Carolina Hurricanes (37-11-4, 78 pts) at New Jersey Devils (27-20-6, 60 pts)

Hurricanes are 14-7-3 on the road
Devils are 16-7-3 at home

Friday, 7:30 PM EST
TV: FSN South
Radio: Y102.9 FM

STANDINGS
Hurricanes - 78 points, 1st place, Southeast Division
Devils - 60 points, 3rd place, 10 PB, Atlantic Division

TEAM LEADERS
Hurricanes - Staal, 33 goals, 36 assists and 69 points; Mike Commodore, 86 PIM
Devils - Gionta, 29 goals and 50 points; Gomez, 28 assists; Colin White, 55 PIM

SPECIAL TEAMS
Hurricanes - Power play: 20.1 percent (70 for 349), 6th in NHL. Penalty killing: 81.5 percent (234 for 287), 18th
Devils - Power play: 17.3 percent (53 for 306), 17th. Penalty killing: 82.2 percent (194 for 236), 16th

GOALTENDERS
Hurricanes - Martin Gerber (26-8-2, 3 SO, 2.69 GAA); Cam Ward (11-3-2, 0, 3.43)
Devils - Martin Brodeur (25-16-4, 4, 2.59); Scott Clemmensen (2-4-2, 0, 3.83)

SEASON SERIES
Hurricanes, 2-0

LAST MEETING
Dec. 17; Hurricanes, 4-1. At Raleigh, N.C., Chad Larose and Staal scored 19 seconds apart in the third period for the Hurricanes. Aleksander Suglobov scored his first NHL goal for New Jersey.

INJURIES
Hurricanes - Andrew Hutchinson (wrist), Oleg Tverdovsky (upper body), Matt Cullen (jaw), Aaron Ward (hernia), Josef Vasicek (knee)
Devils - none

2/3/2006 7:28:10 PM

Whats the deal, did the game start?

still has the "preview" link up on CBS and ESPN, what is going on?

2/3/2006 7:58:36 PM

they are honoring scott stevens

2/3/2006 7:59:22 PM

babchuk has really looked sharp since we got him, im impressed

weight looks good thus far as well

[Edited on February 3, 2006 at 8:30 PM. Reason : v]

2/3/2006 8:24:26 PM

canes are sucking it up.

2/3/2006 10:05:51 PM

The home team never loses when they have one of these banner raising nights.

They should have had Ron Francis Night in the playoffs.

2/3/2006 10:10:11 PM

canes got pwned

2/3/2006 10:34:02 PM

why tf is cam ward playing? gerber owns everyone.

2/3/2006 10:36:35 PM

The first period we did pretty good. After that our skating was terrible and we just had to play Brodeur on one of his good nights.

Oh well, I guess you can't win them all......

2/3/2006 10:38:54 PM

^^ GTFO. Cam has more pure talent than Gerber by quite a bit. Gerber is a more complete goaltender at the stage of his career, has better rebound control, and is a better stickhandler. His save timing is outstanding, but outside of stickhandling, Cam has a better sense of game management and more ability to pull out a save on an unstoppable shot.

2/3/2006 11:40:29 PM

what's the deal with all these random sports talk-ers posting in the canes thread?

2/3/2006 11:53:23 PM

at least they are interested, albeit uninformed.

2/4/2006 12:31:58 AM

^ DA TROOF.

P.S. Every new hockey fan needs to know this phrase:

2/4/2006 12:33:27 AM

2/4/2006 12:45:04 AM

Ah, Boucher and Chokemanek. The greatest goaltending tandem of all time.

It makes me sad that a team that once fielded keepers like Parent, Lindbergh, and Hextall has been stuck with absolute shit in goal for a decade by an inept GM.

