2017–18 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2017–18 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 39th 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. The Canes failed to make the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was released on June 8, 2017.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Carolina 	3–2 	Buffalo 	OT 	Nedeljkovic 	16,310 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 19 	Carolina 	2–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Nedeljkovic 	11,454 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 20 	Tampa Bay 	4–3 	Carolina 	 	Smith 	6,486 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Carolina 	4–1 	Washington 	 	Ward 	15,514 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Carolina 	6–2 	Edmonton 	 	Darling 	18,347 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 27 	Edmonton 	4–0 	Carolina 	 	Ward 	— 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	September 29 	Washington 	1–3 	Carolina 	 	Darling 	8,797 	5–2–0 	Recap
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.	
Notes:
 Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was announced on June 22, 2017.
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October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 7 	Minnesota 	4–5 	Carolina 	SO 	Darling 	18,680 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Columbus 	2–1 	Carolina 	OT 	Darling 	7,892 	1–0–1 	3 	Recap
3 	October 14 	Carolina 	1–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Darling 	15,321 	1–1–1 	3 	Recap
4 	October 17 	Carolina 	5–3 	Edmonton 	 	Ward 	18,347 	2–1–1 	5 	Recap
5 	October 19 	Carolina 	2–1 	Calgary 	 	Darling 	18,119 	3–1–1 	7 	Recap
6 	October 21 	Carolina 	3–4 	Dallas 	 	Darling 	18,023 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap
7 	October 24 	Tampa Bay 	5–1 	Carolina 	 	Darling 	10,498 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 26 	Carolina 	6–3 	Toronto 	 	Darling 	19,070 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 27 	St. Louis 	2–1 	Carolina 	 	Ward 	10,069 	4–4–1 	9 	Recap
10 	October 29 	Anaheim 	4–3 	Carolina 	SO 	Darling 	10,108 	4–4–2 	10 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	78	29	36	65	4 	24
 	82	23	41	64	8 	14
 	82	16	35	51	−9 	56
 	82	24	25	49	−27	34
 	79	19	27	46	−4 	26
 	81	16	28	44	−8 	18
 	80	15	23	38	−15	28
 	79	10	22	32	−20	21
 	71	14	17	31	0 	12
 	76	8 	23	31	−26	48
 	80	16	14	30	−12	22
 	82	8 	22	30	1 	10
 	65	3 	16	19	–6 	18
 	79	3 	13	16	9 	20
 	49	5 	8 	13	0 	17
 	37	3 	6 	9 	–8 	4
 	67	0 	8 	8 	–2 	14
 	10	3 	4 	7 	4 	2
 	75	2 	5 	7 	−11	6
‡ 	31	3 	3 	6 	−7 	16
 	48	1 	5 	6 	−6 	28
 	33	1 	4 	5 	−6 	21
 	2 	2 	1 	3 	3 	0
 	10	0 	3 	3 	3 	19
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−4 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	43	42	2,459:20	23	14	4	112	2.73	1187	.906	2	0	0	14
 	43	40	2,475:07	13	21	7	131	3.18	1171	.888	0	0	0	2
==Transactions==
The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vegas Golden Knights5th-round pick in 2017 	To Carolina HurricanesExpansion Draft Considerations 	
 	To Vegas Golden Knights2nd-round pick in 2017 	To Carolina HurricanesTrevor van Riemsdyk7th-round pick in 2018	
 	To Vegas Golden Knights5th-round pick in 2018 	To Carolina HurricanesMarcus Kruger 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsJosh Jooris 	To Carolina HurricanesGreg McKegg 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesMarcus Kruger4th-round pick in 2018	To Carolina HurricanesJordan Martinook3rd-round pick in 2018 	
;Notes
* The Vegas Golden Knights will select Connor Brickley in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Justin Williams	Washington Capitals	2-year, $9 million 	
 	Josh Jooris 	Arizona Coyotes 	1-year, $750,000 	
 	Brenden Kichton	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Jeremy Smith 	Colorado Avalanche 	1-year, $750,000 	
 	Michael Fora 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	2-year, entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Matt Tennyson 	Buffalo Sabres 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Michael Leighton	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Andrej Nestrasil	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1-year 	
 	Andrew Miller 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	1-year 	
 	Klas Dahlbeck 	CSKA Moscow 	1-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Bryan Bickell	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Derek Ryan 	1-year, $1.425 million 	
 	Trevor Carrick 	1-year, $670,000 	
 	Patrick Brown 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jake Chelios 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Brock McGinn 	2-year, $1.775 million 	
 	Philip Samuelsson 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Dennis Robertson 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jaccob Slavin 	7-year, $37.1 million contract extension 	
 	Martin Necas 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Phillip Di Giuseppe	1-year, $725,000 	
 	Brett Pesce 	6-year, $24.15 million 	
 	Jeremy Helvig 	3-year, $2.355 million entry-level contract	
 	Morgan Geekie 	3-year, $2.4 million entry-level contract 	
 	Trevor Carrick 	1-year, $700,000 contract extension 	
 	Patrick Brown 	1-year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Andrew Poturalski 	1-year, $700,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	12 	Martin Necas 	C 	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (Czech Extraliga)
2 	42 	Eetu Luostarinen	C 	Finland 	KalPa (Liiga)
2 	521	Luke Martin 	D 	United States 	Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten)
3 	672	Morgan Geekie 	C 	Canada 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
3 	73 	Stelio Mattheos 	C 	Canada 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4 	104	Eetu Makiniemi 	G 	Finland 	Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
6 	166	Brendan De Jong 	D 	Canada 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7 	197	Ville Rasanen 	D 	Finland 	Jokipojat (Mestis)
Draft notes:
# The New York Rangers' second-round pick will go to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Eric Staal to New York in exchange for Aleksi Saarela, a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
# The New Jersey Devils' third-round pick will go to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Tuomo Ruutu to New Jersey in exchange for Andrei Loktionov and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition and date of conversion are unknown.
==References==
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