Power rankings

[cookinbrak]

It seems like every single player on the Hurricanes roster is playing with a chip on his shoulder — and it shows. After the Rantanen debacle, which seemed to stretch on for weeks, Carolina has been playing lights out hockey since the trade deadline. Rod Brind'Amour's club is one of the hottest teams in the National, racking off seven consecutive wins and eight of nine since February 27. Both Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov have been just superb as of late, and a couple of depth players in Jack Roslovic and new addition Mark Jankowski have stepped up in a big way. After a bit of an up-and-down campaign, the Hurricanes are looking like a wagon at the perfect time — and they're showing no signs of slowing down ahead of a California road trip that will take them through San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim later this week.

[Panthers Fan 69]

Kick the tires and light the ****** fires baby!

[Stumpy]

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Our innies pored through the data in each team’s file, revealing one scary number that needs to be refined for reasons that are mysterious and important.

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5. Carolina Hurricanes, 42-22-4

Last week: 7
Mark L. rank: 4
Dom L. rank: 5

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Andrei Svechnikov is in a drought. Since the beginning of February, Svechnikov has just one goal and six points in 11 games, 43 percent of the expected goals and has been outscored 9-5. His average Game Score — the scary number above — is one of the worst marks on the Hurricanes over that stretch. It’s clear something is up with Svechnikov considering he’s missed some time with injury, but it’s still a really tough stretch for a team that needs its stars to be stars. With Mikko Rantanen gone, the Hurricanes are back to needing more offensive punch and it doesn’t help that Svechnikov looked the way he did before injury. Can’t depend on Mark Jankowski scoring on every shot he takes forever, but maybe it’s time for Seth Jarvis to really step up on the top line.