# 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2019–20 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 41st 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 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Hurricanes advanced to the playoffs where they defeated the New York Rangers in a three-game sweep in the Qualifying Round, but were defeated in the First Round by the Boston Bruins in five games.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 90 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | 89 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | 86 |
| 4 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | 81 |
| 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | 81 |
| 6 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | 80 |
| 7 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | 79 |
| 8 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | 68 |

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | .714 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | .493 | |
| 14 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | .493 | |
| 15 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | .437 | |
| 16 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | .275 | |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the New York Rangers in the qualifying round, and defeated them in three games.
The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the first round, where they were defeated in five games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Sebastian Aho | 68 | 38 | 28 | 66 | 10 | 26 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 68 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 20 | 8 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 68 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 9 | 54 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 47 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 30 | 32 |
| Martin Necas | 64 | 16 | 20 | 36 | −6 | 20 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 68 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 10 |
| Warren Foegele | 68 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 34 |
| Nino Niederreiter | 67 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −3 | 42 |
| Ryan Dzingel | 64 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 30 |
| Jordan Staal | 68 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 40 |
| Jake Gardiner | 68 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −24 | 30 |
| Lucas Wallmark$^‡$ | 60 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
| Erik Haula$^‡$ | 41 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 20 |
| Joel Edmundson | 68 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 72 |
| Brett Pesce | 61 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 27 |
| Brock McGinn | 68 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 17 |
| Haydn Fleury | 45 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −2 | 8 |
| Jordan Martinook | 45 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 22 |
| Justin Williams | 20 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 49 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −7 | 10 |
| Morgan Geekie | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Vincent Trocheck$^†$ | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 16 |
| Brady Skjei$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
| Clark Bishop | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Julien Gauthier$^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Eetu Luostarinen$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Brian Gibbons | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Sebastian Aho | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Martin Necas | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sami Vatanen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
| Haydn Fleury | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Brock McGinn | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nino Niederreiter | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 2 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Brady Skjei | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Joel Edmundson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Warren Foegele | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Justin Williams | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Morgan Geekie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jake Gardiner | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Staal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| Ryan Dzingel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Petr Mrazek | 40 | 38 | 2,320:59 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 104 | 2.69 | 1,091 | .905 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| James Reimer | 25 | 24 | 1,378:01 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 2.66 | 712 | .914 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anton Forsberg | 3 | 3 | 143:09 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3.35 | 78 | .897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 4 | 3 | 216:19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3.05 | 97 | .887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Ayres | 1 | 0 | 28:41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.18 | 10 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| James Reimer | 3 | 3 | 178:05 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2.36 | 106 | .934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Mrazek | 5 | 5 | 316:36 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2.08 | 155 | .929 | 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.