The Hurricanes are heading into this game here after picking up a loss in their last game. The loss came on the road to the Sharks, but it was a game that saw the Sharks offense finally come to life in the game. The Hurricanes offense was effectively shut down as they managed to get only 2 goals in the game. The defense had issues as well by giving up 5 goals in the game.
Erik Haula is the leading scorer for the Hurricanes on the season with 6 goals. Andrei Svechnikov has managed to get 7 assist on the year. Dougie Hamilton, though, is the surprising leader in point scoring at 9 points. Petr Mrazek is the goalie who has been able to lead the Hurricanes on the year by giving up 1.94 goals a game, but has saved 91.9% of the shots.
Anaheim for their part has been able to show that they are a decent team on the year. However, the Ducks are a team that has been able to play decent this year and find themselves sitting in second place in the Pacific Division. The main reason the Ducks have been able to get into this position is the way their defense has been playing with John Gibson leading the team in net.
Adam Henrique is the goal scorer for the Ducks with 4 goals, but Hampus Lindholm has been able to get 4 assist on the year. Jakob Silfverberg has ended up getting a total of 6 points for the Ducks. John Gibson has led the Ducks in net with only 1.85 goals a game allowed, but has saved 94.1% of the shots that were sent his way.