The next five games, recent results and the full 2026-27 season on the Carolina Hurricanes schedule, with start times and the Canadian TV channel, plus the roster, injuries, stats and odds.
| Market | Odds | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricanes Stanley Cup oddsFull odds | +700 | 12.5% |
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The Carolina Hurricanes schedule for 2026-27 has 84 regular-season games, 42 at Lenovo Center and 42 on the road, starting on Tuesday 29 September at home to the Florida Panthers. The last is on Saturday 10 April, and the page is checked against the NHL’s own data twice a day, so times, TV listings and results stay current. 19+ (18+ in AB, MB and QC).
Carolina Hurricanes team details
| Carolina Hurricanes | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1972, as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association |
| In the NHL since | 1979-80 (as Hartford) |
| City | Raleigh, NC |
| Arena | Lenovo Center, opened October 1999, 18,800 seats for hockey |
| Previous homes | Springfield Civic Center, 1979-1980; Hartford Civic Center, 1980-1997; Greensboro Coliseum, 1997-1999 |
| Owner | Tom Dundon, who bought a majority stake from Peter Karmanos on 11 January 2018 |
| General manager | Eric Tulsky, general manager since 18 June 2024, after joining the club as a consultant in 2014 |
| Head coach | Rod Brind’Amour, in his ninth season since being promoted from assistant coach on 8 May 2018, having captained the club to the 2006 Cup |
| Captain | Jordan Staal |
| Most famous player | Ron Francis, the franchise leader in games, goals, assists and points |
| AHL affiliate | Chicago Wolves, beaten by the Toronto Marlies in the 2026 Calder Cup Finals |
| Division | Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference |
| Stanley Cups | 2, the last in 2026 |
| Retired numbers | 4 |
| 2025-26 | 113 points, 1st in the Metropolitan, made the playoffs |
| 2026-27 record | Starts Tuesday 29 September |
| Schedule | 84 games: 42 home, 42 away, 29 September to 10 April 2027 |
Carolina Hurricanes 2026-27 season outlook
Written 28 September 2026. Carolina open 2026-27 as Stanley Cup champions. The 2026 banner goes up at Lenovo Center before the season’s first game, at home to Florida on 29 September. The storyline is a repeat bid by a team that returns almost intact, against the last club to manage it: Florida won the Cup in 2024 and 2025.
The Hurricanes went 53-22-7 for 113 points last season, won the Metropolitan Division and finished second overall to Colorado. In the playoffs they went 16-3, sweeping Ottawa and Philadelphia before beating Montréal in five games and Vegas in six. Sebastian Aho led the team with 80 points and Seth Jarvis with 32 goals, and captain Jordan Staal became the oldest Conn Smythe Trophy winner, at 37.
The champions changed little. Frederik Andersen left for Edmonton on 1 July, and John Carlson, whose rights Carolina acquired from Anaheim at the draft, signed with Tampa Bay the same day. Staal, now 38, signed a one-year extension through 2027-28, and Nicolas Deslauriers re-signed for two years at the championship parade. Carolina traded the 31st pick to Nashville for two second-rounders and took Swedish defenceman William Håkansson 51st.
Brandon Bussi and Pyotr Kochetkov share the net. Bussi, a waiver claim from Florida, went 31-6-2 and won the last three games of the Final, and Kochetkov, limited to nine games by hip surgery, signed a two-year extension on 25 September. Jarvis starts on the injured non-roster list after shoulder surgery in June, though he said on 17 September that he was a little ahead of schedule. Defenceman Alexander Nikishin, an All-Rookie Team pick, is an unsigned restricted free agent and was not at camp.
The title defence includes two games against Seattle in Helsinki on 12 and 14 November, Carolina’s first regular-season games outside North America since 2010 and a homecoming for Finns Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Opening night is set to be the 169th straight sellout at Lenovo Center. On Bet99’s July board the Hurricanes were +700 for the Stanley Cup, second of 32.
Carolina Hurricanes schedule 2026-27
The next five Hurricanes games, the last five results and the full 84-game regular season, updated twice a day. Use the tabs to switch between them. Times are Eastern, TV is the Canadian broadcaster listed by the NHL, and “2nd night” marks the second game of a back-to-back. The Hurricanes play 12 back-to-backs this season, and September and October is the busiest stretch with 15 games.
