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Metropolitan Division · Est. 1997

Carolina Hurricanes

2025–26 · 53–22–7 · 113 pts · #1 Metropolitan

GM: Eric Tulsky HC: Rod Brind'Amour

STANLEY CUP

2026

2006

Team xGF%

56.4

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

Identity

Aggressive-forecheck

League leader in shot attempts

Contention window

Wide open

Eastern Conference winner

Coach

Brind'Amour

Process-first system architect

Avg age · forwards

29.2

computed from roster

Team Identity

Aggressive-forecheck · Conference-best contender

Rod Brind'Amour's system continues to lead the NHL in shot attempts and forechecking pressure, and Carolina won the Eastern Conference. Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis lead a balanced attack, while Jaccob Slavin remains one of the most underrated shutdown defensemen in hockey by xGA/60. The annual question, does the goaltending hold up in the playoffs?, looms again, but on raw process this is the most complete team in the East.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$93.89M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$10.11M

Players signed

22/23

1 open

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization90%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards14 signed · $65.2M committed

Line 1$26.0M

LW1Nikolaj Ehlers

$8.5M · thru 2031 · NMC

82 GP · 26G · 45A · 71P

C1Sebastian Aho

$9.75M · thru 2031 · NMC

79 GP · 27G · 53A · 80P

RW1Andrei Svechnikov

$7.75M · thru 2028 · NTC

79 GP · 31G · 39A · 70P

Line 2$14.28M

LW2Taylor Hall

$3.17M · thru 2028 · NMC

80 GP · 18G · 30A · 48P

C2Logan Stankoven

$6.0M · thru 2031

81 GP · 21G · 23A · 44P

RW2Jackson Blake

$5.12M · thru 2031

81 GP · 22G · 31A · 53P

Line 3$8.25M

LW3William Carrier

$2.15M · thru 2030 · NMC

70 GP · 7G · 11A · 18P

C3Jordan Staal

$2.98M · thru 2027

75 GP · 20G · 16A · 36P

RW3Jordan Martinook

$3.12M · thru 2027 · NTC

77 GP · 12G · 17A · 29P

Line 4$4.42M

LW4Nicolas Deslauriers

$875K · thru 2028

31 GP · 0G · 2A · 2P

C4Mark Jankowski

$1.85M · thru 2028 · NTC

68 GP · 11G · 10A · 21P

RW4Eric Robinson

$1.7M · thru 2029 · NTC

67 GP · 12G · 6A · 18P

Press Box$12.24M

RWSeth Jarvis

$7.42M · thru 2031 · NTC

71 GP · 32G · 34A · 66P

CJesperi Kotkaniemi

$4.82M · thru 2030 · NTC

42 GP · 2G · 7A · 9P

Defense6 signed · $24.79M committed

Pair 1$9.47M

D1Jaccob Slavin

$6.4M · thru 2031 · NMC

39 GP · 1G · 7A · 8P

D2Jalen Chatfield

$3.08M · thru 2027 · NTC

72 GP · 2G · 15A · 17P

Pair 2$11.12M

D3K'Andre Miller

$7.5M · thru 2031 · NTC

72 GP · 8G · 29A · 37P

D4Sean Walker

$3.62M · thru 2029 · NTC

81 GP · 9G · 22A · 31P

Pair 3$3.2M

D5Shayne Gostisbehere

$3.2M · thru 2027 · NTC

55 GP · 13G · 37A · 50P

D6Alexander Nikishin

RFA

81 GP · 11G · 22A · 33P

Goalies2 signed · $3.9M committed

G1Pyotr Kochetkov

$2.0M · thru 2027

9 GP · 6-2-0 · .899 SV%

G2Brandon Bussi

$1.9M · thru 2029 · NTC

39 GP · 31-6-2 · .895 SV%

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 20 40.2

top Sebastian Aho (77.2) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 12 31.6

top Shayne Gostisbehere (74.5) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 3 .893

top Pyotr Kochetkov (0.9079) league .896 SV%

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