2015–16 Carolina Hurricanes season

2015–16 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	10th Eastern
2015–16 record	35–31–16
Home record	19–15–7
Road record	16–16–9
Goals for	198
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Ron Francis
Coach	Bill Peters
Captain	Eric Staal (Oct.–Feb.) Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Justin Faulk Jordan Staal
Arena	PNC Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Skinner (28)
Assists	Elias Lindholm Jordan Staal (28)
Points	Jeff Skinner (51)
Penalty minutes	Brad Malone (75)
Plus/minus	Jordan Staal (+6)
Wins	Cam Ward (23)
Goals against average	Cam Ward (2.41)

The 2015–16 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 37th 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 18th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.^[1] The season will begin its regular games on October 8, 2015 against the Nashville Predators.^[2]

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101
4	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
5	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
7	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76

Source: National Hockey League^[3]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-season game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–2–0)[5]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Carolina	0–2	Washington		MacIntyre	15,955	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 22	Carolina	3–7	Pittsburgh		Ward	17,781	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 26	NY Islanders	3–5	Carolina		MacIntyre	––	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 27	Ottawa	1–2	Carolina		Ward	––	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 30	Washington	3–4	Carolina	SO	Lack	6,256	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 2	Pittsburgh	1–2	Carolina		Ward	7,986	4–2–0	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[2]
October: 5–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Carolina 1–2 Nashville Ward 17,204 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina Ward 18,949 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 13 Florida 4–1 Carolina Lack 10,901 0–3–0 0 Recap 4 October 16 Carolina 5–3 Detroit Ward 20,027 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 17 Carolina 1–4 Washington Ward 18,506 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 October 21 Carolina 1–0 Colorado OT Ward 12,826 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 23 Carolina 0–3 Los Angeles Ward 18,230 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 24 Carolina 2–5 San Jose Lack 15,814 2–6–0 4 Recap 9 October 27 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Ward 20,027 3–6–0 6 Recap 10 October 29 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders OT Lack 11,494 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 October 30 Colorado 2–3 Carolina Ward 9,345 5–6–0 10 Recap
November: 3–6–4 (Home: 3–3–3; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Tampa Bay 4–3 Carolina Ward 9,081 5–7–0 10 Recap 13 November 6 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Lack 10,188 5–8–0 10 Recap 14 November 7 Ottawa 2–3 Carolina OT Ward 10,005 6–8–0 12 Recap 15 November 10 Carolina 0–3 NY Rangers Ward 18,006 6–9–0 12 Recap 16 November 12 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina OT Ward 9,511 6–9–1 13 Recap 17 November 14 Philadelphia 3–2 Carolina OT Ward 13,758 6–9–2 14 Recap 18 November 16 Anaheim 4–1 Carolina Lack 9,305 6–10–2 14 Recap 19 November 20 Toronto 2–1 Carolina SO Ward 10,327 6–10–3 15 Recap 20 November 22 Los Angeles 3–4 Carolina Ward 10,154 7–10–3 17 Recap 21 November 23 Carolina 2–3 Philadelphia OT Lack 18,636 7–10–4 18 Recap 22 November 25 Edmonton 1–4 Carolina Ward 17,757 8–10–4 20 Recap 23 November 27 Carolina 1–4 Buffalo Ward 18,052 8–11–4 20 Recap 24 November 30 Carolina 3–4 NY Rangers Ward 18,006 8–12–4 20 Recap
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 3 New Jersey 5–1 Carolina Lack 9,254 8–13–4 20 Recap 26 December 5 Montreal 2–3 Carolina Ward 10,687 9–13–4 22 Recap 27 December 6 Arizona 4–5 Carolina Ward 9,021 10–13–4 24 Recap 28 December 8 Carolina 5–6 Dallas Lack 18,287 10–14–4 24 Recap^[dead link‍] 29 December 11 Carolina 5–1 Anaheim Lack 17,174 11–14–4 26 Recap 30 December 12 Carolina 5–4 Arizona OT Lack 12,668 12–14–4 28 Recap 31 December 15 Carolina 3–4 Philadelphia OT Lack 18,205 12–14–5 29 Recap 32 December 18 Florida 2–0 Carolina Ward 10,511 12–15–5 29 Recap 33 December 19 Carolina 2–1 Pittsburgh Ward 18,590 13–15–5 31 Recap 34 December 21 Washington 2–1 Carolina Ward 13,228 13–16–5 31 Recap 35 December 26 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Ward 11,654 14–16–5 33 Recap 36 December 27 Carolina 2–1 Chicago Lack 22,157 15–16–5 35 Recap 37 December 29 Carolina 2–3 New Jersey Ward 16,514 15–17–5 35 Recap 38 December 31 Washington 2–4 Carolina Lack 14,134 16–17–5 37 Recap
January: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Nashville 2–1 Carolina OT Lack 12,149 16–17–6 38 Recap 40 January 4 Carolina 0–1 Edmonton OT Ward 16,839 16–17–7 39 Recap 41 January 6 Carolina 2–3 Vancouver Lack 18,364 16–18–7 39 Recap 42 January 8 Columbus 1–4 Carolina Ward 14,241 17–18–7 41 Recap 43 January 9 Carolina 4–3 Columbus OT Ward 16,532 18–18–7 43 Recap 44 January 12 Pittsburgh 2–3 Carolina OT Ward 13,012 19–18–7 45 Recap 45 January 14 Carolina 4–1 St. Louis Lack 19,282 20–18–7 47 Recap 46 January 15 Vancouver 3–2 Carolina OT Ward 11,657 20–18–8 48 Recap 47 January 17 Carolina 0–5 Pittsburgh Lack 18,528 20–19–8 48 Recap 48 January 21 Carolina 1–0 Toronto OT Lack 18,981 21–19–8 50 Recap 49 January 22 NY Rangers 4–1 Carolina Lack 14,102 21–20–8 50 Recap 50 January 24 Calgary 2–5 Carolina Lack 9,934 22–20–8 52 Recap 51 January 26 Chicago 0–5 Carolina Lack 14,588 23–20–8 54 Recap
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 3 Carolina 1–4 Calgary Lack 18,895 23–21–8 54 Recap 53 February 5 Carolina 5–3 Winnipeg Ward 15,924 24–21–8 56 Recap 54 February 7 Carolina 1–2 Montreal SO Ward 21,288 24–21–9 57 Recap 55 February 12 Pittsburgh 2–1 Carolina SO Ward 15,783 24–21–10 58 Recap 56 February 13 NY Islanders 3–6 Carolina Ward 12,665 25–21–10 60 Recap 57 February 16 Winnipeg 1–2 Carolina Lack 10,489 26–21–10 62 Recap 58 February 18 Carolina 2–4 Ottawa Lack 16,994 26–22–10 62 Recap 59 February 19 San Jose 2–5 Carolina Ward 11,756 27–22–10 64 Recap 60 February 21 Tampa Bay 4–2 Carolina Ward 10,422 27–23–10 64 Recap 61 February 23 Philadelphia 1–3 Carolina Ward 10,896 28–23–10 66 Recap 62 February 25 Carolina 1–3 Toronto Ward 18,862 28–24–10 66 Recap 63 February 26 Boston 4–1 Carolina Ward 17,917 28–25–10 66 Recap 64 February 28 St. Louis 5–2 Carolina Ward 15,128 28–26–10 66 Recap
March: 6–2–6 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 3–1–5) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Carolina 3–1 New Jersey Ward 14,251 29–26–10 68 Recap 66 March 5 Carolina 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Lack 19,092 29–26–11 69 Recap 67 March 8 Ottawa 3–4 Carolina SO Ward 10,743 30–26–11 71 Recap 68 March 10 Carolina 3–2 Boston OT Ward 17,565 31–26–11 73 Recap 69 March 12 Carolina 2–3 Buffalo OT Ward 19,070 31–26–12 74 Recap 70 March 15 Carolina 1–2 Washington OT Lack 18,506 31–26–13 75 Recap 71 March 17 Carolina 2–4 Pittsburgh Lack 18,455 31–27–13 75 Recap 72 March 19 Carolina 2–3 Minnesota SO Ward 19,044 31–27–14 76 Recap 73 March 22 Buffalo 3–2 Carolina Ward 10,372 31–28–14 76 Recap 74 March 24 Carolina 3–2 Columbus Lack 15,624 32–28–14 78 Recap 75 March 26 NY Islanders 4–3 Carolina OT Lack 11,636 32–28–15 79 Recap 76 March 27 New Jersey 2–3 Carolina Ward 12,792 33–28–15 81 Recap 77 March 29 Carolina 1–2 NY Islanders SO Ward 13,733 33–28–16 82 Recap 78 March 31 NY Rangers 3–4 Carolina Ward 16,336 34–28–16 84 Recap
April: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Columbus 5–1 Carolina Lack 11,542 34–29–16 84 Recap 80 April 5 Carolina 2–1 Boston SO Ward 17,565 35–29–16 86 Recap 81 April 7 Montreal 4–2 Carolina Ward 15,120 35–30–16 86 Recap 82 April 9 Carolina 2–5 Florida Lack 18,434 35–31–16 86 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[6] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jeff Skinner 82 28 23 51 −2 38 Jordan Staal 82 20 28 48 6 34 Victor Rask 80 21 27 48 −6 24 Elias Lindholm 82 11 28 39 −23 24 Justin Faulk 64 16 21 37 −22 27 Kris Versteeg^‡ 63 11 22 33 −6 36 Eric Staal^‡ 63 10 23 33 −3 32 Joakim Nordstrom 71 10 14 24 1 12 Andrej Nestrasil 55 9 14 23 4 8 Riley Nash 64 9 13 22 −5 18 Noah Hanifin 79 4 18 22 −14 22 Jaccob Slavin 63 2 18 20 1 8 Ron Hainsey 81 5 14 19 −13 37 Phillip Di Giuseppe 41 7 10 17 0 18 Brett Pesce 69 4 12 16 −7 16 John-Michael Liles^‡ 64 6 9 15 −3 16 Chris Terry 68 8 3 11 −12 16 Jay McClement 77 3 8 11 −17 24 Ryan Murphy 35 0 10 10 −1 10 Nathan Gerbe 47 3 4 7 −15 14 Brad Malone 57 2 4 6 −11 75 Brock McGinn 21 3 1 4 −14 10 Derek Ryan 6 2 0 2 1 2 Patrick Brown 7 1 1 2 4 4 Michal Jordan 36 1 0 1 −5 12 Sergey Tolchinsky 2 0 1 1 1 0 James Wisniewski 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brody Sutter 8 0 0 0 −4 0 Brendan Woods 5 0 0 0 0 7 Trevor Carrick 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Ward	52	51	3,038	23	17	10	122	2.41	1343	.909	1	0	0	0
Eddie Lack	34	31	1,920	12	14	6	90	2.81	910	.901	2	0	2	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.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded J. Faulk NHL Third Star of the Week[8] December 14, 2015 J. Faulk NHL All-Star game selection[9] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached N. Hanifin 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015 N. Hanifin 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 10, 2015 B. McGinn 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 16, 2015 B. Pesce 1st Career NHL Game October 24, 2015 B. Pesce 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 30, 2015 C. Ward 250th Career NHL Win October 30, 2015 C. Ward 30,000 Career NHL Minutes November 10, 2015 N. Hanifin 1st Career NHL Goal November 16, 2015 J. Slavin 1st Career NHL Game November 20, 2015 B. Pesce 1st Career NHL Goal November 22, 2015 V. Rask 100th Career NHL Game November 22, 2015 J. Slavin 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point November 30, 2015 P. Di Giuseppe 1st Career NHL Game December 5, 2015 K. Versteeg 500th Career NHL Game December 8, 2015 J. Slavin 1st Career NHL Goal December 8, 2015 P. Di Giuseppe 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point December 8, 2015 R. Nash 200th Career NHL Game December 19, 2015 J. Faulk 100th Career NHL Assist December 19, 2015 C. Terry 100th Career NHL Game December 26, 2015 J. McClement 800th Career NHL Game December 27, 2015 J. Faulk 200th Career NHL Game December 31, 2015 J. Staal 200th Career NHL Assist December 31, 2015 K. Versteeg 300th Career NHL Point January 9, 2016