Where to watch Hurricanes games in Canada
Counting the NHL’s own listings for the 84 regular-season games, 20 on TVA Sports, 16 on Sportsnet, 15 on Sportsnet+, 3 on Sportsnet 360 and 2 on Sportsnet One. Regional listings add 4 on RDS, 3 on TSN2, 2 on Sportsnet Pacific, 2 on Sportsnet West, 2 on TSN4, 1 on TSN3, 1 on Sportsnet East and 1 on TSN5. 35 games have no Canadian network in the NHL’s listings. A game can appear on more than one channel, so the counts overlap, and listings change through the season.
Of the 35 games without a Canadian network, 33 are the Hurricanes’ US regional broadcasts and two are US national games. In Canada, Rogers holds the out-of-market rights, so those games stream on Sportsnet+ Premium, which is sold on its own rather than through a TV package, and NHL Centre Ice through a TV provider is the other route. Blackouts apply.
Carolina Hurricanes roster 2026-27
The current Hurricanes roster has 24 players, nine of them born in Canada. Until opening night this is the club’s training-camp list, so it shrinks as players are sent down before the season starts. The status column shows any player on the injury report.
Forwards
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jordan Staal | C | L | 38 | 6’4″ | 220 lb | Thunder Bay, ON | |
| 20 | Sebastian Aho | C | L | 29 | 6’0″ | 189 lb | Rauma, Finland | |
| 22 | Logan Stankoven | C | R | 23 | 5’8″ | 165 lb | Kamloops, BC | |
| 27 | Nikolaj Ehlers | LW | L | 30 | 6’0″ | 168 lb | Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 28 | William Carrier | LW | L | 31 | 6’2″ | 214 lb | LaSalle, QC | |
| 37 | Andrei Svechnikov | RW | L | 26 | 6’3″ | 200 lb | Barnaul, Russia | |
| 44 | Nicolas Deslauriers | LW | L | 35 | 6’1″ | 218 lb | LaSalle, QC | |
| 48 | Jordan Martinook | LW | L | 34 | 6’1″ | 208 lb | Brandon, MB | |
| 50 | Eric Robinson | LW | L | 31 | 6’2″ | 220 lb | Bellmawr, NJ | |
| 53 | Jackson Blake | RW | R | 23 | 5’11” | 185 lb | Fargo, ND | |
| 71 | Taylor Hall | LW | L | 34 | 6’1″ | 210 lb | Calgary, AB | |
| 77 | Mark Jankowski | LW | L | 32 | 6’4″ | 200 lb | Hamilton, ON | |
| 82 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | L | 26 | 6’3″ | 212 lb | Pori, Finland |
Defence
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | L | 33 | 5’11” | 183 lb | Pembroke Pines, FL | |
| 5 | Jalen Chatfield | D | R | 30 | 6’1″ | 209 lb | Ypsilanti, MI | |
| 6 | Mike Reilly | D | L | 33 | 6’2″ | 191 lb | Glenview, IL | |
| 8 | Juuso Välimäki | D | L | 27 | 6’2″ | 201 lb | Tampere, Finland | |
| 19 | K’Andre Miller | D | L | 26 | 6’5″ | 210 lb | St. Paul, MN | |
| 26 | Sean Walker | D | R | 31 | 5’11” | 191 lb | Keswick, ON | |
| 62 | Charles Alexis Legault | D | R | 23 | 6’4″ | 220 lb | Montréal, QC | |
| 74 | Jaccob Slavin | D | L | 32 | 6’3″ | 207 lb | Denver, CO |
Goalies
| No. | Player | Pos | Catches | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Brandon Bussi | G | R | 28 | 6’4″ | 218 lb | Sound Beach, NY | |
| 52 | Pyotr Kochetkov | G | L | 27 | 6’3″ | 196 lb | Penza, Russia | |
| 55 | Cayden Primeau | G | L | 27 | 6’3″ | 205 lb | Farmington Hills, MI |
Carolina Hurricanes injuries
| Player | Pos | Status | Reason | Est. return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Jarvis | C | IR | Shoulder | 24 Oct |
| Alexander Nikishin | D | Out | Contract Dispute | 29 Sep |
Estimated returns are ESPN’s projections from club guidance. The full league list is on our NHL injury report.
Carolina Hurricanes stats
The 2026-27 season has not started, so these are the final 2025-26 numbers for everyone who played for Carolina Hurricanes, including players who have since left. The tables switch to this season after the first games.
