2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2018–19
Year:	2018
Team:	Carolina Hurricanes
Division:	Metropolitan
Divisionrank:	4th
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	7th
Record:	46–29–7
Homerecord:	24–13–4
Roadrecord:	22–16–3
Goalsfor:	245
Goalsagainst:	223
Generalmanager:	Don Waddell
Coach:	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain:	Justin Williams
Altcaptain:	Justin Faulk Jordan Staal
Arena:	PNC Arena
Attendance:	14,322^[1]
Minorleague:	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Sebastian Aho (30)
Assistsleader:	Teuvo Teravainen (55)
Pointsleader:	Sebastian Aho (83)
Plusminusleader:	Brett Pesce (+35)
Pimleader:	Andrei Svechnikov (62)
Winsleader:	Petr Mrazek (23)
Gaaleader:	Alex Nedeljkovic (2.00)

The 2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.^[2] For the first time since 2009, the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, clinching a playoff berth with a 3–1 win against the New Jersey Devils on April 4, 2019.^{[3] [4]} In the playoffs the Hurricanes reached the Conference Finals where they were swept by the Boston Bruins.^[5]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018.^[6]

2018 preseason game log: 5–0–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Carolina	4–1	Tampa Bay			12,454	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 19	Tampa Bay	1–6	Carolina			6,007	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Washington	1–5	Carolina		Mrazek	8,364	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 25	Carolina	4–1	Nashville			17,188	4–0–0	Recap
5	September 28	Carolina	5–4	Washington	OT	Mrazek	15,304	5–0–0	Recap
6	September 30	Nashville	5–4	Carolina	OT	Mrazek	18,640	5–0–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[7]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 2–1 Carolina OT 18,680 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 5 Carolina 3–1 18,306 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 7 5–8 Carolina Mrazek 13,526 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 9 3–5 Carolina McElhinney 11,932 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 13 Carolina 5–4 OT McElhinney 18,715 4–0–1 9 Recap 6 October 14 Carolina 1–3 Mrazek 15,321 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 16 Carolina 2–4 Mrazek 19,092 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 20 3–1 Carolina McElhinney 11,753 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 22 Carolina 3–1 Mrazek 19,515 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 26 3–4 Carolina SO Mrazek 12,311 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 28 2–1 Carolina Mrazek 10,367 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 30 3–2 Carolina 11,357 6–5–1 13 Recap
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Carolina 3–4 OT 10,562 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 3 Carolina 0–3 18,328 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 November 6 Carolina 1–4 16,210 6–7–2 14 Recap 16 November 8 Carolina 4–3 Darling 21,331 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 10 4–3 Carolina SO Darling 13,029 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 November 12 2–3 Carolina OT Darling 11,221 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 November 17 4–1 Carolina Darling 13,040 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 November 18 1–2 Carolina McElhinney 11,211 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 November 21 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 12,562 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 23 1–4 Carolina McElhinney 13,226 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 24 Carolina 1–4 Darling 10,015 11–9–3 25 Recap 24 November 27 Carolina 2–1 McElhinney 20,835 12–9–3 27 Recap 25 November 30 2–1 Carolina OT McElhinney 13,987 12–9–4 28 Recap
