Dallas will travel on the road to North Carolina to face off against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday for a pop drop time of 7 PM Eastern. This game will be available on ESPN and NHL center ice. Carolina comes into this game with a record on the season of 42 –15–6, and have lost four out of the last five games coming against Pittsburgh, Toronto, Washington, and the New York rangers by the score of 2–0. The only victory for Carolina in their last five games came against the Tampa Bay Lightning by the score of 3–2.
Dallas comes into this game with a record on the season of 35–24–3, and have won three out of the last five games coming against Montreal on the road, Washington on the road, and against the Edmonton Oilers by the score of 5–3. The only two defeats for Carolina came on the road against New York and Toronto.
Joe Pavelski is the team leader for Dallas in points with 64, and is the team leader for Dallas in assists with 40, none of those assists came on the power play as Joe Pavelski is a +13 on the season. Jason Robertson is the team leader in goals for Dallas with 31 on the season, 10 of those goals came on the power play on 160 shots on goal.
Sebastian Aho is the team leader for Carolina in points, goals, and assists. Aho has 62 points, 28 goals, 12 of which came on the power play on 174 shots on goal. Sebastian Aho also is the team leader in assists with 34, 11 of those came on the power play as Sebastian is a +11 this season.