2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season

40th season for the National Hockey League's Hurricanes

2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes
Division4th Metropolitan
Conference7th Eastern
2018–19 record46–29–7
Home record24–13–4
Road record22–16–3
Goals for245
Goals against223
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachRod Brind'Amour
CaptainJustin Williams
Alternate captainsJustin Faulk
Jordan Staal
ArenaPNC Arena
Average attendance14,322[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSebastian Aho (30)
AssistsTeuvo Teravainen (55)
PointsSebastian Aho (83)
Penalty minutesAndrei Svechnikov (62)
Plus/minusBrett Pesce (+35)
WinsPetr Mrazek (23)
Goals against averageAlex Nedeljkovic (2.00)

The 2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th 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.[2] For the first time since 2009, the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, clinching a playoff berth with a 3–1 win against the New Jersey Devils on April 4, 2019.[3][4] In the playoffs the Hurricanes reached the Conference Finals where they were swept by the Boston Bruins.[5]

Standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 48 26 8 44 278 249 +29 104
2 x – New York Islanders 82 48 27 7 43 228 196 +32 103
3 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 44 26 12 42 273 241 +32 100
4 x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
5 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
7 New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
8 New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
2 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
4 AT Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
6 ME New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
9 ME New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
10 AT Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[7]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018.[8]

