Canes @ Columbus BJs 4PM

[Anybodyhome]

Last Time Out: The Canes produced a franchise record 67 shots on Thursday night, but Predators netminder Juuse Saros put together one of the best performances in NHL history as he guided his team to victory. Max Pacioretty made his team debut in the affair, skating 16:06 in his first game since suffering an Achilles tendon tear in August. Pyotr Kochetkov suffered the loss in net, allowing four goals on 24 shots.

No Morning Skate: Due to the afternoon start time the Canes will not hold a morning skate today. Any lineup information would come from Rod Brind'Amour when he meets with the media shortly after 1 p.m.

Noesen Doubtful: After leaving Tuesday's game in New York with a lower-body injury, Stefan Noesen is doubtful to play this afternoon. Rod Brind'Amour shared the update Friday following practice. More information on all of the team's injuries can be found below.

Svech, The All-Star: The NHL announced its All-Stars on Thursday night, naming Canes forward Andrei Svechnikov as the team's representative. With 19 goals already this season, it will be the first time at the event for the 22-year-old.

Stay Hot Marty Necas: Martin Necas, who set a new career-high with his 17th goal of the season on Tuesday, moved his point streak to seven games on Thursday. Now with 38 points in 39 games, he also has 13 points in 15 career regular season games against the Blue Jackets.

Burns Is Buzzin': Since December 1 Brent Burns leads the Canes with 14 points in 16 games. His 28 points pace all team defenders through 39 games.

Father Finn The Star: The NHL revealed its Stars of the Week Monday afternoon, naming Antti Raanta one of them. The netminder went 3-0-0 with a 1.30 goals against average and a .944 save percentage last week. The 33-year-old veteran has now won his last seven decisions, dating back to November 25, and has improved to 10-2-2 on the season.

Kochetkov's Great December: Antti Raanta's honors on Monday came fewer than 24 hours after his current goaltending partner, Pyotr Kochetkov, was named the league's Rookie of the Month for the month of December. The 23-year-old went 7-0-1 in December with a 1.63 goals against average and a .939 save percentage.

On The Other Side: A season riddled with injuries for the Blue Jackets has left them at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division standings thus far. Patrik Laine, Zach Werenski, Jakub Voracek, Jake Bean, Adam Boqvist, and several others have all missed time thus far this year, currently giving them the third-fewest goals for and third-most goals against in the NHL. Their power play also ranks 31st out of all 32 teams. They are 1-9-0 in their last 10 games.

CANES INJURY UPDATES

• Forward Ondrej Kase has been in concussion protocol since October 13. He has recently taken part in team practices and morning skates since December 16 in a no-contact jersey, but there is no current timetable for his return.
• Goaltender Frederik Andersen suffered a lower-body injury on November 6. He has been practicing with the team since December 8, but there is currently no timetable for his return. Rod Brind'Amour has said on several occasions, "We're waiting for him to say that he feels 100%. He won't play until then."
• Forward Stefan Noesen left Tuesday night's game in New York with a lower-body injury. He tried to return for the second period but was not able to continue. Rod Brind'Amour said on both Wednesday and Thursday that there's no concern that it is a long-term injury.

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Let's get RBA his 200th head-coaching victory today.

Upcoming schedule:

I'll be at the NJ game this coming Tuesday and the Wild matchup on the 19th. I back-loaded my season ticket schedule so we could see more games in the second half of the season.

[MillionDollarCam]

From Rod’s comments yesterday, it sounds like Noesen might be held out one more game.

I think we’ll see the below today:

Pacioretty - Aho - Jarvis

Svechnikov - Stastny - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Fast

Teravainen - Kotkaniemi - Stepan

[MillionDollarCam]

Raanta comes in after Kochetkov struggled and Coghlan comes in for de Haan after his brain cramp led to a goal.

 

[MillionDollarCam]

First line Patches!

 

[Stumpy]

1 hour ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Raanta comes in after Kochetkov struggled and Coghlan comes in for de Haan after his brain cramp led to a goal.

 

Damn, Calvin...

[Stumpy]

Leggo dudes and dudettes!

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[Stumpy]

Patches whipping out the PP...

[MillionDollarCam]

Lord, not this poo again.

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

50+ shots and 2 goals is my prediction 

[MillionDollarCam]

Who knew Noesen was the secret to our success lol

[Anybodyhome]

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Who knew Noesen was the secret to our success lol

Yep. Net-front Noesen. 

His nickname should be "Nets."

[MillionDollarCam]

Decline all the PP’s, what a mess.

[Anybodyhome]

Tripp: "This PP unit is out of sync."

Putting it mildly. The PP needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. It's atrocious.