New York Islanders 24 9 10 5 8 62 71 9 23
Updated to game(s) played on December 4, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Rangers 26 17 8 1 17 95 65 +30 35
2 Pittsburgh Penguins 25 15 7 3 13 80 73 +7 33
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 23 14 5 4 13 73 52 +21 32
Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 25 17 6 2 16 74 56 +18 36
2 Ottawa Senators 25 15 8 2 12 59 59 0 32
3 Tampa Bay Lightning 27 14 11 2 12 77 72 +5 30
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME Philadelphia Flyers 27 14 10 3 11 87 85 +2 31
2 ME Washington Capitals 23 13 7 3 13 58 53 +5 29
3 AT Boston Bruins 25 14 10 1 12 59 55 +4 29
4 ME New Jersey Devils 24 11 7 6 9 63 66 3 28
5 AT Detroit Red Wings 26 12 11 3 9 65 69 4 27
6 AT Florida Panthers 25 12 11 2 10 60 63 3 26
7 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 24 10 9 5 10 72 77 5 25
8 ME Carolina Hurricanes 25 10 10 5 9 58 65 7 25
9 ME New York Islanders 24 9 10 5 8 62 71 9 23
10 AT Buffalo Sabres 24 9 10 5 8 49 62 13 23
Updated to game(s) played on December 4, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[2]
December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
23 December 1 Carolina 1–2 Boston SO Ward 17,565 9–9–5 23 Recap
24 December 3 Carolina 2–4 NY Rangers Leighton 18,006 9–10–5 23 Recap
25 December 4 Tampa Bay Carolina ––
26 December 7 Carolina Anaheim ––
27 December 8 Carolina Los Angeles ––
28 December 10 Carolina San Jose ––
29 December 13 Vancouver Carolina ––
30 December 16 Washington Carolina ––
31 December 17 Buffalo Carolina ––
32 December 19 Detroit Carolina ––
33 December 22 Carolina Buffalo ––
34 December 23 Boston Carolina ––
35 December 28 Carolina Pittsburgh ––
36 December 30 Chicago Carolina ––
37 December 31 Carolina Tampa Bay ––

