Hurricanes Game 69: Lines, Notes, Goalies, and How to Watch vs. Leafs
John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Friday night, the Carolina Hurricanes will face the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final time this season in Scotiabank Arena. The season series is currently split between the two, with November 9th’s game ending in a 5-4 win for Carolina and December 4th’s ending in a 5-1 win for Toronto.
The game is scheduled for 7:00 PM EDT, but will be unavailable on ESPN+ due to NHLN’s exclusive national coverage. Local stations will still broadcast the game as usual. Wednesday, the Hurricanes had one of their most entertaining games of the season as they played their biggest divisional rival this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The game concluded with a 6-5 win in overtime thanks to a goal from Sean Walker – his first overtime game-winner – and an incredible showing from Logan Stankoven’s line. You can read all about it here , it was an incredible game. Meanwhile, the biggest news to come out of Leafs Land lately is the injury to Auston Matthews and the subsequent surgery he underwent to repair his knee.
Since then, players and agents have been at war with the head of the Department of Player Safety, George Parros, who has defended the five-game suspension of Radko Gudas. It’s been quite the drama to watch. With that being said, Matthews’ injury has seemed to put a fire in the bellies of the Leafs’, who broke their seven-game losing streak the night of their captain’s departure, and have collected three points in the three games since.
In the Crease For the Hurricanes, they will likely continue their tandem, meaning that the likely goalie to start will be Brandon Bussi. So far this season, his save percentage is . 895, with a goals against average of 2.