North Raleigh Today

The Carolina Hurricanes are set to face the Calgary Flames at Lenovo Center, with Pyotr Kochetkov taking on goaltending duties. Kochetkov, who boasts a record of 21-11-3 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage, had an easy game against Buffalo on Thursday, making just 13 saves in a Whalers Night victory. Earlier this season, he faced Calgary and made 30 saves on 32 shots.

Carolina aims to improve their even-strength scoring after failing to net a five-on-five goal against Edmonton. Starting strong is crucial for the team as they have been outscored 8-3 in first periods since returning from the 4 Nations break, contributing to two of their three losses during that period.

Mikko Rantanen contributed an assist in last night's power-play goal by Sebastian Aho and has accumulated 24 points in his career games against the Flames.

Tonight's betting odds from Fanatics Sportsbook favor the Hurricanes at -325.

The projected lineup for tonight includes forwards Svechnikov, Aho, Rantanen; Martinook, Staal, Jarvis; Hall, Jost, Blake; Robinson, Kotkaniemi, Roslovic. On defense will be Slavin paired with Burns; Orlov with Chatfield; Gostisbehere with Walker. Kochetkov will start as goaltender with Andersen as backup.

Injury updates include William Carrier being out due to a lower-body injury until "a couple of months" from January 24th and Jesper Fast being out for the entire season due to a neck injury. Riley Stillman is listed as a scratch.

Power play units feature Aho, Jarvis, Svechnikov and Rantanen alongside Gostisbehere for PP1; Blake, Hall, Kotkaniemi and Roslovic with Burns for PP2.