2018 preseason game log: 5–0–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 18 Carolina 4–1 Tampa Bay Mrazek 12,454 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 19 Tampa Bay 1–6 Carolina Booth 6,007 2–0–0 Recap
3 September 21 Washington 1–5 Carolina Mrazek 8,364 3–0–0 Recap
4 September 25 Carolina 4–1 Nashville Darling 17,188 4–0–0 Recap
5 September 28 Carolina 5–4 Washington OT Mrazek 15,304 5–0–0 Recap
6 September 30 Nashville 5–4 Carolina OT Mrazek 18,640 5–0–1 Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[9]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 4 NY Islanders 2–1 Carolina OT Mrazek 18,680 0–0–1 1 Recap
2 October 5 Carolina 3–1 Columbus McElhinney 18,306 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 7 NY Rangers 5–8 Carolina Mrazek 13,526 2–0–1 5 Recap
4 October 9 Vancouver 3–5 Carolina McElhinney 11,932 3–0–1 7 Recap
5 October 13 Carolina 5–4 Minnesota OT McElhinney 18,715 4–0–1 9 Recap
6 October 14 Carolina 1–3 Winnipeg Mrazek 15,321 4–1–1 9 Recap
7 October 16 Carolina 2–4 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 4–2–1 9 Recap
8 October 20 Colorado 3–1 Carolina McElhinney 11,753 4–3–1 9 Recap
9 October 22 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 19,515 5–3–1 11 Recap
10 October 26 San Jose 3–4 Carolina SO Mrazek 12,311 6–3–1 13 Recap
11 October 28 NY Islanders 2–1 Carolina Mrazek 10,367 6–4–1 13 Recap
12 October 30 Boston 3–2 Carolina Darling 11,357 6–5–1 13 Recap
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
13 November 2 Carolina 3–4 Arizona OT Mrazek 10,562 6–5–2 14 Recap
14 November 3 Carolina 0–3 Vegas Darling 18,328 6–6–2 14 Recap
15 November 6 Carolina 1–4 St. Louis McElhinney 16,210 6–7–2 14 Recap
16 November 8 Carolina 4–3 Chicago Darling 21,331 7–7–2 16 Recap
17 November 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina SO Darling 13,029 7–7–3 17 Recap
18 November 12 Chicago 2–3 Carolina OT Darling 11,221 8–7–3 19 Recap
19 November 17 Columbus 4–1 Carolina Darling 13,040 8–8–3 19 Recap
20 November 18 New Jersey 1–2 Carolina McElhinney 11,211 9–8–3 21 Recap
21 November 21 Toronto 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 12,562 10–8–3 23 Recap
22 November 23 Florida 1–4 Carolina McElhinney 13,226 11–8–3 25 Recap
23 November 24 Carolina 1–4 NY Islanders Darling 10,015 11–9–3 25 Recap
24 November 27 Carolina 2–1 Montreal McElhinney 20,835 12–9–3 27 Recap
25 November 30 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina OT McElhinney 13,987 12–9–4 28 Recap
December: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 1–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
26 December 2 Carolina 0–2 Los Angeles Mrazek 17,546 12–10–4 28 Recap
27 December 5 Carolina 1–5 San Jose McElhinney 17,119 12–11–4 28 Recap
28 December 7 Carolina 4–1 Anaheim Mrazek 15,573 13–11–4 30 Recap
29 December 11 Toronto 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 11,907 13–12–4 30 Recap
30 December 13 Carolina 4–6 Montreal Mrazek 20,407 13–13–4 30 Recap
31 December 14 Washington 6–5 Carolina SO Darling 14,446 13–13–5 31 Recap
32 December 16 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 13,051 14–13–5 33 Recap
33 December 20 Detroit 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 13,548 14–14–5 33 Recap
34 December 22 Pittsburgh 3–0 Carolina McElhinney 16,264 14–15–5 33 Recap
35 December 23 Boston 3–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,409 15–15–5 35 Recap
36 December 27 Carolina 1–3 Washington Mrazek 18,506 15–16–5 35 Recap
37 December 29 Carolina 0–2 New Jersey McElhinney 16,514 15–17–5 35 Recap
38 December 31 Philadelphia 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 16,644 16–17–5 37 Recap
January: 8–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 5–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
39 January 3 Carolina 5–3 Philadelphia Mrazek 18,718 17–17–5 39 Recap
40 January 4 Columbus 2–4 Carolina McElhinney 15,346 18–17–5 41 Recap
41 January 6 Carolina 5–4 Ottawa Mrazek 12,924 19–17–5 43 Recap
42 January 8 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders McElhinney 13,769 20–17–5 45 Recap
43 January 10 Carolina 1–3 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 20–18–5 45 Recap
44 January 11 Buffalo 3–4 Carolina McElhinney 17,199 21–18–5 47 Recap
45 January 13 Nashville 3–6 Carolina Mrazek 16,347 22–18–5 49 Recap
46 January 15 Carolina 2–6 NY Rangers McElhinney 17,636 22–19–5 49 Recap
47 January 18 Ottawa 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 15,598 22–20–5 49 Recap
48 January 20 Carolina 7–4 Edmonton Mrazek 18,347 23–20–5 51 Recap
49 January 22 Carolina 2–3 Calgary OT Mrazek 18,508 23–20–6 52 Recap
50 January 23 Carolina 5–2 Vancouver Nedeljkovic 18,373 24–20–6 54 Recap
February: 10–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 6–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
51 February 1 Vegas 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,104 25–20–6 56 Recap
52 February 3 Calgary 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 12,621 25–21–6 56 Recap
53 February 5 Carolina 4–0 Pittsburgh McElhinney 18,435 26–21–6 58 Recap
54 February 7 Carolina 6–5 Buffalo OT McElhinney 17,588 27–21–6 60 Recap
55 February 8 Carolina 3–0 NY Rangers Mrazek 18,006 28–21–6 62 Recap
56 February 10 Carolina 2–3 New Jersey Mrazek 16,514 28–22–6 62 Recap
57 February 12 Carolina 4–1 Ottawa McElhinney 10,648 29–22–6 64 Recap
58 February 15 Edmonton 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 14,430 30–22–6 66 Recap
59 February 16 Dallas 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 14,369 31–22–6 68 Recap
60 February 19 NY Rangers 2–1 Carolina McElhinney 13,343 31–23–6 68 Recap
61 February 21 Carolina 4–3 Florida Mrazek 10,750 32–23–6 70 Recap
62 February 23 Carolina 3–0 Dallas McElhinney 18,532 33–23–6 72 Recap
63 February 26 Los Angeles 1–6 Carolina Mrazek 13,042 34–23–6 74 Recap
March: 9–6–1 (Home: 6–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
64 March 1 St. Louis 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 15,363 35–23–6 76 Recap
65 March 2 Carolina 4–3 Florida OT Mrazek 13,923 36–23–6 78 Recap
66 March 5 Carolina 3–4 Boston OT McElhinney 17,565 36–23–7 79 Recap
67 March 8 Winnipeg 8–1 Carolina McElhinney 15,928 36–24–7 79 Recap
68 March 9 Carolina 5–3 Nashville Mrazek 17,724 37–24–7 81 Recap
69 March 11 Carolina 3–0 Colorado Mrazek 16,711 38–24–7 83 Recap
70 March 15 Carolina 0–3 Columbus Mrazek 18,832 38–25–7 83 Recap
71 March 16 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina McElhinney 15,171 39–25–7 85 Recap
72 March 19 Pittsburgh 2–3 Carolina SO Mrazek 14,677 40–25–7 87 Recap
73 March 21 Tampa Bay 6–3 Carolina McElhinney 13,785 40–26–7 87 Recap
74 March 23 Minnesota 1–5 Carolina Mrazek 16,751 41–26–7 89 Recap
75 March 24 Montreal 1–2 Carolina OT McElhinney 14,437 42–26–7 91 Recap
76 March 26 Carolina 1–4 Washington Mrazek 18,506 42–27–7 91 Recap
77 March 28 Washington 3–2 Carolina McElhinney 14,680 42–28–7 91 Recap
78 March 30 Philadelphia 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,833 43–28–7 93 Recap
79 March 31 Carolina 1–3 Pittsburgh McElhinney 18,616 43–29–7 93 Recap
April: 3–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
80 April 2 Carolina 4–1 Toronto Mrazek 19,097 44–29–7 95 Recap
81 April 4 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Mrazek 17,645 45–29–7 97 Recap
82 April 6 Carolina 4–3 Philadelphia McElhinney 19,433 46–29–7 99 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Updated as of April 6, 2019[10]

