Preview: Red Wings vs. Hurricanes

After garnering nine of a possible 12 points on a six-game road trip and securing their third consecutive playoff berth, the Carolina Hurricanes return to Raleigh for a five-game homestand that begins with a one-off against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Match-Up

Detroit Red Wings (17-25-9, 43 points) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (32-10-7, 71 points)
Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m.
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Numbers to Know

200: Rod Brind'Amour is set to coach his 200th career game in the NHL. Brind'Amour has amassed a 116-64-19 record, and he is the first head coach in franchise history to clinch a postseason berth in each of his first three seasons.
200: Andrei Svechnikov is set to become the first player from the 2018 NHL Draft class to playing in his 200th career NHL game.
400: Brett Pesce is set to play in his 400th career NHL game. Pesce has totaled 24 points (4g, 20a) this season, which ranks second among team defensemen.
7: After tallying a career-high two power-play goals in Dallas on Tuesday night, Jordan Staal now has seven on the season, a new career-best.

The Opposition

Last five games: 1-1-3, 5 points
On the road: 6-15-4, 16 points
CAR vs. DET: 3-3-1
Leading scorer: Dylan Larkin, 23 points (9g, 14a) in 44 games
Detroit has tallied points in three straight games, a stretch that began with a 7-1 shellacking of the Dallas Stars on Thursday. Since then, the Wings fell to the Stars in overtime and were blanked by the Columbus Blue Jackets in a 1-0 shootout final.

The Last Meeting

On the night of Staal's 1,000th career game in the NHL, the Canes stumbled in a
3-1 loss to the Red Wings
. The game's four goals were all scored in the third period. After Detroit went up 2-0 early in the final frame, Nino Niederreiter got the Canes back within a goal, but 2-1 was as close as they'd come.

"Normally when we lose, I can come in and say, 'Give the other team credit, we played hard.' That, to me, is the one game - no disrespect to the other team because they played hard, but it's the one game where I'm like, that was gross. To a man, we were not good," head coach Brind'Amour said. "It was no good from start to finish, and we got what we deserved in that one."

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