2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes season explained

The 2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 43rd season for the major league ice hockey team; its 36th season in the National Hockey League since the NHL franchise was granted on June 22, 1979,^[1] and 17th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season. The Hurricanes failed to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Off-season

On May 5, 2014, the Hurricanes announced that head coach Kirk Muller, as well as assistant coaches John MacLean and Dave Lewis, were fired.^[2] The Hurricanes hired Bill Peters as their new head coach on June 19, 2014.^[3]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Columbus	4–3	Carolina			6,250	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 23	Carolina	0–2	Buffalo			18,546	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 24	Carolina	4–2	NY Islanders		MacIntyre	9,888	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 30	Carolina	1–3	St. Louis			10,213	1–3–0	Recap
5	October 1	Carolina	3–6	Columbus			11,798	1–4–0	Recap
6	October 3	Buffalo	1–5	Carolina		Ward	7,890	2–4–0	Recap
7	October 5	Carolina	2–5	Washington		Khudobin	16,138	2–5–0	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 5–3 Carolina 18,680 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Carolina 3–4 16,170 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 14 4–3 Carolina SO Ward 14,930 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 16 Carolina 1–2 SO Khudobin 18,006 0–2–2 2 Recap 5 October 21 Carolina 1–3 Khudobin 15,016 0–3–2 2 Recap 6 October 23 Carolina 0–5 Ward 19,289 0–4–2 2 Recap 7 October 24 Carolina 3–6 Khudobin 16,839 0–5–2 2 Recap 8 October 28 Carolina 1–4 Ward 18,234 0–6–2 2 Recap
November: 7–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 0–3 Carolina 10,870 1–6–2 4 Recap 10 November 2 2–3 Carolina Ward 10,519 2–6–2 6 Recap 11 November 4 Carolina 4–2 Ward 15,638 3–6–2 8 Recap 12 November 7 2–3 Carolina OT Ward 11,540 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 November 8 Carolina 3–4 OT 18,506 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 10 1–4 Carolina Ward 9,906 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 13 3–1 Carolina Ward 10,005 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 15 Carolina 1–2 Ward 17,565 5–8–3 13 Recap 17 November 16 2–0 Carolina Khudobin 12,784 5–9–3 13 Recap 18 November 18 Carolina 6–4 Ward 15,678 6–9–3 15 Recap 19 November 20 Carolina 2–3 Ward 18,230 6–10–3 15 Recap 20 November 22 Carolina 3–4 Ward 17,208 6–11–3 15 Recap 21 November 26 Carolina 0–1 Ward 8,119 6–12–3 15 Recap 22 November 28 Carolina 4–2 Ward 18,665 7–12–3 17 Recap 23 November 29 3–2 Carolina Khudobin 11,225 7–13–3 17 Recap
December: 3–10–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 1–6–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 1–2 Carolina 9,161 8–13–3 19 Recap 25 December 4 2–1 Carolina 10,783 8–14–3 19 Recap 26 December 7 3–1 Carolina Ward 13,489 8–15–3 19 Recap 27 December 8 2–1 Carolina Ward 9,815 8–16–3 19 Recap 28 December 11 Carolina 1–2 Ward 18,104 8–17–3 19 Recap 29 December 13 Carolina 1–5 Khudobin 19,609 8–18–3 19 Recap 30 December 16 Carolina 1–4 Ward 21,286 8–19–3 19 Recap 31 December 18 1–4 Carolina Ward 12,332 9–19–3 21 Recap 32 December 20 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 13,329 9–19–4 22 Recap 33 December 21 Carolina 0–1 Khudobin 18,006 9–20–4 22 Recap 34 December 23 Carolina 2–1 SO Khudobin 16,101 10–20–4 24 Recap 35 December 27 Carolina 1–2 Ward 19,204 10–21–4 24 Recap 36 December 29 3–1 Carolina Ward 17,123 10–22–4 24 Recap 37 December 31 Carolina 1–2 Ward 18,639 10–23–4 24 Recap
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 1–2 Carolina 12,682 11–23–4 26 Recap 39 January 4 1–2 Carolina SO 17,212 12–23–4 28 Recap 40 January 6 Carolina 2–3 Ward 15,706 12–24–4 28 Recap 41 January 8 2–5 Carolina Ward 9,781 13–24–4 30 Recap 42 January 10 Carolina 4–5 SO Ward 19,411 13–24–5 31 Recap 43 January 13 2–3 Carolina SO Khudobin 12,965 14–24–5 33 Recap 44 January 16 3–0 Carolina Ward 13,093 14–25–5 33 Recap 45 January 17 Carolina 3–2 Khudobin 17,434 15–25–5 35 Recap 46 January 19 Carolina 4–1 Khudobin 18,979 16–25–5 37 Recap 47 January 27 2–4 Carolina Khudobin 12,508 17–25–5 39 Recap 48 January 30 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 13,287 17–25–6 40 Recap 49 January 31 Carolina 1–4 Ward 18,006 17–26–6 40 Recap
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Carolina 4–5 OT 16,274 17–26–7 41 Recap 51 February 5 Carolina 2–1 SO 12,649 18–26–7 43 Recap 52 February 7 Carolina 5–4 Ward 17,139 19–26–7 45 Recap 53 February 12 2–1 Carolina Ward 11,991 19–27–7 45 Recap 54 February 14 Carolina 3–6 Khudobin 19,220 19–28–7 45 Recap 55 February 16 Carolina 6–3 Ward 16,562 20–28–7 47 Recap 56 February 17 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 11,991 20–29–7 47 Recap 57 February 20 1–2 Carolina Ward 11,991 21–29–7 49 Recap 58 February 21 Carolina 1–3 Khudobin 16,101 21–30–7 49 Recap 59 February 24 1–4 Carolina Ward 11,024 22–30–7 51 Recap 60 February 27 0–3 Carolina Khudobin 11,024 23–30–7 53 Recap 61 February 28 Carolina 5–3 Ward 16,170 24–30–7 55 Recap
March: 4–7–4 (Home: 3–4–4 ; Road: 1–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Carolina 2–5 11,024 24–31–7 55 Recap 63 March 6 3–1 Carolina 10,857 24–32–7 55 Recap 64 March 8 4–7 Carolina Ward 12,826 25–32–7 57 Recap 65 March 10 4–3 Carolina SO Ward 10,418 25–32–8 58 Recap 66 March 12 5–3 Carolina Khudobin 10,025 25–33–8 58 Recap 67 March 14 2–0 Carolina Ward 11,790 25–34–8 58 Recap 68 March 15 Carolina 3–2 Khudobin 15,258 26–34–8 60 Recap 69 March 17 2–1 Carolina OT Khudobin 13,469 26–34–9 61 Recap 70 March 19 Carolina 0–4 Khudobin 21,286 26–35–9 61 Recap 71 March 21 3–2 Carolina SO Khudobin 13,404 26–35–10 62 Recap 72 March 23 3–1 Carolina Khudobin 13,786 26–36–10 62 Recap 73 March 26 2–5 Carolina Ward 13,738 27–36–10 64 Recap 74 March 28 1–3 Carolina Ward 12,578 28–36–10 66 Recap 75 March 29 2–1 Carolina OT Khudobin 14,275 28–36–11 67 Recap 76 March 31 Carolina 2–4 Ward 18,506 28–37–11 67 Recap
April: 2–4–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Carolina 1–6 9,827 28–38–11 67 Recap 78 April 4 2–3 Carolina SO 12,852 29–38–11 69 Recap 79 April 6 Carolina 3–4 Ward 19,070 29–39–11 69 Recap 80 April 7 Carolina 2–3 Khudobin 20,027 29–40–11 69 Recap 81 April 9 Carolina 3–1 Ward 17,348 30–40–11 71 Recap 82 April 11 2–0 Carolina Ward 16,680 30–41–11 71 Recap
Legend:

Player stats

Final^[4]

Skaters

Regular Season

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	77	23	21	54	−13	41
	82	15	34	49	−19	30
	81	17	22	39	−23	14
	80	11	22	33	−14	16
	77	18	13	31	−24	18
	78	10	18	28	−14	34
	68	8	17	25	−10	12
	46	6	18	24	−6	14
‡	52	13	10	23	−17	16
	57	2	20	22	−9	14
	82	7	14	21	−7	17
	57	11	9	20	−4	14
	57	6	13	19	−10	32
‡	57	2	17	19	−7	8
†	41	7	11	18	2	4
	65	7	8	15	−8	74
	37	4	9	13	−11	8
	71	5	7	12	−12	10
	81	2	8	10	−14	16
	49	2	8	10	1	27
‡	55	1	6	7	−18	44
	31	3	3	6	0	4
	38	2	4	6	−7	4
‡	20	1	3	4	−5	42
	10	0	2	2	−5	0
†	3	0	0	0	−2	0
	6	0	0	0	−5	4
	3	0	0	0	0	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	2	0	0	0	−2	10
	2	0	0	0	−1	0
	7	0	0	0	−4	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]

Player
	51	50	3026	22	24	5	121	2.40	1351	0.910	1	0	0	4
	34	32	1920	8	17	6	87	2.72	874	0.900	1	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.