Eastern Conference
Atlantic GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Boston Bruins 3 1 1 1 118–99 10 10 2–12 3–11 102–107
Buffalo Sabres 3 3 0 0 89–109 14 10 1–6 1–8 83–104
Detroit Red Wings 3 1 1 1 130–77 7 9 3–10 1–7 95–101
Florida Panthers 3 3 0 0 90–99 12 7 3–11 2–8 84–99
Montreal Canadiens 3 2 1 0 93–118 8 8 0–5 0–10 96–98
Ottawa Senators 3 2 1 0 100–83 10 9 4–8 1–7 67–89
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 0 3 0 95–89 6 13 0–11 5–12 82–133
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 1 0 112–85 10 7 3–7 1–9 84–95
Division total 24 14 8 2 827–759 77 73 16–70 14–72 693–826
Metropolitan GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 2 2 0 143–100 8 10 0–8 1–10 104–114
New Jersey Devils 4 2 2 0 122–122 7 7 2–15 1–13 121–130
New York Islanders 4 1 2 1 136–90 7 11 2–11 2–11 126–98
New York Rangers 4 2 2 0 153–105 14 13 1–11 4–13 118–101
Philadelphia Flyers 4 4 0 0 121–123 17 9 4–10 4–12 118–134
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 2 0 174–146 12 12 1–10 0–6 126–123
Washington Capitals 4 0 3 1 110–110 9 16 3–11 2–9 125–112
Division total 28 13 13 2 959–796 74 78 13–76 14–74 838–802
Conference total 52 27 21 4 1786–1555 151 151 29–146 28–146 1531–1628
Western Conference
Central GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Chicago Blackhawks 2 2 0 0 74–73 7 5 3–4 0–2 56–46
Colorado Avalanche 2 1 1 0 76–60 4 3 0–6 1–7 69–45
Dallas Stars 2 2 0 0 58–57 6 0 2–4 0–5 43–72
Minnesota Wild 2 2 0 0 90–48 10 5 1–11 3–9 63–71
Nashville Predators 2 2 0 0 66–57 11 6 4–10 0–8 43–64
St. Louis Blues 2 1 1 0 63–43 6 6 1–7 1–7 60–61
Winnipeg Jets 2 0 2 0 72–55 2 11 0–5 2–4 65–66
Division total 14 10 4 0 499–393 46 36 11–47 7–42 409–425
Pacific GP W L OT SHOTS GF GA PP PK FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks 2 1 0 1 70–48 5 3 0–10 0–8 57–61
Arizona Coyotes 2 1 0 1 78–48 6 4 0–11 1–5 65–54
Calgary Flames 2 0 1 1 72–57 5 7 0–6 1–9 55–73
Edmonton Oilers 2 2 0 0 61–62 10 5 1–3 1–7 71–53
Los Angeles Kings 2 1 1 0 68–58 6 3 1–5 0–5 62–67
San Jose Sharks 2 1 1 0 81–46 5 8 1–5 3–5 79–58
Vancouver Canucks 2 2 0 0 67–51 10 5 1–8 2–6 62–72
Vegas Golden Knights 2 1 1 0 66–50 5 5 0–6 1–6 55–61
Division total 16 9 4 3 563–420 52 40 4–54 9–51 506–499
Conference total 30 19 8 3 1062–813 98 76 15–101 16–93 915–924
NHL total 82 46 29 7 2848–2367 249 227 43–247 44–239 2446–2548

Playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the First Round of the playoffs,[11] and defeated them in seven games.[12]

The Hurricanes faced the New York Islanders in the Second Round of the playoffs,[13] sweeping them in four games, which was the first best-of-seven series sweep in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history.[14][15]

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the Conference Finals,[16] and were swept in four games.[17] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.[18]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Carolina won 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 Carolina 2–4 Washington Mrazek 18,506 0–1 Recap
2 April 13 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Mrazek 18,506 0–2 Recap
3 April 15 Washington 0–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,783 1–2 Recap
4 April 18 Washington 1–2 Carolina Mrazek 19,202 2–2 Recap
5 April 20 Carolina 0–6 Washington Mrazek 18,506 2–3 Recap
6 April 22 Washington 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,913 3–3 Recap
7 April 24 Carolina 4–3 Washington 2OT Mrazek 18,506 4–3 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M2) New York Islanders: Carolina won 4–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 26 Carolina 1–0 NY Islanders OT Mrazek 15,795 1–0 Recap
2 April 28 Carolina 2–1 NY Islanders McElhinney 15,795 2–0 Recap
3 May 1 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,066 3–0 Recap
4 May 3 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,495 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–0
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 9 Carolina 2–5 Boston Mrazek 17,565 0–1 Recap
2 May 12 Carolina 2–6 Boston Mrazek 17,565 0–2 Recap
3 May 14 Boston 2–1 Carolina McElhinney 18,768 0–3 Recap
4 May 16 Boston 4–0 Carolina McElhinney 19,041 0–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of May 16, 2019[19][20]

Skaters

Regular season[21]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sebastian Aho 82 30 53 83 25 26
Teuvo Teravainen 82 21 55 76 30 12
Justin Williams 82 23 30 53 −4 44
Micheal Ferland 71 17 23 40 13 58
Dougie Hamilton 82 18 21 39 0 54
Andrei Svechnikov 82 20 17 37 0 62
Justin Faulk 82 11 24 35 9 47
Jaccob Slavin 82 8 23 31 0 18
Nino Niederreiter† 36 14 16 30 7 20
Brett Pesce 73 7 22 29 35 24
Jordan Staal 50 11 17 28 6 26
Lucas Wallmark 81 10 18 28 −8 36
Brock McGinn 82 10 16 26 10 20
Jordan Martinook 82 15 10 25 1 38
Warren Foegele 77 10 5 15 −17 20
Trevor van Riemsdyk 78 3 11 14 −4 10
Calvin de Haan 74 1 13 14 1 20
Greg McKegg 41 6 5 11 −2 8
Saku Maenalanen 34 4 4 8 0 20
Victor Rask‡ 26 1 5 6 –3 4
Phillip Di Giuseppe‡ 21 1 3 4 –2 8
Clark Bishop 20 1 2 3 –3 6
Valentin Zykov‡ 13 0 3 3 −1 0
Martin Necas 7 1 1 2 0 2
Haydn Fleury 20 0 1 1 4 2
Nicolas Roy 6 0 0 0 0 2
Janne Kuokkanen 7 0 0 0 –2 4
Trevor Carrick 1 0 0 0 −1 5
Jake Bean 2 0 0 0 0 2
Playoffs[22]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sebastian Aho 15 5 7 12 3 2
Jaccob Slavin 15 0 11 11 5 0
Teuvo Teravainen 15 7 3 10 6 2
Jordan Staal 15 4 6 10 7 8
Warren Foegele 15 5 4 9 6 6
Justin Faulk 15 1 7 8 4 4
Justin Williams 15 4 3 7 1 18
Dougie Hamilton 15 3 4 7 3 10
Brock McGinn 15 2 4 6 –1 6
Brett Pesce 15 0 6 6 4 0
Andrei Svechnikov 9 3 2 5 0 9
Lucas Wallmark 15 1 4 5 0 6
Nino Niederreiter 15 1 3 4 0 12
Jordan Martinook 10 0 4 4 0 6
Greg McKegg 14 2 0 2 1 4
Calvin de Haan 12 1 0 1 3 2
Saku Maenalanen 9 0 1 1 1 6
Micheal Ferland 7 0 1 1 −3 18
Clark Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0
Aleksi Saarela 1 0 0 0 0 0
Haydn Fleury 9 0 0 0 1 2
Patrick Brown 8 0 0 0 0 0
Trevor van Riemsdyk 9 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[23]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Petr Mrazek 40 40 2,386:51 23 14 3 95 2.39 1,104 .914 4 0 1 6
Curtis McElhinney 33 33 1,977:31 20 11 2 85 2.58 968 .912 2 0 0 0
Scott Darling 8 8 485:34 2 4 2 27 3.34 233 .884 0 0 0 0
Alex Nedeljkovic 1 1 60:00 1 0 0 2 2.00 26 .923 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[24]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Petr Mrazek 11 11 659:43 5 5 30 2.73 282 .894 2 0 0 0
Curtis McElhinney 5 4 268:25 3 2 9 2.01 128 .930 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.