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

As of November 3, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[3]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner 8 5 6 11 1 2
Rask, VictorVictor Rask 9 4 6 10 2 0
Stempniak, LeeLee Stempniak 9 4 2 6 4 8
Faulk, JustinJustin Faulk 9 3 3 6 −4 6
Hanifin, NoahNoah Hanifin 9 0 6 6 −7 6
Aho, SebastianSebastian Aho 9 0 5 5 −1 2
Staal, JordanJordan Staal 9 3 0 3 −2 6
Teravainen, TeuvoTeuvo Teravainen 9 2 1 3 −5 0
Slavin, JaccobJaccob Slavin 9 1 2 3 −2 2
Stalberg, ViktorViktor Stalberg 8 2 0 2 0 4
Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey 9 0 2 2 −1 6
Nordstrom, JoakimJoakim Nordstrom 9 0 2 2 −3 2
Pesce, BrettBrett Pesce 9 0 2 2 0 2
Bickell, BryanBryan Bickell 7 1 0 1 −1 4
Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm 9 0 1 1 −5 0
Dahlbeck, KlasKlas Dahlbeck 6 0 1 1 0 6
Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil 4 0 1 1 −3 0
McClement, JayJay McClement 9 0 0 0 −4 0
Di Giuseppe, PhillipPhillip Di Giuseppe 7 0 0 0 −4 9
Nakladal, JakubJakub Nakladal 2 0 0 0 −3 0
Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ward, CamCam Ward 6 6 361 1 3 2 20 3.33 169 .882 0 0 0 2
Lack, EddieEddie Lack 3 3 181 1 1 1 12 4.00 84 .857 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated December 3 2016.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Finland Aho, SebastianSebastian Aho RW L 19 2015 Rauma, Finland
29 Canada Bickell, BryanBryan Bickell  LW L 30 2016 Orono, Ontario
6 Sweden Dahlbeck, KlasKlas Dahlbeck D L 25 2016 Katrineholm, Sweden
34 Canada Di Giuseppe, PhillipPhillip Di Giuseppe C L 23 2012 Maple, Ontario
27 United States Faulk, JustinJustin Faulk (A) D R 24 2010 South St. Paul, Minnesota
65 United States Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey D L 35 2013 Bolton, Connecticut
5 United States Hanifin, NoahNoah Hanifin D L 19 2015 Boston, Massachusetts
31 Sweden Lack, EddieEddie Lack  G L 28 2015 Norrtälje, Sweden
32 Canada Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton G L 35 2016 Petrolia, Ontario
16 Sweden Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm C R 22 2013 Boden, Sweden
18 Canada McClement, JayJay McClement C L 33 2014 Kingston, Ontario
23 Canada McGinn, BrockBrock McGinn LW L 22 2012 Fergus, Ontario
7 Canada Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy D R 23 2011 Aurora, Ontario
15 Czech Republic Nestrasil, AndrejAndrej Nestrasil C L 25 2014 Prague, Czechoslovakia
42 Sweden Nordstrom, JoakimJoakim Nordstrom C L 24 2015 Stockholm, Sweden
22 United States Pesce, BrettBrett Pesce D R 22 2013 Tarrytown, New York
49 Sweden Rask, VictorVictor Rask (A) C L 23 2011 Leksand, Sweden
33 United States Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan C R 29 2015 Spokane, Washington
53 Canada Skinner, JeffJeff Skinner (A) LW L 24 2010 Markham, Ontario
74 United States Slavin, JaccobJaccob Slavin D L 22 2012 Denver, Colorado
11 Canada Staal, JordanJordan Staal (A)  C L 28 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario
25 Sweden Stalberg, ViktorViktor Stalberg LW L 30 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden
21 United States Stempniak, LeeLee Stempniak RW R 33 2016 West Seneca, New York
26 United States Tennyson, MattMatt Tennyson D R 26 2016 Minneapolis, Minnesota
86 Finland Teravainen, TeuvoTeuvo Teravainen C L 22 2016 Helsinki, Finland
30 Canada Ward, CamCam Ward G L 32 2002 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
October 11, 2016 To Florida Panthers
Brody Sutter
To Carolina Hurricanes
Connor Brickley
[6]
Notes

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Viktor Stalberg New York Rangers 1 year, $1.5 million [7]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andrew Miller Charlotte Checkers 1 year, $650,000 [8]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Lee Stempniak Boston Bruins 2 years, $5 million [9]
July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Matt Tennyson San Jose Sharks 1 year, $675,000 [10]
October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) Jakub Nakladal Calgary Flames 1 year, $600,000 [11]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Riley Nash Boston Bruins 2 years, $1.8 million [12]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Nathan Gerbe New York Rangers 1 year, $600,000 [13]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Chris Terry Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $600,000 [14]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Brad Malone Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 [15]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date
Martin Frk [16] Detroit Red Wings October 9, 2016
Klas Dahlbeck [17] Arizona Coyotes October 11, 2016

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date

Lost via retirement

Date Player

Players released

Date Player Via Ref

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 28, 2016 Patrick Brown 1 year, $650,000 [18]
July 9, 2016 Jake Bean 3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract [19]
July 9, 2016 Julien Gauthier 3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract [20]
July 12, 2016 Victor Rask 6 years, $24 million [21]
July 14, 2016 Brendan Woods 1 year, $650,000 [22]
July 14, 2016 Keegan Lowe 1 year, $750,000 [23]
July 14, 2016 Brody Sutter 1 year, $600,000 [24]
July 14, 2016 Dennis Robertson 1 year, $650,000 [25]
July 14, 2016 Ryan Murphy 2 years, $1.575 million [26]

Draft picks

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, was held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 13 Jake Bean D Canada Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1 21a Julien Gauthier RW Canada Canada Val d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2 43 Janne Kuokkanen LW Finland Finland Karpat (Liiga)
3 67b Matt Filipe LW United States United States Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
3 74 Hudson Elynuik C Canada Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 75c Jack LaFontaine G Canada Canada Janesville Jets (NAHL)
4 104 Max Zimmer LW United States United States Chicago Steel (USHL)
5 134 Jeremy Helvig G United States United States Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
6 164 Noah Carroll D Canada Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
Draft notes[27]

References

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