Top scorers
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PPG | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | C | 79 | 27 | 53 | 80 | +11 | 7 | 13.8 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | LW | 82 | 26 | 45 | 71 | +8 | 10 | 12.6 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | RW | 79 | 31 | 39 | 70 | +1 | 12 | 15.3 |
| Seth Jarvis | RW | 71 | 32 | 34 | 66 | +6 | 5 | 14.3 |
| Jackson Blake | RW | 81 | 22 | 31 | 53 | +4 | 3 | 12.6 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 55 | 13 | 37 | 50 | +11 | 6 | 11.2 |
| Taylor Hall | LW | 80 | 18 | 30 | 48 | +6 | 3 | 13.1 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 81 | 21 | 23 | 44 | +12 | 4 | 12.7 |
| K’Andre Miller | D | 72 | 8 | 29 | 37 | +7 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Jordan Staal | C | 75 | 20 | 16 | 36 | +5 | 4 | 18.7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | GP | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 39 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .895 | 2.47 | 2 |
| Frederik Andersen | 35 | 16 | 14 | 5 | .874 | 3.05 | 0 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .899 | 2.33 | 1 |
League-wide races are on our NHL scoring leaders page.
Carolina Hurricanes odds and how the market sees them
The Hurricanes markets with the most depth are the season-long futures: the Stanley Cup, the Eastern Conference, the Metropolitan Division, a regular-season points total and a yes-or-no price on making the playoffs. On Bet99’s board on 30 July 2026 the Hurricanes were +700 to win the Stanley Cup, second of the 32 teams on the board as the defending champions. Our Stanley Cup odds page carries the current prices for all 32 teams.
Three things move a Hurricanes price during the season. The starting goalie matters most, and the injury section above tracks him. The schedule is next: the Hurricanes play 12 back-to-backs, and second nights are where tired legs and backup goalies show up in the lines. Then there is form, which our power rankings measure each week, and the race itself in the playoff picture. Picks for the weekend slate are in our Saturday predictions column.
These are the NHL sportsbooks we rate for Canadians, listed by province, with the full comparison on our NHL betting sites page:
Carolina Hurricanes history
The franchise began in the World Hockey Association. A group of New England businessmen that included Howard Baldwin was awarded a WHA team in November 1971, and the New England Whalers won the league’s first championship in 1973 before moving from Boston to Hartford in January 1975. They were one of four WHA clubs admitted to the NHL in 1979, and at the Boston Bruins’ insistence they became the Hartford Whalers. Gordie Howe, who turned 52 that March, played all 80 games of their first NHL season. In 18 NHL seasons the Whalers won one playoff series, a sweep of Québec in 1986, and in March 1991 they traded Ron Francis, the holder of nearly every club scoring record, to Pittsburgh.
Peter Karmanos bought the Whalers in 1994 and announced on 6 May 1997 that the club would move to Raleigh as the Carolina Hurricanes. They spent two seasons at the Greensboro Coliseum before the Raleigh arena opened in October 1999, and Francis, who had come back as a free agent in 1998, captained them to the 2002 Final, which Detroit won in five games. In 2005-06 Peter Laviolette’s team won 52 games and beat Edmonton for the Cup, winning Game 7 in Raleigh 3-1 on 19 June 2006 behind captain Rod Brind’Amour, Eric Staal’s league-leading 28 playoff points and rookie goalie Cam Ward, the Conn Smythe winner. After a run to the 2009 conference final, the Hurricanes missed the playoffs nine years running, from 2010 to 2018.
Tom Dundon bought a majority stake from Karmanos on 11 January 2018 and made Brind’Amour head coach on 8 May 2018. Carolina have reached the playoffs in all eight seasons since and made the conference final in 2019, 2023 and 2025, losing to Boston and then twice to Florida. In 2025-26 they finished first in the East with 113 points, swept Ottawa and Philadelphia, beat Montréal in five games and came back from 2-1 down to beat Vegas in six. Brandon Bussi’s 22-save shutout in a 3-0 win in Game 6 in Las Vegas on 14 June 2026 completed a 16-3 run, the fewest games needed to win the Cup since 1988, and Brind’Amour became the fourth person to win it as captain and coach of the same franchise.
Most famous player: Ron Francis
Hartford drafted Francis fourth overall in 1981, and he captained the Whalers from 1985 to 1990. They traded him to Pittsburgh on 4 March 1991, and he won the Stanley Cup there in 1991 and 1992. He came back to the franchise as a free agent in 1998, captained Carolina to the 2002 Final and scored the overtime winner in Game 1 against Detroit.