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2015	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2015 7th-round pick in 2016	To Carolina Hurricanes Eddie Lack	[10]
June 27, 2015	To Anaheim Ducks Anton Khudobin	To Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski	[11]
September 11, 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Dennis Robertson Jake Massie 5th-round pick in 2017	To Carolina Hurricanes Kris Versteeg Joakim Nordstrom 3rd-round pick in 2017	[12]
February 28, 2016	To New York Rangers Eric Staal^[Note 1]	To Carolina Hurricanes Aleksi Saarela 2nd-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017	[13]
February 29, 2016	To Los Angeles Kings Kris Versteeg	To Carolina Hurricanes Valentin Zykov Conditional 5th-round pick in 2016	[14]
February 29, 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks Drew MacIntyre	To Carolina Hurricanes Dennis Robertson	[15]
February 29, 2016	To Boston Bruins John-Michael Liles	To Carolina Hurricanes Anthony Camara 3rd-round pick in 2016 5th-round pick in 2017	[16]
March 7, 2016	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	To Carolina Hurricanes Dane Fox	[17]
June 15, 2016	To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd round pick in 2017	To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell	[18]

Notes

• ^{Note 1} Carolina to retain 50% ($4.125 million) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 T.J. Hensick Hamilton Bulldogs 1 year, $600,000 [19] March 8, 2016 Andrew Poturalski University of New Hampshire 2 years, $1.5325 million entry-level contract [20] April 22, 2016 Jake Chelios Charlotte Checkers 1 year, $575,000 [21]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2015 Ben Holmstrom New York Islanders 1 year, $750,000 [22] July 24, 2015 Alexander Semin Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $1.1 million [23]

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date

Lost via waivers Player New team Date

Lost via retirement Date Player July 15, 2015 Greg Nemisz

Players released Date Player Via Ref July 1, 2015 Alexander Semin Buyout [24]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2015	Andrej Nestrasil	2 years, $1.825 million	[25]
July 1, 2015	Jaccob Slavin	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	[26]
July 1, 2015	Riley Nash	1 year, $1.15 million	[27]
July 1, 2015	Rasmus Rissanen	1 year, $575,000	[28]
July 7, 2015	Zach Boychuk	1 year, $600,000	[29]
July 11, 2015	Noah Hanifin	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	[30]
July 12, 2015	Justin Shugg	1 year, $600,000	[31]
July 15, 2015	Brody Sutter	1 year, $600,000	[32]
August 27, 2015	Elias Lindholm	2 years, $5.4 million contract extension	[33]
October 3, 2015	Eddie Lack	2 years, $5.5 million contract extension	[34]
April 4, 2016	Clark Bishop	3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract	[35]
April 9, 2016	Nicolas Roy	3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract	[36]
April 22, 2016	Joakim Nordstrom	2 years, $2.55 million contract extension	[37]
June 1, 2016	Josh Wesley	3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract	[38]
June 13, 2016	Sebastian Aho	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract	[39]
June 13, 2016	Aleksi Saarela	3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract	[40]
June 16, 2016	Cam Ward	2 years, $6.6 million	[41]
June 16, 2016	Derek Ryan	1 year, $600,000	[42]

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Noah Hanifin	D	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
2	35	Sebastian Aho	LW	Finland	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
4	93^[a]	Callum Booth	G	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	96	Nicolas Roy	C	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5	126	Luke Stevens	LW	United States	Noble & Greenough (HS-MA)
5	138^[b]	Spencer Smallman	RW	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
6	156	Jake Massie	D	Canada	Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-NH)
6	169^[c]	David Cotton	C	United States	Cushing Academy (HS-MA)
7	186	Steven Lorentz	C	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Draft notes^[43]

• ^a The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Tim Gleason to Washington in exchange for Jack Hillen and this pick.^[44]

  Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014 that sent Martin Erat and John Mitchell to Phoenix in exchange for Rostislav Klesla, Chris Brown and this pick.^[45]

• ^b The Winnipeg Jets' fifth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[46] The condition – Carolina will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 if Winnipeg qualifies for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2015.^[47]
• ^c The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on December 18, 2014 that sent Jay Harrison to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.^[48]

  Winnipeg previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2014 to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.^[49]

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