Carolina Hurricanes News

Slavin missed the Hurricanes' previous game five games due to a lower-body injury and will not return to the lineup Wednesday vs. Buffalo. The 28-year-old has three goals, 12 assists, 74 SOG, six PIMs and a +10 plus/minus through 45 games prior to the injury.

Slavin missed the Hurricanes' previous game four games due to a lower-body injury and will not return to the lineup Tuesday vs. Los Angeles. The 28-year-old has three goals, 12 assists, 74 SOG, six PIMs and a +10 plus/minus through 45 games prior to the injury.

Carrier missed the last five games with an upper-body injury but will be back in the lineup vs. the Rangers on Friday. Look for Carrier, who has 16 points (11G / 5A) in 43 games this season, to skate on a line with Chandler Stephenson and Phil Kessel.

Carrier hasn't played since January 14th due to an upper-body injury but is set to return to the Golden Knights lineup Friday vs. the Rangers. The 28-year-old forward had 11 goals, five assists, 89 SOG, 18 PIMs and a +7 plus/minus through 43 games prior to the injury.

Gostisbehere had nine goals, 20 assists, 99 SOG, 28 PIMs and a -8 plus/minus through 48 games but will be forced to miss 4-6 weeks due to an upper-body injury. It is a big loss for Arizona as the defenseman was second on the team in points.

Smith had one goal, three assists, 27 SOG, and a +3 plus/minus through nine games but was reassigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) after being a healthy scratch in each of the last two Penguin games. Smith heads back to the AHL for a second time, where he had four goals and 14 points through 26 games prior to his previous promotion.

Primeau saw one period of action with the Canadiens stopping six of seven shots (.857 SV%) before being sent back down to Laval (AHL) on Wednesday. The 23-year-old heads back to the AHL where he struggled prior to his promotion, with a 4-6-3 record, 3.65 GAA and .890 SV%.

Valimaki was acquired earlier in the season off waivers from Calgary and has earned himself a 1-year, $1 million contract extension. The 24-year-old has two goals, 10 assists, 41 SOG, 20 PIMs and a -10 plus/minus through 43 games this season.

Slavin missed the Hurricanes' previous game due to a lower-body injury and is doubtful to return to the lineup Wednesday vs. Dallas. The 28-year-old has three goals, 12 assists, 74 SOG, six PIMs and a +10 plus/minus through 45 games prior to the injury.

The Hurricanes were carrying three goalies since Frederik Andersen returned but have demoted Kochetkov to the AHL and will carry Andersen and Antti Raanta moving forward. Kochetkov started off great, going 10-1-4 with a .928 SV% and three shutouts in his first 15 games. However, he was 0-3-1 with a .861 SV% in his last four games. Before getting called up, Kochetkov was 2-2-1 with a .911 SV% in the AHL.

Carrier is considered day-to-day and will miss his second game of the season due to an upper-body injury. Look for Jonas Rondbjerg to replace Carrier in the Golden Knights' bottom-6.

Robinson was injured on January 3rd vs. Ottawa with an upper-body injury and will be placed on the injured reserve retroactively to that date. The 27-year-old has three goals, seven assists, 47 SOG and a -9 plus/minus through 34 games prior to the injury.