When he was traded to Toronto in March 2004, Francis held the franchise records for games, goals, assists and points, and all four still stand: 1,186 games, 382 goals, 793 assists and 1,175 points. His 1,249 career assists are second only to Wayne Gretzky’s. On 28 January 2006 his No. 10 became the first number the Hurricanes retired, and the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted him in 2007. In 2017 the NHL named him one of its 100 greatest players.
Ron Francis’s Hurricanes totals, from the NHL’s official statistics: 1,186 games, 382 goals, 793 assists and 1,175 points.
Stanley Cups
The Hurricanes have won two Stanley Cups: 2006, 2026. They have lost the Final once, in 2002.
Arenas
| Arena | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Civic Center | 1979-1980 | The Whalers played their first 22 NHL home games here while the Hartford Civic Center was rebuilt after its roof collapsed. It is now the MassMutual Center. |
| Hartford Civic Center | 1980-1997 | The Whalers’ WHA home from January 1975 until the roof collapsed on 18 January 1978, and their NHL home from 6 February 1980. It is now PeoplesBank Arena. |
| Greensboro Coliseum | 1997-1999 | The Hurricanes’ first home in North Carolina, for two seasons while the Raleigh arena was built. It is now First Horizon Coliseum. |
| Lenovo Center | 1999-present | It opened with a game against New Jersey on 29 October 1999. The Hurricanes won the 2006 Cup here in Game 7. |
Lenovo Center holds 18,800 for hockey. It opened in October 1999 as the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, became the RBC Center in 2002, PNC Arena in 2012 and Lenovo Center in 2024.
Retired numbers
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 2 | Glen Wesley |
| 10 | Ron Francis |
| 12 | Eric Staal |
| 17 | Rod Brind’Amour |
The Hurricanes have retired four numbers, all since the move to North Carolina, and Eric Staal’s No. 12 went up most recently, on 12 January 2025. The Whalers’ retirements of Rick Ley’s No. 2 and John McKenzie’s No. 19 lapsed with the 1997 move, while Gordie Howe’s No. 9 stays unofficially retired, with no banner.
Franchise leaders
| Category | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Ron Francis | 1,175 |
| Goals | Ron Francis | 382 |
| Assists | Ron Francis | 793 |
| Games played | Ron Francis | 1,186 |
| Goalie wins | Cam Ward | 318 |
| Shutouts | Cam Ward | 27 |
Regular-season totals for the whole franchise, from the NHL’s official statistics, updated as the season goes on.
Every champion since 1927 is on our Stanley Cup winners page, and the other 31 clubs are on our NHL teams page.
Metropolitan Division rivals
| Rival | Meetings in 2026-27 | Next meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | Thu 29 Oct (home) |
| New Jersey Devils | 4 | Tue 23 Feb (away) |
| New York Islanders | 4 | Thu 5 Nov (away) |
| New York Rangers | 4 | Sun 22 Nov (away) |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | Sat 3 Oct (away) |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | Sat 26 Dec (home) |
| Washington Capitals | 4 | Fri 2 Oct (home) |
Carolina Hurricanes FAQ
The next Hurricanes game is at home to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday 29 September at 5:00 PM ET, at Lenovo Center. In Canada it is on Out of market: Sportsnet+ Premium.
National listings this season: 20 on TVA Sports, 16 on Sportsnet, 15 on Sportsnet+ and 3 on Sportsnet 360. Regional listings: 4 on RDS, 3 on TSN2 and 2 on Sportsnet Pacific. Of the 35 games without a Canadian network, 33 are the Hurricanes’ US regional broadcasts and two are US national games. In Canada, Rogers holds the out-of-market rights, so those games stream on Sportsnet+ Premium, which is sold on its own rather than through a TV package, and NHL Centre Ice through a TV provider is the other route. Blackouts apply.
Jordan Staal is the captain for the 2026-27 season.
Rod Brind’Amour, in his ninth season since being promoted from assistant coach on 8 May 2018, having captained the club to the 2006 Cup.
Two, most recently in 2026.
Ron Francis. He holds the franchise records for games (1,186), goals (382), assists (793) and points (1,175), ranks second only to Wayne Gretzky in career NHL assists and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.
Eric Tulsky, general manager since 18 June 2024, after joining the club as a consultant in 2014.
Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC, which opened in October 1999 and holds 18,800 for hockey.
84 regular-season games, 42 at home and 42 on the road, from 29 September to 10 April 2027.
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Last updated 28 September 2026.