Notable achievements

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Game	October 10, 2014
	1st Career NHL Game	October 10, 2014
V. Rask	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	November 2, 2014
V. Rask	1st Career NHL Assist	November 7, 2014
	100th Career NHL Goal	November 10, 2014
	700th Career NHL Game	November 18, 2014
	700th Career NHL Point	November 20, 2014
	200th Career NHL Game	November 22, 2014
	1st Career NHL Goal	November 22, 2014
	500th Career NHL Point	December 4, 2014
	700th Career NHL Game	December 11, 2014
J. Skinner	200th Career NHL Point	December 16, 2014
A. Semin	600th Career NHL Game	December 21, 2014
E. Staal	800th Career NHL Game	December 29, 2014
E. Staal	300th Career NHL Goal	January 6, 2015
	100th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2015
J. Skinner	300th Career NHL Game	January 19, 2015
	700th Career NHL Game	January 31, 2015
J. Faulk	100th Career NHL Point	February 7, 2015
	100th Career NHL Game	February 12, 2015
	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	February 14, 2015
M. Jordan	1st Career NHL Goal	February 16, 2015
	500th Career NHL Game	February 24, 2015
	100th Career NHL Game	February 24, 2015
	700th Career NHL Game	February 27, 2015
	400th Career NHL Game	March 8, 2015
J. Skinner	100th Career NHL Assist	March 17, 2015
	600th Career NHL Game	March 29, 2015

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

Date
December 18, 2014 [7]	To Winnipeg Jets Jay Harrison	To Carolina Hurricanes OTT's 6th-round pick in 2015
February 25, 2015 [8]	To Winnipeg Jets Jiri Tlusty	To Carolina Hurricanes Conditional 5th-round or 6th-round pick in 2015 3rd-round pick in 2016
February 25, 2015 [9]	To Los Angeles Kings Andrej Sekera	To Carolina Hurricanes Roland McKeown Conditional 1st-round pick in 2015
February 28, 2015 [10]	To Washington Capitals Tim Gleason	To Carolina Hurricanes Jack Hillen ARZ's 4th-round pick in 2015

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014			2 years, $1.3 million	[11]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $600,000	[12]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $1 million	[13]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $1.2 million	[14]
July 1, 2014			1 year, $600,000	[15]
March 22, 2015			1 year, $575,000 entry-level contract	[16]
June 15, 2015			1 year, $600,000	[17]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014			1 year, $850,000	[18]
July 1, 2014			2 years, $1.9 million	[19]
July 1, 2014			2 years, $1.2 million	[20]
July 8, 2104			1 year, $550,000	[21]
October 2, 2014			1 year, $575,000	[22]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014		1 year, $2.95 million	[24]
July 2, 2014		1 year, $600,000	[25]
July 2, 2014		1 year, $600,000	[26]
July 3, 2014		1 year, $550,000	[27]
July 3, 2014		1 year, $550,000	[28]
July 14, 2014		1 year, $600,000	[29]
July 23, 2014		1 year, $575,000	[30]
July 25, 2014		1 year, $600,000	[31]
August 7, 2014		3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	[32]
March 1, 2015		2 years, $2.4 million contract extension	[33]
March 27, 2015		3 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract	[34]
March 27, 2015		3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract	[35]
April 1, 2015		3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract	[36]
May 29, 2015		1 year, $600,000	[37]
June 1, 2015		3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract	[38]
June 11, 2015		3 years, $1.825 million entry-level contract	[39]
June 18, 2015		1 year, $625,000	[40]
June 25, 2015		1 year, $875,000	[41]

Draft picks

See main article: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks. The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Hurricanes will pick 7th overall in the first round.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
align=center	1	align=center	7	Haydn Fleury	(D)	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
align=center	2	align=center	37	Alex Nedeljkovic	(G)	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
align=center	3	align=center	67	Warren Foegele	LW	Canada	St. Andrew's Saints (OFSAA)
align=center	4	align=center	96	Josh Wesley	D	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
align=center	4	align=center	97	Lucas Wallmark	RW	Sweden	Luleå HF (SHL)
align=center	5	align=center	127	Clark Bishop	C	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
align=center	7	align=center	187	Kyle Jenkins	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Draft notes

