2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th season for the franchise, 33rd in the National Hockey League (NHL) dating back to June 22, 1979, and 14th season since the franchise relocated to North Carolina to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third straight year. The last time the team made the trip to the playoffs was in the 2008–09 season.

Regular season On November 28, 2011, the Hurricanes replaced head coach Paul Maurice with Kirk Muller.Hurricanes Name Kirk Muller as Head Coach

Playoffs The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2011 Pre-season game log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Recap 1 September 19 Carolina Hurricanes 1–3 Buffalo Sabres Peters 0–1–0 2 September 23 Nashville Predators 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Peters 0–2–0 3 September 25 (in Charlotte, NC) Winnipeg Jets 0–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 1–2–0 4 September 28 Carolina Hurricanes 1–3 Winnipeg Jets Boucher 1–3–0 5 September 30 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 1–4–0 6 October 1 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Nashville Predators OT Boucher 1–4–1

Regular season

2011–12 Game Log October: 4–4–3 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 0–1–0 0 2 October 8 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Washington Capitals OT Boucher 18,506 0–1–1 1 3 October 10 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 New Jersey Devils Ward 12,096 0–2–1 1 4 October 12 Boston Bruins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,483 1–2–1 3 5 October 14 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Buffalo Sabres Ward 18,690 2–2–1 5 6 October 18 Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 Boston Bruins Ward 17,565 3–2–1 7 7 October 21 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 St. Louis Blues OT Ward 19,150 3–2–2 8 8 October 22 Carolina Hurricanes 3–5 Winnipeg Jets Boucher 15,004 3–3–2 8 9 October 25 Ottawa Senators 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 12,083 3–3–3 9 10 October 28 Chicago Blackhawks 0–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,056 4–3–3 11 11 October 29 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Boucher 19,683 4–4–3 11 November: 4–10–1 (Home: 3–6–1; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,374 5–4–3 13 13 November 4 Washington Capitals 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,589 5–5–3 13 14 November 6 Dallas Stars 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,815 5–6–3 13 15 November 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 New Jersey Devils Ward 13,056 5–7–3 13 16 November 11 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 New York Rangers Ward 18,200 5–8–3 13 17 November 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,260 6–8–3 15 18 November 14 Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,491 6–9–3 15 19 November 16 Carolina Hurricanes 0–4 Montreal Canadiens Ward 21,273 6–10–3 15 20 November 18 Buffalo Sabres 1–0 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 15,072 6–11–3 15 21 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,187 7–11–3 17 22 November 21 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers Ward 19,632 8–11–3 19 23 November 23 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 14,862 8–11–4 20 24 November 25 Winnipeg Jets 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,718 8–12–4 20 25 November 27 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Ottawa Senators Ward 19,656 8–13–4 20 26 November 29 Florida Panthers 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,065 8–14–4 20 December: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 1–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 New York Rangers 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 12,566 8–15–4 20 28 December 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 17,696 8–16–4 20 29 December 6 Carolina Hurricanes 6–7 Calgary Flames Murphy 19,289 8–17–4 20 30 December 7 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Edmonton Oilers Ward 16,839 9–17–4 22 31 December 9 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 Winnipeg Jets Ward 15,004 9–18–4 22 32 December 13 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs OT Ward 19,509 9–18–5 23 33 December 15 Vancouver Canucks 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,292 10–18–5 25 34 December 18 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Florida Panthers OT Ward 15,289 10–18–6 26 35 December 21 Phoenix Coyotes 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,848 10–19–6 26 36 December 23 Ottawa Senators 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 14,556 11–19–6 28 37 December 26 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,121 12–19–6 30 38 December 27 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Peters 18,600 12–20–6 30 39 December 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 17,461 13–20–6 32 40 December 31 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 19,204 13–21–6 32 January: 5–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 3 New York Islanders 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 13,828 13–21–7 33 42 January 6 Buffalo Sabres 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,095 14–21–7 35 43 January 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2–5 Nashville Predators Peters 17,113 14–22–7 35 44 January 10 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,511 14–23–7 35 45 January 12 Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 16,553 15–23–7 37 46 January 14 Boston Bruins 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 16–23–7 39 47 January 15 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Washington Capitals Ward 18,506 16–24–7 39 48 January 17 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins SO Ward 18,535 16–24–8 40 49 January 20 Washington Capitals 0–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 17,507 17–24–8 42 50 January 21 Carolina Hurricanes 1–2 New York Islanders OT Ward 13,622 17–24–9 43 51 January 23 Winnipeg Jets 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 16,045 18–24–9 45 52 January 31 New York Islanders 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 15,575 18–25–9 45 February: 6–1–4 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 Boston Bruins Ward 17,565 19–25–9 47 54 February 4 Los Angeles Kings 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 20–25–9 49 55 February 8 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Anaheim Ducks OT Ward 12,675 20–25–10 50 56 February 10 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 Colorado Avalanche OT Ward 16,854 20–25–11 51 57 February 13 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Montreal Canadiens Ward 21,273 21–25–11 53 58 February 17 San Jose Sharks 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Peters 18,680 22–25–11 55 59 February 18 Carolina Hurricanes 3–4 New York Islanders Peters 11,818 22–26–11 55 60 February 20 Washington Capitals 0–5 Carolina Hurricanes Peters 16,837 23–26–11 57 61 February 23 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Peters 16,564 23–26–12 58 62 February 25 Florida Panthers 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Peters 18,680 23–26–13 59 63 February 28 Nashville Predators 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 13,595 24–26–13 61 March: 7–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 5–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 New York Rangers 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 14,523 24–27–13 61 65 March 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 17,116 24–27–14 62 66 March 6 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Washington Capitals OT Ward 18,506 25–27–14 64 67 March 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Buffalo Sabres OT Ward 18,690 25–27–15 65 68 March 10 Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Ward 18,554 26–27–15 67 69 March 11 Carolina Hurricanes 0–2 Florida Panthers Ward 15,081 26–28–15 67 70 March 13 Carolina Hurricanes 2–4 New York Rangers Ward 18,200 26–29–15 67 71 March 15 St. Louis Blues 0–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 27–29–15 69 72 March 17 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Minnesota Wild Boucher 18,394 28–29–15 71 73 March 18 Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 Winnipeg Jets Ward 15,004 29–29–15 73 74 March 21 Florida Panthers 1–3 Carolina Hurricanes Ward 18,680 30–29–15 75 75 March 23 Carolina Hurricanes 1–5 Columbus Blue Jackets Ward 15,085 30–30–15 75 76 March 24 Carolina Hurricanes 4–5 Detroit Red Wings Ward 20,066 30–31–15 75 77 March 27 Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Ward 19,348 31–31–15 77 78 March 30 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes OT Ward 18,680 31–31–16 78 79 March 31 New Jersey Devils 5–0 Carolina Hurricanes Boucher 18,680 31–32–16 78 April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 Ottawa Senators Ward 19,484 32–32–16 80 81 April 5 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes SO Ward 17,846 33–32–16 82 82 April 7 Carolina Hurricanes 1–4 Florida Panthers Boucher 19,057 33–33–16 82

