2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 41st 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 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Hurricanes advanced to the playoffs where they defeated the New York Rangers in a three-game sweep in the Qualifying Round, but were defeated in the First Round by the Boston Bruins in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Carolina 3–0 Tampa Bay Reimer 12,010 1–0–0 2 September 18 Tampa Bay 0–2 Carolina Mrazek — 2–0–0 3 September 21 Carolina 2–3 Washington Reimer 14,603 2–1–0 4 September 25 Carolina 0–3 Nashville Forsberg 17,159 2–2–0 5 September 27 Nashville 2–1 Carolina OT Reimer 11,212 2–2–1 6 September 29 Washington 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 2–3–1

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Montreal 3–4 Carolina SO Mrazek 18,680 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Carolina 3–2 Washington OT Reimer 18,506 2–0–0 4 3 October 6 Tampa Bay 3–4 Carolina OT Mrazek 14,125 3–0–0 6 4 October 8 Carolina 6–3 Florida Reimer 11,638 4–0–0 8 5 October 11 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 14,875 5–0–0 10 6 October 12 Columbus 3–2 Carolina Reimer 16,224 5–1–0 10 7 October 15 Carolina 2–0 Los Angeles Mrazek 14,219 6–1–0 12 8 October 16 Carolina 2–5 San Jose Reimer 15,143 6–2–0 12 9 October 18 Carolina 2–4 Anaheim Mrazek 14,755 6–3–0 12 10 October 24 Carolina 3–4 Columbus OT Mrazek 15,398 6–3–1 13 11 October 26 Chicago 0–4 Carolina Mrazek 15,738 7–3–1 15 12 October 29 Calgary 1–2 Carolina Mrazek 13,864 8–3–1 17 November: 8–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Detroit 3–7 Carolina Mrazek 15,383 9–3–1 19 14 November 2 New Jersey 5–3 Carolina Reimer 15,079 9–4–1 19 15 November 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Mrazek 16,172 9–5–1 19 16 November 7 NY Rangers 4–2 Carolina Mrazek 13,878 9–6–1 19 17 November 9 Carolina 1–4 Ottawa Reimer 12,276 9–7–1 19 18 November 11 Ottawa 2–8 Carolina Mrazek 12,356 10–7–1 21 19 November 14 Carolina 5–4 Buffalo OT Mrazek 16,603 11–7–1 23 20 November 16 Carolina 4–3 Minnesota OT Reimer 17,101 12–7–1 25 21 November 19 Carolina 4–2 Chicago Mrazek 21,325 13–7–1 27 22 November 21 Philadelphia 5–3 Carolina Mrazek 14,734 13–8–1 27 23 November 23 Florida 2–4 Carolina Mrazek 18,159 14–8–1 29 24 November 24 Carolina 2–0 Detroit Reimer 18,726 15–8–1 31 25 November 27 Carolina 2–3 NY Rangers Mrazek 17,269 15–9–1 31 26 November 29 Nashville 3–0 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 15–10–1 31 27 November 30 Carolina 3–2 Tampa Bay Reimer 19,092 16–10–1 33 December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 0–2 Boston Reimer 17,850 16–11–1 33 29 December 5 San Jose 2–3 Carolina SO Mrazek 14,275 17–11–1 35 30 December 7 Minnesota 2–6 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 18–11–1 37 31 December 10 Carolina 6–3 Edmonton Reimer 16,175 19–11–1 39 32 December 12 Carolina 0–1 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,626 19–11–2 40 33 December 14 Carolina 4–0 Calgary Reimer 18,853 20–11–2 42 34 December 17 Carolina 6–3 Winnipeg Mrazek 15,325 21–11–2 44 35 December 19 Carolina 3–1 Colorado Reimer 18,015 22–11–2 46 36 December 21 Florida 4–2 Carolina Mrazek 18,224 22–12–2 46 37 December 23 Carolina 6–8 Toronto Mrazek 19,176 22–13–2 46 38 December 27 Carolina 3–5 NY Rangers Reimer 17,498 22–14–2 46 39 December 28 Washington 4–6 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 23–14–2 48 40 December 31 Montreal 1–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 24–14–2 50 January: 5–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 3 Washington 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 24–15–2 50 42 January 5 Tampa Bay 3–1 Carolina Mrazek 18,015 24–16–2 50 43 January 7 Philadelphia 4–5 Carolina OT Reimer 15,072 25–16–2 52 44 January 10 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 16,476 26–16–2 54 45 January 11 Los Angeles 0–2 Carolina Reimer 18,680 27–16–2 56 46 January 13 Carolina 0–2 Washington Mrazek 18,573 27–17–2 56 47 January 16 Carolina 2–3 Columbus Mrazek 17,900 27–18–2 56 48 January 17 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina OT Reimer 16,913 27–18–3 57 49 January 19 NY Islanders 1–2 Carolina SO Reimer 18,680 28–18–3 59 50 January 21 Winnipeg 1–4 Carolina Mrazek 14,607 29–18–3 61 51 January 31 Vegas 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,150 29–19–3 61 February: 6–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina SO Reimer 15,767 30–19–3 63 53 February 4 Carolina 3–6 St. Louis Mrazek 18,096 30–20–3 63 54 February 6 Carolina 5–3 Arizona Reimer 11,632 31–20–3 65 55 February 8 Carolina 6–5 Vegas SO Reimer 18,417 32–20–3 67 56 February 11 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Mrazek 18,532 32–21–3 67 57 February 14 New Jersey 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 33–21–3 69 58 February 16 Edmonton 4–3 Carolina OT Reimer 18,680 33–21–4 70 59 February 18 Carolina 4–1 Nashville Mrazek 17,204 34–21–4 72 60 February 21 NY Rangers 5–2 Carolina Mrazek 18,680 34–22–4 72 61 February 22 Carolina 6–3 Toronto Ayres 19,414 35–22–4 74 62 February 25 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Nedeljkovic 18,176 35–23–4 74 63 February 28 Colorado 3–2 Carolina Forsberg 18,680 35–24–4 74 64 February 29 Carolina 3–4 Montreal OT Nedeljkovic 21,207 35–24–5 75 March: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Nedeljkovic 18,900 35–25–5 75 66 March 7 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Forsberg 13,917 36–25–5 77 67 March 8 Carolina 6–2 Pittsburgh Nedeljkovic 18,548 37–25–5 79 68 March 10 Carolina 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 17,511 38–25–5 81 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 69 March 12 Carolina New Jersey 70 March 14 Pittsburgh Carolina 71 March 15 Carolina Buffalo 72 March 17 Buffalo Carolina 73 March 19 St. Louis Carolina 74 March 21 Ottawa Carolina 75 March 22 Carolina NY Islanders 76 March 24 Carolina Pittsburgh 77 March 26 Toronto Carolina 78 March 28 Pittsburgh Carolina 79 March 29 Carolina New Jersey 80 March 31 Boston Carolina 81 April 3 Columbus Carolina 82 April 4 Carolina BostonLegend:

Playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the New York Rangers in the qualifying round, and defeated them in three games.

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the first round, where they were defeated in five games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsEastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 NY Rangers 2–3 Carolina Mrazek 1–0 2 August 3 NY Rangers 1–4 Carolina Mrazek 2–0 3 August 4 Carolina 4–1 NY Rangers Reimer 3–0 Eastern Conference First Round vs. (4) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Carolina 3–4 Boston 2OT Mrazek 0–1 2 August 13 Carolina 3–2 Boston Reimer 1–1 3 August 15 Boston 3–1 Carolina Mrazek 1–2 4 August 17 Boston 4–3 Carolina Reimer 1–3 5 August 19 Carolina 1–2 Boston Mrazek 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 68 38 28 66 10 26 68 15 48 63 20 8 68 24 37 61 9 54 47 14 26 40 30 32 64 16 20 36 −6 20 68 6 30 36 30 10 68 13 17 30 9 34 67 11 18 29 −3 42 64 8 21 29 3 30 68 8 19 27 3 40 68 4 20 24 −24 30 ‡ 60 11 12 23 0 18 ‡ 41 12 10 22 1 20 68 7 13 20 7 72 61 4 14 18 7 27 68 7 10 17 −4 17 45 4 10 14 −2 8 45 2 11 13 −2 22 20 8 3 11 2 6 49 1 7 8 −7 10 2 3 1 4 3 2 † 7 1 1 2 −5 16 † 7 0 1 1 −4 4 5 0 1 1 −2 4 ‡ 5 0 1 1 2 6 ‡ 8 0 1 1 −2 0 15 0 0 0 −7 4

Playoffs Player 8 3 9 12 6 4 6 4 3 7 7 8 8 3 2 5 6 4 8 1 3 4 0 0 8 2 1 3 0 8 7 0 3 3 −1 6 8 2 0 2 4 6 8 1 1 2 0 2 7 1 1 2 −6 2 8 1 1 2 −2 0 5 1 1 2 −2 4 8 0 2 2 6 4 8 0 2 2 4 4 4 1 0 1 4 2 8 1 0 1 −1 2 7 1 0 1 0 9 8 0 1 1 −1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 6 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 −2 4 4 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 40 38 2,320:59 21 16 2 104 2.69 1,091 .905 3 0 0 4 25 24 1,378:01 14 6 2 61 2.66 712 .914 3 0 0 2 3 3 143:09 1 1 0 8 3.35 78 .897 0 0 0 0 4 3 216:19 1 2 1 11 3.05 97 .887 0 0 0 0 1 0 28:41 1 0 0 2 4.18 10 .800 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 3 3 178:05 2 1 7 2.36 106 .934 0 0 0 0 5 5 316:36 2 3 11 2.08 155 .929 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.

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