December: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–5–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Carolina 0–2 17,546 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 December 5 Carolina 1–5 17,119 12–11–4 28 Recap 28 December 7 Carolina 4–1 Mrazek 15,573 13–11–4 30 Recap 29 December 11 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 11,907 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 13 Carolina 4–6 Mrazek 20,407 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 14 6–5 Carolina SO 14,446 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 December 16 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 13,051 14–13–5 33 Recap 33 December 20 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 13,548 14–14–5 33 Recap 34 December 22 3–0 Carolina McElhinney 16,264 14–15–5 33 Recap 35 December 23 3–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,409 15–15–5 35 Recap 36 December 27 Carolina 1–3 Mrazek 18,506 15–16–5 35 Recap 37 December 29 Carolina 0–2 McElhinney 16,514 15–17–5 35 Recap 38 December 31 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 16,644 16–17–5 37 Recap
January: 8–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 5–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Carolina 5–3 18,718 17–17–5 39 Recap 40 January 4 2–4 Carolina 15,346 18–17–5 41 Recap 41 January 6 Carolina 5–4 Mrazek 12,924 19–17–5 43 Recap 42 January 8 Carolina 4–3 McElhinney 13,769 20–17–5 45 Recap 43 January 10 Carolina 1–3 Mrazek 19,092 20–18–5 45 Recap 44 January 11 3–4 Carolina McElhinney 17,199 21–18–5 47 Recap 45 January 13 3–6 Carolina Mrazek 16,347 22–18–5 49 Recap 46 January 15 Carolina 2–6 McElhinney 17,636 22–19–5 49 Recap 47 January 18 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 15,598 22–20–5 49 Recap 48 January 20 Carolina 7–4 Mrazek 18,347 23–20–5 51 Recap 49 January 22 Carolina 2–3 OT Mrazek 18,508 23–20–6 52 Recap 50 January 23 Carolina 5–2 18,373 24–20–6 54 Recap
February: 10–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 6–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 2–5 Carolina 17,104 25–20–6 56 Recap 52 February 3 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 12,621 25–21–6 56 Recap 53 February 5 Carolina 4–0 18,435 26–21–6 58 Recap 54 February 7 Carolina 6–5 OT McElhinney 17,588 27–21–6 60 Recap 55 February 8 Carolina 3–0 Mrazek 18,006 28–21–6 62 Recap 56 February 10 Carolina 2–3 Mrazek 16,514 28–22–6 62 Recap 57 February 12 Carolina 4–1 McElhinney 10,648 29–22–6 64 Recap 58 February 15 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 14,430 30–22–6 66 Recap 59 February 16 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 14,369 31–22–6 68 Recap 60 February 19 2–1 Carolina McElhinney 13,343 31–23–6 68 Recap 61 February 21 Carolina 4–3 Mrazek 10,750 32–23–6 70 Recap 62 February 23 Carolina 3–0 McElhinney 18,532 33–23–6 72 Recap 63 February 26 1–6 Carolina Mrazek 13,042 34–23–6 74 Recap
March: 9–6–1 (Home: 6–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 2–5 Carolina 15,363 35–23–6 76 Recap 65 March 2 Carolina 4–3 OT 13,923 36–23–6 78 Recap 66 March 5 Carolina 3–4 OT McElhinney 17,565 36–23–7 79 Recap 67 March 8 8–1 Carolina McElhinney 15,928 36–24–7 79 Recap 68 March 9 Carolina 5–3 Mrazek 17,724 37–24–7 81 Recap 69 March 11 Carolina 3–0 Mrazek 16,711 38–24–7 83 Recap 70 March 15 Carolina 0–3 Mrazek 18,832 38–25–7 83 Recap 71 March 16 2–4 Carolina McElhinney 15,171 39–25–7 85 Recap 72 March 19 2–3 Carolina SO Mrazek 14,677 40–25–7 87 Recap 73 March 21 6–3 Carolina McElhinney 13,785 40–26–7 87 Recap 74 March 23 1–5 Carolina Mrazek 16,751 41–26–7 89 Recap 75 March 24 1–2 Carolina OT McElhinney 14,437 42–26–7 91 Recap 76 March 26 Carolina 1–4 Mrazek 18,506 42–27–7 91 Recap 77 March 28 3–2 Carolina McElhinney 14,680 42–28–7 91 Recap 78 March 30 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,833 43–28–7 93 Recap 79 March 31 Carolina 1–3 McElhinney 18,616 43–29–7 93 Recap
April: 3–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Carolina 4–1 19,097 44–29–7 95 Recap 81 April 4 1–3 Carolina Mrazek 17,645 45–29–7 97 Recap 82 April 6 Carolina 4–3 19,433 46–29–7 99 Recap
Legend:

Detailed records

Updated as of April 6, 2019^[8]

Eastern Conference
Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
align=left		3	1	1	1	118–99	10	10	2–12	3–11	102–107
align=left		3	3	0	0	89–109	14	10	1–6	1–8	83–104
align=left		3	1	1	1	130–77	7	9	3–10	1–7	95–101
align=left		3	3	0	0	90–99	12	7	3–11	2–8	84–99
align=left		3	2	1	0	93–118	8	8	0–5	0–10	96–98
align=left		3	2	1	0	100–83	10	9	4–8	1–7	67–89
align=left		3	0	3	0	95–89	6	13	0–11	5–12	82–133
align=left		3	2	1	0	112–85	10	7	3–7	1–9	84–95
Division total	24	14	8	2	827–759	77	73	16–70	14–72	693–826

