
Carolina Hurricanes News


Deslauriers missed two games after suffering an injury while blocking a shot in St. Louis last Friday. Deslauriers will replace Jordan Greenway (upper-body) in the lineup on Thursday.

Kotkaniemi has been out since March 28th but will replace Steven Lorentz in the lineup on Thursday. Kotkaniemi has 26 points (11G / 15A) in 63 games this season while playing primarily in the bottom-6 and PP2.

Carrier has been sidelined since March 30th by a lower-body injury and was one of three players added to LTIR on Tuesday to make room for Mark Stone to be activated for their game in Vancouver. As a result, Carrier will likely be out until the playoffs or more cap gymnastics will be required.



Jake Allen suffered a lower-body injury in Saturday's loss to the Maple Leafs and Carey Price doesn't appear ready yet, so Primeau figures to serve as Sam Montembeault's backup on Monday. Primeau is 15-10-3 with a 2.87 GAA and .912 SV% in 30 AH games this season.








With Sean Monahan landing on LTIR over the weekend, the Flames have some new-found cap space. They used the room to recall Valimaki and Adam Ruzicka from the AHL. Valimaki has two goals and 15 assists (17 points) in 30 games with Stockton this season.



Reilly has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but will replace Derek Forbort in the lineup on Thursday. Reilly has picked up four goals with 10 assists (14 points) in 57 games this season.

Kotkanieimi suffered a lower-body injury late in Tuesday's win in Washington on a questionable hit from Lars Eller. Jordan Martinook (undisclosed) could be back in the lineup on Thursday to replace Kotkanieimi on the fourth line.