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To New York Rangers
VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018 		To Carolina Hurricanes
BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019 		[25]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Calgary Flames
Noah Hanifin
Elias Lindholm 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Dougie Hamilton
Micheal Ferland
Adam Fox 		[26]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) To Buffalo Sabres
Jeff Skinner 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Cliff Pu
2nd-round pick in 2019
3rd-round pick in 2020
6th-round pick in 2020 		[27]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17) To Minnesota Wild
Victor Rask 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Nino Niederreiter 		[28]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To Florida Panthers
Cliff Pu 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Future considerations 		[29]
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30) To New York Rangers
Adam Fox 		To Carolina Hurricanes
2nd-round pick in 2019
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 		[30]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jake Chelios to Detroit Red Wings 1-year [31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Petr Mrazek from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Joakim Nordstrom to Boston Bruins 2-year [33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Derek Ryan to Calgary Flames 3-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Cam Ward to Chicago Blackhawks 1-year [35]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Dan Renouf from Detroit Red Wings 1-year [36]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Calvin de Haan from New York Islanders 4-year [37]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09) Jeremy Smith to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) Unknown [38]
August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) Keegan Kanzig to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) 1-year [39]
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) Tyler Ganly to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) 1-year [40]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) Michal Cajkovsky from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) 1-year [41]
October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) Brenden Kichton to SaiPa (Liiga) Unknown [42]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) Jacob Pritchard from UMass Minutemen (Hockey East) 1-year [43]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) Curtis McElhinney from Toronto Maple Leafs [44]
November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) Valentin Zykov to Edmonton Oilers [45]
January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01) Phillip Di Giuseppe to Nashville Predators [46]

Contract terminations

Date Player Via Ref
October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) Michael Fora Mutual termination [47]
December 29, 2018 (2018-12-29) Michal Cajkovsky Mutual termination [48]

Retirement

Date Player Ref

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) Phillip Di Giuseppe 1-year [49]
June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29) Valentin Zykov 2-year [50]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Andrei Svechnikov 3-year [51]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Trevor van Riemsdyk 2-year [52]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Greg McKegg 1-year [53]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) Lucas Wallmark 2-year [54]
January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21) Teuvo Teravainen 5-year [55]
March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21) Stelio Mattheos 3-year [56]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28) Jesper Sellgren 3-year [57]

Draft picks

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Andrei Svechnikov RW  Russia Barrie Colts (OHL)
2 42 Jack Drury C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4 961 Luke Henman C  Canada Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
4 104 Lenni Killinen RW  Finland Blues U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
6 166 Jesper Sellgren D  Sweden Modo Hockey (Allsvenskan)
7 197 Jake Kucharski G  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Notes:

  1. The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on May 3, 2018, that sent Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick in 2018 to Arizona in exchange for Jordan Martinook and this pick.[58]

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