2/4/2006 1:00:11 AM

i was bored and was checkin through the first pages of this thread for predictions, and i came across this one from me:

Quote :

"tracer All American 10132 Posts user info edit post i think its safe to say that this will be the best team in hockey this season 9/23/2005 12:05:24 AM "

i was just joking, but pretty funny now.....and incredibly awesome (even with the L tonight)

2/4/2006 1:17:04 AM

While we're on the subject of things new hockey fans should be aware of, I found a video of the infamous 'Punch-Up in Piestany': http://media.putfile.com/0738

2/4/2006 4:21:43 AM

Hedican was added to the US Olympic roster today, and Cullen was added to the taxi squad.

2/4/2006 11:39:35 PM

Gove and Ladd sent to Lowell as well

2/4/2006 11:52:02 PM

^^^ wow that's crazy. i was involved in a few fights when i played hockey, but nothing like that. i actually never started the fights, it was always the other guy acting like a jackass.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 12:05 AM. Reason : ^]

2/5/2006 12:05:04 AM

^^^ Good to hear about Hedican. Kind of weird that they added Cullen to the taxi squad, though; won't he still be out throught he Olympics with the jaw injury?

EDIT: Nevermind, according to an article "Cullen is nearing a near miracle recovery from a broken jaw that originally was supposed to keep him out of action four to six weeks but he avoided surgery and is slated to play Thursday at Tampa."

^^ At first I was really surprised that they sent Ladd down to Lowell, but now that I think about it, I guess doing this will allow him to continue playing through the Olympic break.

EDIT: Nevermind to this as well, apparently they have recalled him again and he will play tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if they send him back down for the Olympics, though. And once Vasicek gets healthy, it may still be tough to squeeze him into the lineup.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 1:38 AM. Reason : nevermind]

2/5/2006 1:30:34 AM

Ladd just went down to play one game and get a full game's worth of shifts because he only had ~3 minutes TOI at Jersey.

2/5/2006 4:24:24 AM

0-1

Down to the Bruins in the first

Maybe the weight trade was not such a good idea

2/5/2006 1:30:44 PM

maybe the team has the jitters now bc they realize the pressure is on for the playoffs

2/5/2006 1:38:42 PM

we are going on 5 periods without scoring

2/5/2006 2:06:41 PM

hello, net

2/5/2006 2:26:36 PM

2-2

2/5/2006 2:27:30 PM

Lets Go Canes

finish strong!

2/5/2006 2:47:42 PM

STAAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3-2 canes

2/5/2006 2:53:45 PM

w00t

2/5/2006 2:53:55 PM

DAMN IT

2/5/2006 3:19:51 PM

son of a

3-3

1:somethin left

2/5/2006 3:19:59 PM

refs on the phone, play is under review

2/5/2006 3:20:58 PM

OT

2/5/2006 3:24:34 PM

kaiton is losing it

2/5/2006 3:31:30 PM

42 shots on goal for the canes

DAMN!

2/5/2006 3:31:34 PM

SHOOTOUT!

2/5/2006 3:33:55 PM

shoooootout

2/5/2006 3:34:20 PM

shootout

2/5/2006 3:34:44 PM

were 4-1 in SO, boston is 0-4

2/5/2006 3:35:02 PM

cole

2/5/2006 3:37:22 PM

gerber

2/5/2006 3:37:48 PM

0-0 after 1 rd

2/5/2006 3:37:49 PM

THATS ANOTHER CAROLINA HURRICANES GOALLLLLL


RAYYYY WHITNEY

Murray misses

BrindAmour for the win....

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 3:38 PM. Reason : c]

2/5/2006 3:38:21 PM

1-0 after 2nd

2/5/2006 3:38:44 PM

up to gerber now


SHIT SHIT SHIT

sudden death

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 3:39 PM. Reason : LETS GO BOYS]

2/5/2006 3:39:13 PM

>.<

1-1 after 3

2/5/2006 3:39:37 PM

WEIGHT!!! CMON


YESSS WHAT A TRADE

2/5/2006 3:40:14 PM

CANES WIN!!!

2/5/2006 3:40:20 PM

WEIGHT!!

2/5/2006 3:40:20 PM