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
align=left	Carolina Hurricanes
align=left		4	2	2	0	143–100	8	10	0–8	1–10	104–114
align=left		4	2	2	0	122–122	7	7	2–15	1–13	121–130
align=left		4	1	2	1	136–90	7	11	2–11	2–11	126–98
align=left		4	2	2	0	153–105	14	13	1–11	4–13	118–101
align=left		4	4	0	0	121–123	17	9	4–10	4–12	118–134
align=left		4	2	2	0	174–146	12	12	1–10	0–6	126–123
align=left		4	0	3	1	110–110	9	16	3–11	2–9	125–112
Division total	28	13	13	2	959–796	74	78	13–76	14–74	838–802
Conference total	52	27	21	4	1786–1555	151	151	29–146	28–146	1531–1628

Western Conference
Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
align=left		2	2	0	0	74–73	7	5	3–4	0–2	56–46
align=left		2	1	1	0	76–60	4	3	0–6	1–7	69–45
align=left		2	2	0	0	58–57	6	0	2–4	0–5	43–72
align=left		2	2	0	0	90–48	10	5	1–11	3–9	63–71
align=left		2	2	0	0	66–57	11	6	4–10	0–8	43–64
align=left		2	1	1	0	63–43	6	6	1–7	1–7	60–61
align=left		2	0	2	0	72–55	2	11	0–5	2–4	65–66
Division total	14	10	4	0	499–393	46	36	11–47	7–42	409–425

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
align=left		2	1	0	1	70–48	5	3	0–10	0–8	57–61
align=left		2	1	0	1	78–48	6	4	0–11	1–5	65–54
align=left		2	0	1	1	72–57	5	7	0–6	1–9	55–73
align=left		2	2	0	0	61–62	10	5	1–3	1–7	71–53
align=left		2	1	1	0	68–58	6	3	1–5	0–5	62–67
align=left		2	1	1	0	81–46	5	8	1–5	3–5	79–58
align=left		2	2	0	0	67–51	10	5	1–8	2–6	62–72
align=left		2	1	1	0	66–50	5	5	0–6	1–6	55–61
Division total	16	9	4	3	563–420	52	40	4–54	9–51	506–499
Conference total	30	19	8	3	1062–813	98	76	15–101	16–93	915–924
NHL total	82	46	29	7	2848–2367	249	227	43–247	44–239	2446–2548

Playoffs

See main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the First Round of the playoffs,^[9] and defeated them in seven games.^[10]

The Hurricanes faced the New York Islanders in the Second Round of the playoffs,^[11] sweeping them in four games, which was the first best-of-seven series sweep in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history.^{[12] [13]}

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the Conference Finals,^[14] and were swept in four games.^[15] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.^[16]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Carolina won 4–3 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Carolina 2–4 Washington 18,506 0–1 Recap 2 April 13 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Mrazek 18,506 0–2 Recap 3 April 15 Washington 0–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,783 1–2 Recap 4 April 18 Washington 1–2 Carolina Mrazek 19,202 2–2 Recap 5 April 20 Carolina 0–6 Washington Mrazek 18,506 2–3 Recap 6 April 22 Washington 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,913 3–3 Recap 7 April 24 Carolina 4–3 Washington 2OT Mrazek 18,506 4–3 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M2) New York Islanders: Carolina won 4–0 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Carolina 1–0 NY Islanders OT 15,795 1–0 Recap 2 April 28 Carolina 2–1 NY Islanders 15,795 2–0 Recap 3 May 1 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,066 3–0 Recap 4 May 3 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,495 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–0 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 9 Carolina 2–5 Boston 17,565 0–1 Recap 2 May 12 Carolina 2–6 Boston Mrazek 17,565 0–2 Recap 3 May 14 Boston 2–1 Carolina 18,768 0–3 Recap 4 May 16 Boston 4–0 Carolina McElhinney 19,041 0–4 Recap
Legend:

Player statistics

As of May 16, 2019^{[17] [18]}

Skaters

Regular season^[19] ! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	82	30	53	83	25	26
	82	21	55	76	30	12
	82	23	30	53		44
	71	17	23	40	13	58
	82	18	21	39	0	54
	82	20	17	37	0	62
	82	11	24	35	9	47
	82	8	23	31	0	18
^†	36	14	16	30	7	20
	73	7	22	29	35	24
	50	11	17	28	6	26
	81	10	18	28		36
	82	10	16	26	10	20
	82	15	10	25	1	38
	77	10	5	15		20
	78	3	11	14		10
	74	1	13	14	1	20
	41	6	5	11		8
	34	4	4	8	0	20
^‡	26	1	5	6		4
^‡	21	1	3	4		8
	20	1	2	3		6
^‡	13	0	3	3		0
	7	1	1	2	0	2
	20	0	1	1	4	2
	6	0	0	0	0	2
	7	0	0	0		4
	1	0	0	0		5
	2	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs^[20] ! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	15	5	7	12	3	2
	15	0	11	11	5	0
	15	7	3	10	6	2
	15	4	6	10	7	8
	15	5	4	9	6	6
	15	1	7	8	4	4
	15	4	3	7	1	18
	15	3	4	7	3	10
	15	2	4	6		6
	15	0	6	6	4	0
	9	3	2	5	0	9
	15	1	4	5	0	6
	15	1	3	4	0	12
	10	0	4	4	0	6
	14	2	0	2	1	4
	12	1	0	1	3	2
	9	0	1	1	1	6
	7	0	1	1		18
	2	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	9	0	0	0	1	2
	8	0	0	0	0	0
	9	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[21] ! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

	40	40	2,386:51	23	14	3	95	2.39	1,104	.914	4	0	1	6
	33	33	1,977:31	20	11	2	85	2.58	968	.912	2	0	0	0
	8	8	485:34	2	4	2	27	3.34	233	.884	0	0	0	0
	1	1	60:00	1	0	0	2	2.00	26	.923	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[22] ! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

	11	11	659:43	5	5	30	2.73	282	.894	2	0	0	0
	5	4	268:25	3	2	9	2.01	128	.930	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 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To New York Rangers VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018	To Carolina Hurricanes BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019	^[23]
	To Calgary Flames Noah Hanifin Elias Lindholm	To Carolina Hurricanes Dougie Hamilton Micheal Ferland Adam Fox	^[24]
	To Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner	To Carolina Hurricanes Cliff Pu 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020 6th-round pick in 2020	^[25]
	To Minnesota Wild Victor Rask	To Carolina Hurricanes Nino Niederreiter	^[26]
	To Florida Panthers Cliff Pu	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations	^[27]
	To New York Rangers Adam Fox	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[28]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
			1-year	^[29]
			1-year	^[30]
			2-year	^[31]
			3-year	^[32]
			1-year	^[33]
		from Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[34]
			4-year	^[35]
		to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	Unknown	^[36]
		to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	1-year	^[37]
		to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)	1-year	^[38]
		from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	1-year	^[39]
		to SaiPa (Liiga)	Unknown	^[40]
		from UMass Minutemen (Hockey East)	1-year	^[41]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
			^[42]
			^[43]
			^[44]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
		Mutual termination	^[45]
		Mutual termination	^[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
		1-year	^[47]
		2-year	^[48]
		3-year	^[49]
		2-year	^[50]
		1-year	^[51]
		2-year	^[52]
		5-year	^[53]
		3-year	^[54]
		3-year	^[55]

