Here’s hoping you had your caffeine ready for another late night.
Tonight marks the second of five straight games that will start at 9 PM Eastern or later as the Hurricanes continue the annual State Fair road trip—although considering Billie Eilish will be in Lenovo Center tonight and tomorrow and Sabrina Carpenter played there during the opening weekend of the Fair last year has it become a case where it’s just now tradition instead of a necessity? Anyway, just kindly reminding all you folks that have
to be anywhere near West Raleigh this weekend—have some grace on the roads and give yourself plenty of time to get to either event if you plan to.
It’s no concern for the Canes of course as they are currently in Southern California for the second game of the trip and first of the Southern California Pair. Tonight it’s the Anaheim Ducks, fresh off a 4-3 victory over another Metropolitan Division foe in the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Canes practiced on Thursday and coach Rod Brind’Amour spoke with Hanna Yates and Mike Maniscalco briefly afterward. The team then announced that they would not be doing a morning skate for this game, instead opting to go with the practice on Wednesday and to keep their legs fresh for Thursday.
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Indications heading into the trip were that Brind’Amour would likely give new goalie Brandon Bussi one start and the expectation would be that Frederik Andersen would get the bulk. As he hasn’t played since Saturday, expect to see Andersen tonight, but with the way Bussi played on Tuesday it wouldn’t be shocking to see him in net against the Kings before the Canes have to deal with Vegas on Monday, Colorado on Thursday, and Dallas on Saturday.
We’ll likely find this out when Brind’Amour has some pregame availability at around 7:45 PM Eastern, and we should also get an indication as to whether or not Mark Jankowski will stay in the lineup or if Jesperi Kotkaniemi will trade back in. Brind’Amour will probably also hint at whether or not the Taylor Hall/Andrei Svechnikov switch he made at the end of the second period Tuesday will stick around to start this one.
On the other side, Anaheim has seen their game results get better over their first three. They started with a loss to Seattle, won in overtime against San Jose—if you want to see real heartbreak look up how they won that one—and then beat Pittsburgh near the end of the third period Tuesday thanks to an unfortunately delay of game penalty by the Penguins. Thanks to the win it doesn’t look like they’ll change up much in how they will roll out the lines, the only question will be if they continue with Lukáš Dostál as the goalie or go with the former Cane Petr Mrázek in net. We should know after their morning skate.
One other note—due to the all orange look from the Ducks and to avoid confusion on the ice, the Canes are going to be wearing their white lids with the new road uniform set tonight. This should also answer the question of what helmet they’ll wear anytime the team opposite of them has a red sweater—like Calgary, Chicago, Detroit, and so forth.
If you aren’t going to be in Southern California tonight and have the energy, here’s how you can catch the action:
Time: 10:00 PM
TV: FanDuel Sports Network. Mike Maniscalco will handle play-by-play alongside Tripp Tracy doing color. Hanna Yates will provide off-ice reports as well as host pregame starting at 9:30. For the road Yates will be in the locker room and with the coach as Maniscalco and Tracy host.
Streaming: FanDuel Sports Network App for fans in the Carolinas. Outside of the area, the ESPN app has you covered as they have every out-of-market hockey game available to watch.
Radio: Adam Gold starts pregame on 99.9 The Fan at 9:30. At 10PM the Hurricanes Radio Nework (consisting of 99.9, 730 The Game in Charlotte, ESPN New Bern 107.5/1490, and ESPN Greenville 107.5/1570) picks up the FDSN feed. You can also stream the call on the Hurricanes app.
Odds: Hurricanes -182 Moneyline, Puckline Hurricanes -1.5 (+136)/Ducks +1.5 (-168), O/U 6.5 (+112/-138)
