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 23rd 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 the qualifying round, but were defeated in the first round by the Boston Bruins in five games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 17 	Carolina 	3–0 	Tampa Bay 	 	Reimer 	12,010 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 18 	Tampa Bay 	0–2 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	— 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 21 	Carolina 	2–3 	Washington 	 	Reimer 	14,603 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 25 	Carolina 	0–3 	Nashville 	 	Forsberg 	17,159 	2–2–0 	Recap
5 	September 27 	Nashville 	2–1 	Carolina 	OT 	Reimer 	11,212 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	September 29 	Washington 	4–3 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	18,680 	2–3–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Montreal 	3–4 	Carolina 	SO 	Mrazek 	18,680 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Carolina 	3–2 	Washington 	OT 	Reimer 	18,506 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 6 	Tampa Bay 	3–4 	Carolina 	OT 	Mrazek 	14,125 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 8 	Carolina 	6–3 	Florida 	 	Reimer 	11,638 	4–0–0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 11 	NY Islanders 	2–5 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	14,875 	5–0–0 	10 	Recap
6 	October 12 	Columbus 	3–2 	Carolina 	 	Reimer 	16,224 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 15 	Carolina 	2–0 	Los Angeles 	 	Mrazek 	14,219 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 16 	Carolina 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Reimer 	15,143 	6–2–0 	12 	Recap
9 	October 18 	Carolina 	2–4 	Anaheim 	 	Mrazek 	14,755 	6–3–0 	12 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Carolina 	3–4 	Columbus 	OT 	Mrazek 	15,398 	6–3–1 	13 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Chicago 	0–4 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	15,738 	7–3–1 	15 	Recap
12 	October 29 	Calgary 	1–2 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	13,864 	8–3–1 	17 	Recap
===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. 
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Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0	Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) New York Rangers: Carolina won 3–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Series 	Recap
1 	August 1 	NY Rangers 	2–3 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	1–0 	Recap
2 	August 3 	NY Rangers 	1–4 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	2–0 	Recap
3 	August 4 	Carolina 	4–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Reimer 	3–0 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	68	38	28	66	10 	26
 	68	15	48	63	20 	8
 	68	24	37	61	9 	54
 	47	14	26	40	30 	32
 	64	16	20	36	−6 	20
 	68	6 	30	36	30 	10
 	68	13	17	30	9 	34
 	67	11	18	29	−3 	42
 	64	8 	21	29	3 	30
 	68	8 	19	27	3 	40
 	68	4 	20	24	−24	30
‡ 	60	11	12	23	0 	18
‡ 	41	12	10	22	1 	20
 	68	7 	13	20	7 	72
 	61	4 	14	18	7 	27
 	68	7 	10	17	−4 	17
 	45	4 	10	14	−2 	8
 	45	2 	11	13	−2 	22
 	20	8 	3 	11	2 	6
 	49	1 	7 	8 	−7 	10
 	2 	3 	1 	4 	3 	2
† 	7 	1 	1 	2 	−5 	16
† 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−4 	4
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−2 	4
‡ 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2 	6
‡ 	8 	0 	1 	1 	−2 	0
 	15	0 	0 	0 	−7 	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	8	3	9	12	6 	4
 	6	4	3	7 	7 	8
 	8	3	2	5 	6 	4
 	8	1	3	4 	0 	0
 	8	2	1	3 	0 	8
 	7	0	3	3 	−1	6
 	8	2	0	2 	4 	6
 	8	1	1	2 	0 	2
 	7	1	1	2 	−6	2
 	8	1	1	2 	−2	0
 	5	1	1	2 	−2	4
 	8	0	2	2 	6 	4
 	8	0	2	2 	4 	4
 	4	1	0	1 	4 	2
 	8	1	0	1 	−1	2
 	7	1	0	1 	0 	9
 	8	0	1	1 	−1	0
 	2	0	1	1 	1 	4
 	6	0	1	1 	0 	2
 	8	0	0	0 	−2	4
 	4	0	0	0 	0 	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	40	38	2,320:59	21	16	2	104	2.69	1,091	.905	3	0	0	4
 	25	24	1,378:01	14	6 	2	61 	2.66	712 	.914	3	0	0	2
 	3 	3 	143:09 	1 	1 	0	8 	3.35	78 	.897	0	0	0	0
 	4 	3 	216:19 	1 	2 	1	11 	3.05	97 	.887	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	28:41 	1 	0 	0	2 	4.18	10 	.800	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	178:05	2	1	7 	2.36	106	.934	0	0	0	0
 	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.
==Roster==
==References==
Category:Carolina Hurricanes seasons
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