PHILADELPHIA - Winners of four straight games, the Carolina Hurricanes are likely to roll with what's worked lately as they take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.
After combining for two goals and four points in Chicago last night, the line of Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake and Logan Stankoven will aim to replicate that showing against a team it found plenty of success against during last year's playoff matchup.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Aho, who sparked the Canes' victory at Xfinity Mobile Arena eight days ago with two goals and an assist, will look to continue his torrid start to the campaign after also lighting the lamp in Chicago last night. His five goals and nine points this season, all acquired amid a current five-game point streak, are tops among Hurricanes skaters. Mark Jankowski enters the fray seeking a fourth straight game with a goal as well.
On the blue line, it was Mike Reilly chipping in some offense with his first multi-point game as a Hurricane on Saturday. Since making his season debut against the Flyers last weekend, Reilly has gone +3 in four games while seeing his TOI jump from 10-11 minutes to 16-17 in his last two outings.
In net, it's expected to be Pyotr Kochetkov seeking a third win in as many starts this season. The 27-year-old conceded just twice in each of his first two outings, a 3-2 OT win over Philadelphia and Thursday's 7-2 romp against Vancouver.
See if Kochetkov and the Canes can keep their winning streaks going at 7 p.m. on Hurricanes Hockey Network.
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Tonight's Projected Lineup...
Forwards
Carrier - Aho - Svechnikov
Hall - Stankoven - Blake
Ehlers - Staal - Martinook
Kotkaniemi - Jankowski - Robinson
Defense
Slavin - Chatfield
Miller - Walker
Gostisbehere - Reilly
Starting Goaltender
Kochetkov
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Injuries
Seth Jarvis
Scratches
Nic Deslauriers
Juuso Valimaki
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PP1: Aho, Blake, Ehlers (Staal), and Svechnikov with Gostisbehere
PP2: Ehlers, Hall, Jankowski (Staal), and Stankoven with Miller
Jordan Staal has been taking the faceoffs to start most power plays. If he wins it, he'll stay on the ice. When the puck comes out of the zone, he jumps off, and Nikolaj Ehlers jumps on with the first unit. When with the second unit, Mark Jankowski jumps on when Staal goes off.