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks. Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Andrei Svechnikov	RW		Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	42	Jack Drury	C		Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4	96^1	Luke Henman	C		Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
4	104	Lenni Killinen	RW		Blues U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
6	166	Jesper Sellgren	D		Modo Hockey (Allsvenskan)
7	197	Jake Kucharski	G		Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on May 3, 2018, that sent Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick in 2018 to Arizona in exchange for Jordan Martinook and this pick.^[56]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-2019 NHL Attendance . ESPN.com . November 7, 2021.
2. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 35. 978-1-60078-422-4.
3. Web site: Smith . Michael . Canes Clinch Berth in 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs . NHL.com . April 5, 2019 . April 4, 2019.
4. Web site: Dusterberg . Kurt . Hurricanes clinch first playoff berth since 2009 with win against Devils . NHL.com . April 5, 2019 . April 4, 2019.
5. Web site: Bruins sweep Hurricanes to secure spot in Stanley Cup final . CBC.ca . May 17, 2019 . May 16, 2019.
6. Web site: Williams . Terrell . Hurricanes Announce 2018 Exhibition Schedule . NHL.com . June 21, 2018 . June 12, 2018.
7. Web site: Terry . Miles . Canes Announce 2018-19 Regular-Season Schedule . NHL.com . October 1, 2018 . June 21, 2018.
8. Web site: 2018–2019 Carolina Hurricanes vs All Teams. Carolina Hurricanes.
9. Web site: Hurricanes Announce First Round Schedule . NHL.com . April 7, 2019 . April 7, 2019.
10. Web site: NHL playoffs: Hurricanes eliminate defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals . Los Angeles Times . April 25, 2019 . April 24, 2019.
11. Web site: Hurricanes Announce Second Round Schedule . NHL.com . April 25, 2019 . April 24, 2019.
12. Web site: Dusterberg . Kurt . Hurricanes sweep Islanders in Game 4, reach Eastern Conference Final . NHL.com . May 5, 2019 . May 3, 2019.
13. Web site: Facts and Figures: Hurricanes complete first sweep in best-of-7 series . NHL.com . May 5, 2019 . May 4, 2019.
14. Web site: Stanley Cup Playoffs conference finals schedule . NHL.com . May 9, 2019 . May 8, 2019.
15. Web site: Dusterberg . Kurt . Bruins advance to Stanley Cup Final with Game 4 win against Hurricanes . NHL.com . May 17, 2019 . May 16, 2019.
16. Web site: Satriano . David . Bruins will play Hurricanes in Eastern Conference Final . NHL.com . May 7, 2019 . May 6, 2019.
17. Web site: Carolina Hurricanes Stats - 2018-2019. NHL.com. April 6, 2019.
18. Web site: 2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes Playoff Stats . nhl.com . National Hockey League . 17 April 2019.
19. Web site: 2018–19 Regular season – Carolina Hurricanes Stats – Skaters . NHL.com . April 6, 2019.
20. Web site: 2018–19 Playoffs – Carolina Hurricanes Stats – Skaters . NHL.com . May 16, 2019.
21. Web site: 2018–19 Regular season – Carolina Hurricanes Stats – Goalies . NHL.com . April 6, 2019.
22. Web site: 2018–19 Playoffs – Carolina Hurricanes Stats – Goalies . NHL.com . May 16, 2019.
23. Web site: 2018 NHL Draft Notes. NHL.com. June 25, 2018. June 23, 2018.
24. Web site: Brown. Michael. Canes Acquire Hamilton, Ferland and Fox From Flames. NHL.com. August 27, 2018. June 23, 2018.
25. Web site: Skinner traded to Sabres by Hurricanes. NHL.com. August 2, 2018. August 2, 2018.
26. Web site: Canes Acquire Niederreiter from Wild. NHL.com. January 17, 2019. January 17, 2019.
27. Web site: Hurricanes Acquire Tomas Jurco . NHL.com . February 25, 2019 . February 25, 2019.
28. Web site: Canes Acquire Pair of Picks for Adam Fox . NHL.com . April 30, 2019 . April 30, 2019.
29. Web site: Wings move quickly on first day of free agency. Detroit Red Wings. Dana. Wakiji. July 1, 2018. July 1, 2018.
30. Web site: Canes Agree to Terms with Petr Mrazek. nhl.com. July 1, 2018.
31. Web site: Bruins Announce Seven Transactions On July 1. nhl.com. July 1, 2018.
32. Web site: FLAMES SIGN THREE PLAYERS. nhl.com. July 1, 2018.
33. Web site: FEATURE: Bowman free agency Q&A. nhl.com. July 1, 2018.
34. Web site: Canes Sign Dan Renouf to One-Year Deal. nhl.com. July 3, 2018.
35. Web site: Canes Sign de Haan to Four-Year Deal. nhl.com. July 11, 2018.
36. Web site: Sound Tigers Sign Jones, Bourque and Smith. soundtigers.com. July 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180710010314/http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=211733876. July 10, 2018. dead.
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42. Web site: Canes Claim Curtis McElhinney on Waivers . NHL.com . October 23, 2018 . October 2, 2018.
43. Web site: RELEASE: Oilers claim forward Valentin Zykov off waivers from Carolina . NHL.com . December 3, 2018 . November 30, 2018.
44. Web site: Predators Claim Phillip Di Giuseppe On Waivers from Carolina . NHL.com . January 6, 2019 . January 1, 2019.
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48. Web site: Canes Agree to Terms with Valentin Zykov. nhl.com. June 30, 2018.
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50. Web site: Canes Agree to Terms with Trevor van Riemsdyk. NHL.com. July 10, 2018.
51. Web site: Canes Agree to Terms with Greg McKegg. NHL.com. July 14, 2018.
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