2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 46th season (45th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and the 27th season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 season.

2024–25 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	Metropolitan
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	11–4–0
Home record	5–1–0
Road record	6–3–0
Goals for	60
Goals against	40
Team information
General manager	Eric Tulsky
Coach	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain	Jordan Staal
Alternate captains	Sebastian Aho Jordan Martinook Jaccob Slavin
Arena	Lenovo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL) Bloomington Bison (ECHL)[a]
Team leaders
Goals	Martin Necas Jack Roslovic (9)
Assists	Martin Necas (16)
Points	Martin Necas (25)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Svechnikov (16)
Plus/minus	Dmitry Orlov (+12)
Wins	Pyotr Kochetkov (8)
Goals against average	Frederik Andersen (1.48)
← 2023–24   →

Off-season

On May 24, Don Waddell resigned as GM and President after 6 seasons. Eric Tulsky was named interim general manager that same day.^[1] On June 18, Tulsky was promoted to full-time general manager on June 18, 2024.^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	19	11	6	2	10	66	50	+16	24
2	Carolina Hurricanes	15	11	4	0	9	40	40	0	22
3	Washington Capitals	15	10	4	1	9	62	44	+18	21
4	New York Rangers	14	9	4	1	9	52	36	+16	19
5	New York Islanders	16	6	6	4	3	42	50	−8	16
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	18	6	9	3	4	49	71	−22	15
7	Philadelphia Flyers	16	6	8	2	3	44	58	−14	14
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	15	5	8	2	5	46	54	−8	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	New York Rangers	14	9	4	1	9	52	36	+16	19
2	AT	Ottawa Senators	15	8	7	0	6	51	44	+7	16
3	ME	New York Islanders	16	6	6	4	3	42	50	−8	16
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	7	6	1	6	49	45	+4	15
5	AT	Detroit Red Wings	15	7	7	1	6	37	45	−8	15
6	AT	Buffalo Sabres	16	7	8	1	6	55	53	+2	15
7	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	18	6	9	3	4	49	71	−22	15
8	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	16	6	8	2	3	44	58	−14	14
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	15	5	8	2	5	46	54	−8	12
10	AT	Montreal Canadiens	16	5	9	2	5	46	67	−21	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Carolina Hurricanes preseason schedule was released on June 25, 2024.^[5]

2024 preseason game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 24 @ Tampa Bay 2–1 Kochetkov Amalie Arena 9,135 1–0–0 2 September 27 Florida 8–2 Andersen Lenovo Center 14,875 2–0–0 3 September 28 @ Florida 4–5 OT Martin Amerant Bank Arena 14,702 2–0–1 4 October 2 Nashville 4–6 Perets Lenovo Center 18,700 2–1–1 5 October 4 Tampa Bay 2–1 OT Kochetkov Lenovo Center 16,005 3–1–1 6 October 5 @ Nashville 5–3 Martin Bridgestone Arena 17,159 4–1–1

Regular season

The Carolina Hurricanes regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[6]

2024–25 game log
October: 7–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 5–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 11 Tampa Bay 1–4 Andersen Lenovo Center 18,817 0–1–0 0 [7] – October 12 @ Tampa Bay Game postponed due to Hurricane Milton. 2 October 15 New Jersey 4–2 Kochetkov Lenovo Center 18,700 1–1–0 2 [8] 3 October 18 @ Pittsburgh 4–1 Andersen PPG Paints Arena 17,074 2–1–0 4 [9] 4 October 19 @ St. Louis 3–4 Kochetkov Enterprise Center 18,096 2–2–0 4 [10] 5 October 22 @ Edmonton 3–2 OT Andersen Rogers Place 18,347 3–2–0 6 [11] 6 October 24 @ Calgary 4–2 Kochetkov Scotiabank Saddledome 16,404 4–2–0 8 [12] 7 October 26 @ Seattle 4–1 Andersen Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 5–2–0 10 [13] 8 October 28 @ Vancouver 4–3 OT Kochetkov Rogers Arena 18,682 6–2–0 12 [14] 9 October 31 Boston 8–2 Kochetkov Lenovo Center 18,700 7–2–0 14 [15]
November: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 10 November 3 Washington 4–2 Kochetkov Lenovo Center 18,796 8–2–0 16 [16] 11 November 5 Philadelphia 6–4 Kochetkov Lenovo Center 18,700 9–2–0 18 [17] 12 November 7 Pittsburgh 5–1 Kochetkov Lenovo Center 18,700 10–2–0 20 [18] 13 November 9 @ Colorado 4–6 Martin Ball Arena 18,089 10–3–0 20 [19] 14 November 11 @ Vegas 5–2 Kochetkov T-Mobile Arena 17,908 11–3–0 22 [20] 15 November 13 @ Utah 1–4 Kochetkov Delta Center 11,131 11–4–0 22 [21] 16 November 16 Ottawa Lenovo Center 17 November 17 St. Louis Lenovo Center 18 November 20 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 19 November 21 @ New Jersey Prudential Center 20 November 23 @ Columbus Nationwide Arena 21 November 25 Dallas Lenovo Center 22 November 27 NY Rangers Lenovo Center 23 November 29 Florida Lenovo Center 24 November 30 @ Florida Amerant Bank Arena
December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 3 Seattle Lenovo Center 26 December 5 Colorado Lenovo Center 27 December 7 @ NY Islanders UBS Arena 28 December 10 San Jose Lenovo Center 29 December 13 Ottawa Lenovo Center 30 December 15 Columbus Lenovo Center 31 December 17 NY Islanders Lenovo Center 32 December 20 @ Washington Capital One Arena 33 December 22 @ NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 34 December 23 @ Nashville Bridgestone Arena 35 December 27 @ New Jersey Prudential Center 36 December 28 New Jersey Lenovo Center 37 December 31 @ Columbus Nationwide Arena
January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 38 January 2 @ Florida Amerant Bank Arena 39 January 4 Minnesota Lenovo Center 40 January 5 Pittsburgh Lenovo Center 41 January 9 Toronto Lenovo Center 42 January 10 Vancouver Lenovo Center 43 January 12 Anaheim Lenovo Center 44 January 15 @ Buffalo KeyBank Center 45 January 17 Vegas Lenovo Center 46 January 20 @ Chicago United Center 47 January 21 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 48 January 23 Columbus Lenovo Center 49 January 25 @ NY Islanders UBS Arena 50 January 28 @ NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 51 January 30 Chicago Lenovo Center
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 1 Los Angeles Lenovo Center 53 February 4 @ Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 54 February 6 @ Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 55 February 8 Utah Lenovo Center 56 February 22 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 57 February 25 @ Montreal Bell Centre 58 February 27 Buffalo Lenovo Center
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 59 March 1 Edmonton Lenovo Center 60 March 2 Calgary Lenovo Center 61 March 4 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 62 March 6 Boston Lenovo Center 63 March 9 Winnipeg Lenovo Center 64 March 11 Tampa Bay Lenovo Center 65 March 14 Detroit Lenovo Center 66 March 15 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 67 March 20 @ San Jose SAP Center 68 March 22 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 69 March 23 @ Anaheim Honda Center 70 March 25 Nashville Lenovo Center 71 March 28 Montreal Lenovo Center 72 March 30 NY Islanders Lenovo Center
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 73 April 2 Washington Lenovo Center 74 April 4 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 75 April 5 @ Boston TD Garden 76 April 8 @ Buffalo KeyBank Center 77 April 10 @ Washington Capital One Arena 78 April 12 NY Rangers Lenovo Center 79 April 13 Toronto Scotiabank Arena 80 April 16 @ Montreal Bell Centre 81 April 17 @ Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of November 7, 2024