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 82 24 46 70 −20 48 79 12 34 46 -2 54 64 20 24 44 −8 56 79 17 19 36 1 26 72 18 16 34 -3 50 67 19 13 32 −15 48 82 17 15 32 −3 21 76 8 19 27 −7 4 79 12 12 24 −8 27 72 9 14 23 −10 60 66 8 14 22 −16 29 77 9 11 20 -2 30 82 1 17 18 12 71 30 5 12 17 −15 16 ‡ 49 7 8 15 −12 26 82 1 13 14 -1 76 37 6 7 13 2 4 † 34 5 7 12 4 6 73 5 7 12 0 23 ‡ 29 0 9 9 −12 2 † 48 3 4 7 −4 6 16 2 3 5 −3 8 44 2 2 4 −15 35 15 0 3 3 −1 11 16 1 2 3 −3 4 16 0 2 2 −3 0 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM 68 3988 30 23 13 182 2.74 2143 .915 5 1 0 4 10 546 1 6 1 31 3.41 260 .881 0 0 0 0 7 387 2 3 2 16 2.48 233 .931 1 0 0 0 2 36 0 1 0 0 0.00 9 1.000 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with Hurricanes only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded

Records

Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Justin Faulk 1st Career NHL Game October 7, 2011 Tim Brent 100th Career NHL Game October 8, 2011 Jamie McBain 100th Career NHL Game November 4, 2011 Anthony Stewart 200th Career NHL Game November 11, 2011 Jussi Jokinen 300th Career NHL Point November 12, 2011 Jeff Skinner 100th Career NHL Game November 14, 2011 Justin Faulk 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point November 20, 2011 Tim Gleason 500th Career NHL Game November 27, 2011 Joni Pitkanen 500th Career NHL Game November 27, 2011 Mike Murphy 1st Career NHL Game December 6, 2011 Justin Faulk 1st Career NHL Goal December 9, 2011 Jussi Jokinen 200th Career NHL Assist December 13, 2011 Riley Nash 1st Career NHL Game December 21, 2011 Riley Nash 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point December 23, 2011 Cam Ward 1st Career NHL Goal December 26, 2011 Eric Staal 600th Career NHL Game December 31, 2011 Tuomo Ruutu 500th Career NHL Game December 31, 2011 Jerome Samson 1st Career NHL Goal January 10, 2012 Eric Staal 300th Career NHL Assist January 12, 2012 Alexei Ponikarovsky 600th Career NHL Game January 14, 2012 Jussi Jokinen 500th Career NHL Game January 14, 2012 Jiri Tlusty 200th Career NHL Game January 23, 2012 Tim Gleason 100th Career NHL Assist January 31, 2012 Patrick Dwyer 200th Career NHL Game February 4, 2012 Justin Peters 1st Career NHL Shutout February 20, 2012 Cam Ward 400th Career NHL Game March 3, 2012 Derek Joslin 100th Career NHL Game March 6, 2012 Brandon Sutter 100th Career NHL Point March 6, 2012 Jeff Skinner 100th Career NHL Point March 7, 2012 Cam Ward 200th Career NHL Win March 15, 2012 Jay Harrison 200th Career NHL Game April 3, 2012 Bryan Allen 600th Career NHL Game April 5, 2012 Jeremy Welsh 1st Career NHL Game April 7, 2012

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades