Canucks face the Hurricanes on 5-game win streak
Vancouver Canucks (30-18-4, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (29-19-3, sixth in the Metropolitan Division)
Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Vancouver heads into a matchup against Carolina as winners of five games in a row.
The Hurricanes are 17-9-1 at home. Carolina has given up 30 power-play goals, killing 83.2% of opponent chances.
The Canucks have gone 13-13-1 away from home. Vancouver has scored 171 goals and is eighth in the league averaging 3.3 goals per game. Elias Pettersson leads the team with 21.
In their last meeting on Dec. 12, Vancouver won 1-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Teuvo Teravainen leads the Hurricanes with 50 points, scoring 11 goals and registering 39 assists. Martin Necas has scored three goals over the last 10 games for Carolina.
Pettersson leads the Canucks with 21 goals and has 53 points. J.T. Miller has five goals and seven assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 7-3-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.8 assists, 3.8 penalties and 10.8 penalty minutes while allowing 2.9 goals per game with a .912 save percentage.
Hurricanes: 5-4-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 4.1 assists, 3.2 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while giving up two goals per game with a .930 save percentage.
INJURIES: Hurricanes: None listed.
Canucks: None listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.