• Vancouver's fourth-round pick went to Carolina, as the result of a trade on September 29, 2013, that sent Zac Dalpe and Jeremy Welsh to Vancouver, in exchange for Kellan Tochkin and this pick.^[42]
• Carolina's sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings, as the result of a trade on January 13, 2013, that sent Kevin Westgarth to Carolina, in exchange for Anthony Stewart, a fourth round pick in 2013, and this pick.^[43]

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 35. 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Web site: Hurricanes fire coach Muller, two assistants.
3. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723168 Hurricanes Hire Bill Peters as Head Coach
4. Web site: 2013-2014 - Regular Season - Carolina Hurricanes - All Skaters - Summary - Points - NHL.com - Stats. NHL. March 18, 2015.
5. Web site: 2013-2014 - Regular Season - Carolina Hurricanes - Goalie - Summary - Wins - NHL.com - Stats. NHL. December 14, 2013.
6. Web site: 2015 NHL All-Star selections highlighted by three Columbus Blue Jackets. NHL. January 10, 2015.
7. Web site: Hurricanes Deal Harrison to Winnipeg Jets . nhl.com . December 18, 2014. live . December 18, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219015148/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=744667 . December 19, 2014 .
8. Web site: Canes Acquire Two Draft Picks for Tlusty . nhl.com . February 25, 2015. live . February 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226134342/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755111 . February 26, 2015 .
9. Web site: Canes Get First-Rounder, McKeown for Sekera . nhl.com . February 25, 2015. live . February 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226130403/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755177 . February 26, 2015 .
10. Web site: Canes Acquire Hillen, Draft Pick for Gleason . nhl.com . February 28, 2015. live . February 28, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302153629/http://hurricanes.nhl.com:80/club/news.htm?id=755635 . March 2, 2015 .
11. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724788 Canes Agree to Terms with Brad Malone
12. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725020 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with MacIntyre
13. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725248 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with McClement
14. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725282 Canes Agree to Terms with Tim Gleason
15. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725411 Canes Agree to Terms with Ben Holmstrom
16. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=759354 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Tirronen
17. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=770979 Hurricanes Sign Derek Ryan
18. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724746 Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with free agent forward Manny Malhotra
19. http://capitalstoday.monumentalnetwork.com/2014/07/01/capitals-sign-justin-peters CAPITALS SIGN JUSTIN PETERS
20. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724871 Wild Inks Three More On FA Opening Day
21. http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725652 LIGHTNING SIGN DEFENSEMAN MATT CORRENTE
22. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=732781 Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-way NHL contract with forward Drayson Bowman for the 2014-15 season
23. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=740129 Hurricanes Claim Andrej Nestrasil on Waivers
24. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724914 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jiri Tlusty
25. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725253 Hurricanes Sign Greg Nemisz to One-Year Deal
26. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725258 Canes, Boychuk Agree on One-Year Deal
27. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725399 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Michal Jordan
28. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=725400 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jared Staal
29. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=726199 Canes Agree to Terms with Justin Shugg
30. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=727053 Canes Agree to Terms with Rasmus Rissanen
31. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=727178 Canes Agree to Terms with Brett Bellemore
32. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=728078 Canes Agree to Terms with Haydn Fleury
33. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=755781 Canes, McClement Agree on Two-Year Extension
34. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=760095 Canes, Pesce Agree to Terms on Entry-Level Deal
35. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=760178 Canes Agree to Terms with Alex Nedeljkovic
36. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=760908 Canes Agree to Terms with Roland McKeown
37. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=769211 Hurricanes Re-Sign Drew MacIntyre
38. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=769487 Hurricanes Sign Ganly to Entry-Level Deal
39. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=770616 Canes Sign Forward Lucas Wallmark
40. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=771327 Canes Agree to Terms with Michal Jordan
41. http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772154 Canes, Terry Agree to Terms on One-Year Deal
42. Web site: Canucks acquire two forwards from Hurricanes. National Hockey League. May 18, 2014. September 29, 2013.
43. Web site: Hurricanes swap Westgarth for Anthony Stewart. National Hockey League. May 17, 2014. January 13, 2013.