Skaters

Regular season^[22]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Martin Necas	12	7	14	21	+10	2
Andrei Svechnikov	12	5	8	13	+1	16
Sebastian Aho	12	3	9	12	+1	6
Jack Roslovic	12	9	1	10	+5	2
Shayne Gostisbehere	12	4	5	9	+5	10
Seth Jarvis	12	4	5	9	+2	6
Dmitry Orlov	12	3	5	8	+12	2
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	12	1	7	8	+8	14
Eric Robinson	12	3	4	7	+10	4
Jackson Blake	12	4	2	6	+2	6
Jordan Martinook	12	2	3	5	+6	2
Jaccob Slavin	12	1	4	5	+5	2
Brent Burns	12	0	5	5	+2	4
Jack Drury	12	1	3	4	+5	2
Jalen Chatfield	12	0	4	4	+9	6
William Carrier	12	1	2	3	+3	4
Jordan Staal	12	1	1	2	+4	4
Sean Walker	12	1	0	0	+5	12

Goaltenders

Regular season^[23]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Pyotr Kochetkov	8	8	478:31	7	1	0	20	2.51	192	.896	0	0	1	0
Frederik Andersen	4	4	242:26	3	1	0	6	1.48	101	.941	0	0	0	0
Spencer Martin	1	1	58:23	0	1	0	5	5.14	28	.821	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.  ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 NHL season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel	To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2025	[24]
July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)	To Winnipeg Jets Dylan Coghlan	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations	[25]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	William Carrier	Vegas Golden Knights	6-year	Free agency	[26]
	Shayne Gostisbehere	Detroit Red Wings	3-year	Free agency	[27]
	Tyson Jost	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[28]
	Eric Robinson		1-year	Free agency	[29]
	Sean Walker	Colorado Avalanche	5-year	Free agency	[30]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Riley Stillman	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[31]
July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)	Jack Roslovic	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[32]
July 7, 2024 (2024-07-07)	Josiah Slavin	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[33]
July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14)	Joakim Ryan	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[34]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Stefan Noesen	New Jersey Devils	3-year	Free agency	[35]
	Brett Pesce		6-year	Free agency	[36]
	Brady Skjei	Nashville Predators	7-year	Free agency	[37]
	Teuvo Teravainen	Chicago Blackhawks	3-year	Free agency	[38]
July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)	Callahan Burke	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	Free agency	[39]
July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)	Evgeny Kuznetsov	SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)	4-year	Contract termination	[40]
July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)	Max Comtois	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[41]
September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)	Antti Raanta	Genève-Servette HC (NL)	1-year	Retirement/Free agency	[42]
September 23, 2024 (2024-09-23)	Tony DeAngelo	SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[43]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jordan Martinook	3-year	[44]
	Jaccob Slavin	8-year‡	[45]
July 14, 2024 (2024-07-14)	Dominik Badinka	3-year†	[46]
July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)	Jack Drury	2-year	[47]
July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29)	Martin Necas	2-year	[48]
August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31)	Seth Jarvis	8-year	[49]

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	34	Dominik Badinka	D	Czech Republic	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
	50	Nikita Artamonov	LW	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
3	69	Noel Fransen	D	Sweden	Färjestad BK (J20 Nationell)
4	124	Alexander Siryatsky	D	Russia	Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
5	133	Oskar Vuollet	C	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (J20 Nationell)
	156	Justin Poirier	RW	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
6	168	Timur Kol	D	Russia	Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
	184	Roman Shokhrin	D	Russia	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
	188	Fyodor Avramov	LW	Russia	Kapitan Stupino (MHL)
7	220	Andrey Krutov	LW	Russia	Chaika Nizhny Novgorod (MHL)

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Footnotes

1. This is a working agreement rather than a formal affiliation; the Bison's primary affiliation is with the New York Rangers.