2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes season

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, and 18th 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.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=717981 The Hurricanes hired Bill Peters as their new head coach on June 19, 2014.Hurricanes Hire Bill Peters as Head Coach
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)	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 	 	Nedeljkovic 	6,250 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 23 	Carolina 	0–2 	Buffalo 	 	MacIntyre 	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 	 	Ward 	10,213 	1–3–0 	Recap
5 	October 1 	Carolina 	3–6 	Columbus 	 	Khudobin 	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===
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October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	October: 0–6–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–5–1)	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 	NY Islanders 	5–3 	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,680 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 11 	Carolina 	3–4 	NY Islanders 	 	Khudobin 	16,170 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 14 	Buffalo 	4–3 	Carolina 	SO 	Ward 	14,930 	0–2–1 	1 	Recap
4 	October 16 	Carolina 	1–2 	NY Rangers 	SO 	Khudobin 	18,006 	0–2–2 	2 	Recap
5 	October 21 	Carolina 	1–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Khudobin 	15,016 	0–3–2 	2 	Recap
6 	October 23 	Carolina 	0–5 	Calgary 	 	Ward 	19,289 	0–4–2 	2 	Recap
7 	October 24 	Carolina 	3–6 	Edmonton 	 	Khudobin 	16,839 	0–5–2 	2 	Recap
8 	October 28 	Carolina 	1–4 	Vancouver 	 	Ward 	18,234 	0–6–2 	2 	Recap
== Player stats ==
Final 
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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 
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 ==
=== Awards ===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
=== 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 Goal1st 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 Assist1st 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 	Details 	Details
December 18, 2014	To Winnipeg JetsJay Harrison 	To Carolina HurricanesOTT's 6th-round pick in 2015
February 25, 2015	To Winnipeg JetsJiri Tlusty 	To Carolina HurricanesConditional 5th-round or 6th-round pick in 20153rd-round pick in 2016
February 25, 2015	To Los Angeles KingsAndrej Sekera 	To Carolina HurricanesRoland McKeownConditional 1st-round pick in 2015
February 28, 2015	To Washington Capitals Tim Gleason	To Carolina Hurricanes Jack HillenARZ's 4th-round pick in 2015
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Brad Malone 	Colorado Avalanche 	2 years, $1.3 million 	Canes Agree to Terms with Brad Malone
July 1, 2014 	Drew MacIntyre 	Toronto Marlies 	1 year, $600,000 	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with MacIntyre
July 1, 2014 	Jay McClement 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $1 million 	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with McClement
July 1, 2014 	Tim Gleason 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $1.2 million 	Canes Agree to Terms with Tim Gleason
July 1, 2014 	Ben Holmstrom 	Adirondack Phantoms	1 year, $600,000 	Canes Agree to Terms with Ben Holmstrom
March 22, 2015	Rasmus Tirronen	Merrimack College 	1 year, $575,000 entry-level contract	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Tirronen
June 15, 2015 	Derek Ryan 	Orebro HK 	1 year, $600,000 	Hurricanes Sign Derek Ryan
=== Free agents lost ===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Manny Malhotra	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $850,000 	Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with free agent forward Manny Malhotra
July 1, 2014 	Justin Peters 	Washington Capitals	2 years, $1.9 million 	CAPITALS SIGN JUSTIN PETERS
July 1, 2014 	Brett Sutter 	Minnesota Wild 	2 years, $1.2 million 	Wild Inks Three More On FA Opening Day
July 8, 2104 	Matt Corrente 	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $550,000 	LIGHTNING SIGN DEFENSEMAN MATT CORRENTE
October 2, 2014	Drayson Bowman	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $575,000 	Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-way NHL contract with forward Drayson Bowman for the 2014-15 season
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Andrej NestrasilHurricanes Claim Andrej Nestrasil on Waivers	Detroit Red Wings	November 20, 2014
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player	Date
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Jiri Tlusty 	1 year, $2.95 million 	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jiri Tlusty
July 2, 2014 	Greg Nemisz 	1 year, $600,000 	Hurricanes Sign Greg Nemisz to One-Year Deal
July 2, 2014 	Zach Boychuk 	1 year, $600,000 	Canes, Boychuk Agree on One-Year Deal
July 3, 2014 	Michal Jordan 	1 year, $550,000 	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Michal Jordan
July 3, 2014 	Jared Staal 	1 year, $550,000 	Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jared Staal
July 14, 2014 	Justin Shugg 	1 year, $600,000 	Canes Agree to Terms with Justin Shugg
July 23, 2014 	Rasmus Rissanen 	1 year, $575,000 	Canes Agree to Terms with Rasmus Rissanen
July 25, 2014 	Brett Bellemore 	1 year, $600,000 	Canes Agree to Terms with Brett Bellemore
August 7, 2014	Haydn Fleury 	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	Canes Agree to Terms with Haydn Fleury
March 1, 2015 	Jay McClement 	2 years, $2.4 million contract extension 	Canes, McClement Agree on Two-Year Extension
March 27, 2015	Brett Pesce 	3 years, $2.15 million entry-level contract 	Canes, Pesce Agree to Terms on Entry-Level Deal
March 27, 2015	Alex Nedeljkovic	3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract 	Canes Agree to Terms with Alex Nedeljkovic
April 1, 2015 	Roland McKeown 	3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract 	Canes Agree to Terms with Roland McKeown
May 29, 2015 	Drew MacIntyre 	1 year, $600,000 	Hurricanes Re-Sign Drew MacIntyre
June 1, 2015 	Tyler Ganly 	3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract 	Hurricanes Sign Ganly to Entry-Level Deal
June 11, 2015 	Lucas Wallmark 	3 years, $1.825 million entry-level contract 	Canes Sign Forward Lucas Wallmark
June 18, 2015 	Michal Jordan 	1 year, $625,000 	Canes Agree to Terms with Michal Jordan
June 25, 2015 	Chris Terry 	1 year, $875,000 	Canes, Terry Agree to Terms on One-Year Deal
==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)
1 	7 	Haydn Fleury 	(D)	Canada 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2 	37 	Alex Nedeljkovic	(G)	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3 	67 	Warren Foegele 	LW 	Canada 	St. Andrew's Saints (OFSAA)
4 	96 	Josh Wesley 	D 	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4 	97 	Lucas Wallmark 	RW 	Sweden 	Luleå HF (SHL)
5 	127	Clark Bishop 	C 	Canada 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
7 	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.
* 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.
==References==
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