Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes this season: record, standing, recent form, roster, advanced stats, salary cap, injuries and schedule, from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
Chances (expected goals)
Ranks of 32 teams.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 19 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better league rank among the 32 teams. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone timeLeague avg 41.1%45.4%#1 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.6%45.1%#1 of 32
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 41.1%36.7%#1 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, power playLeague avg 62.9%60.3%#10 of 32
- Offensive-zone time, penalty killLeague avg 24.2%32.6%#1 of 32
- Shot-attempt differential per game+10.8#1 of 32
Speed
- Average shot speedLeague avg 59.3 mph58.3 mph#25 of 32
- Hardest shotLeague avg 96.4 mph97.6 mph#12 of 32
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 375414#8 of 32
- Top skating speedLeague avg 23.3 mph23.6 mph#7 of 32
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 2 shots
- Behind the net: 8 shots
- Right corner: 1 shots
- Left side of the net: 14 shots
- Crease: 19 shots
- Right side of the net: 19 shots
- Low slot: 156 shots
- Left circle: 54 shots
- Right circle: 55 shots
- High slot: 64 shots
- Outside left: 33 shots
- Outside right: 33 shots
- Left point: 50 shots
- Centre point: 30 shots
- Right point: 28 shots
- Neutral zone: 19 shots
- Beyond the red line: 14 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 128175#1 of 32
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%20.6%#15 of 32
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 133173#1 of 32
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.5%13.9%#12 of 32
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 881084th most
- Long-range shooting %League avg 4.0%3.7%#17 of 32
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
50.1%
Faceoffs won
560
1,118 taken
League rank
#15
of 32 teams
By zone
- Offensive zone50.4% · 225/446
- Neutral zone48.7% · 167/343
- Defensive zone51.1% · 168/329
By situation
- Even strength50.6% · 455/900
- Power play53.0% · 61/115
- Shorthanded42.7% · 44/103
Coaching Staff
Rod Brind'Amour
2 seasons with teamActive
2026-27
0‑0‑0
0 GP
Salary Cap
2026-27 upper limit $104.0MContract and payroll data not yet available for this team.
Injuries
League injury report →Man-games lost
30
Injured now
2
Games played
19
- William CarrierRight Knee1 GMDay-to-Day
day-to-day · Nov 7
- Jordan StaalCalf11 GMInjured Reserve
ir · Oct 15
Most games missed this season
- Jordan Staal11
- Alexander Nikishinreturned10
- Taylor Hallreturned7
- Mark Jankowskireturned1
- William Carrier1
GM = team games missed in the current stint. HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.
