2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season

2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season is the 47th season (46th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and the 28th season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Hurricanes	74	47	21	6	34	263	218	+45	100
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	75	38	21	16	31	263	238	+25	92
3	New York Islanders	76	42	29	5	28	222	221	+1	89
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	75	38	25	12	27	239	231	+8	88
5	Philadelphia Flyers	74	37	25	12	23	220	225	−5	86
6	Washington Capitals	75	38	28	9	32	238	223	+15	85
7	New Jersey Devils	74	38	34	2	26	205	227	−22	78
8	e – New York Rangers	75	31	35	9	22	215	233	−18	71

Conference standings

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Boston Bruins	75	43	24	8	31	256	233	+23	94
2	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	75	38	25	12	27	239	231	+8	88
3	AT	Ottawa Senators	74	38	26	10	32	247	230	+17	86
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	74	39	27	8	28	216	223	−7	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	74	37	25	12	23	220	225	−5	86
6	ME	Washington Capitals	75	38	28	9	32	238	223	+15	85
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	74	38	34	2	26	205	227	−22	78
8	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	75	32	30	13	23	235	264	−29	77
9	AT	Florida Panthers	74	36	35	3	28	222	247	−25	75
10	ME	e – New York Rangers	75	31	35	9	22	215	233	−18	71

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Carolina Hurricanes preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2025.

2025 preseason game log: 1–3–2 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–1–2)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Tampa Bay	1–2		Primeau	Lenovo Center	13,925	0–1–0
2	September 24	Florida	2–4		Miftakhov	Lenovo Center	18,299	0–2–0
3	September 26	@ Tampa Bay	5–6		Miftakhov	Benchmark International Arena	13,449	0–3–0
4	September 28	Nashville	4–2		Primeau	Lenovo Center	14,211	1–3–0
5	September 29	@ Florida	3–4	OT	Quapp	Amerant Bank Arena	15,895	1–3–1
6	October 4	@ Nashville	2–3	OT	Kochetkov	Bridgestone Arena	17,724	1–3–2

Regular season

The Carolina Hurricanes regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 7–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 4–2–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 9	New Jersey	6–3		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,404	1–0–0	2
2	October 11	Philadelphia	4–3	OT	Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,357	2–0–0	4
3	October 14	@ San Jose	5–1		Bussi	SAP Center	12,786	3–0–0	6
4	October 16	@ Anaheim	4–1		Andersen	Honda Center	16,145	4–0–0	8
5	October 18	@ Los Angeles	4–3	OT	Bussi	Crypto.com Arena	18,145	5–0–0	10
6	October 20	@ Vegas	1–4		Andersen	T-Mobile Arena	17,682	5–1–0	10
7	October 23	@ Colorado	5–4	SO	Andersen	Ball Arena	18,092	6–1–0	12
8	October 25	@ Dallas	2–3		Bussi	American Airlines Center	18,532	6–2–0	12
9	October 28	Vegas	3–6		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	6–3–0	12
10	October 30	NY Islanders	6–2		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	7–3–0	14
November: 9–4–2 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 4–2–1)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 1	@ Boston	1–2		Andersen	TD Garden	17,850	7–4–0	14
12	November 4	@ NY Rangers	3–0		Kochetkov	Madison Square Garden	17,147	8–4–0	16
13	November 6	Minnesota	4–3		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	9–4–0	18
14	November 8	Buffalo	6–3		Kochetkov	Lenovo Center	18,299	10–4–0	20
15	November 9	@ Toronto	5–4		Bussi	Scotiabank Arena	18,395	11–4–0	22
16	November 11	Washington	1–4		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	11–5–0	22
17	November 14	Vancouver	4–3	OT	Kochetkov	Lenovo Center	18,299	12–5–0	24
18	November 15	Edmonton	3–4	OT	Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	12–5–1	25
19	November 17	@ Boston	3–1		Kochetkov	TD Garden	17,850	13–5–1	27
20	November 19	@ Minnesota	3–4	SO	Andersen	Grand Casino Arena	16,087	13–5–2	28
21	November 21	@ Winnipeg	4–3		Bussi	Canada Life Centre	15,225	14–5–2	30
22	November 23	@ Buffalo	1–4		Andersen	KeyBank Center	18,027	14–6–2	30
23	November 26	NY Rangers	2–4		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	14–7–2	30
24	November 28	Winnipeg	5–1		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,312	15–7–2	32
25	November 30	Calgary	1–0	OT	Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	16–7–2	34
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–2–1)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
26	December 4	Toronto	1–5		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	16–8–2	34
27	December 6	Nashville	6–3		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	17–8–2	36
28	December 7	San Jose	1–4		Kochetkov	Lenovo Center	18,299	17–9–2	36
29	December 9	Columbus	4–1		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	18–9–2	38
30	December 11	@ Washington	3–2	SO	Bussi	Capital One Arena	18,185	19–9–2	40
31	December 13	@ Philadelphia	4–3	SO	Kochetkov	Xfinity Mobile Arena	17,726	20–9–2	42
32	December 14	Philadelphia	3–2	SO	Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,125	21–9–2	44
33	December 17	@ Nashville	4–1		Kochetkov	Bridgestone Arena	17,159	22–9–2	46
34	December 19	@ Florida	3–4	SO	Bussi	Amerant Bank Arena	19,217	22–9–3	47
35	December 20	@ Tampa Bay	4–6		Kochetkov	Benchmark International Arena	19,092	22–10–3	47
36	December 23	Florida	2–5		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,318	22–11–3	47
37	December 27	Detroit	5–2		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,321	23–11–3	49
38	December 29	NY Rangers	3–2	OT	Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,309	24–11–3	51
39	December 30	@ Pittsburgh	1–5		Andersen	PPG Paints Arena	16,011	24–12–3	51
January: 9–3–3 (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 3–1–2)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
40	January 1	Montreal	7–5		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	24–13–3	51
41	January 3	Colorado	3–5		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,351	24–14–3	51
42	January 4	@ New Jersey	3–1		Bussi	Prudential Center	16,092	25–14–3	53
43	January 6	Dallas	6–3		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	26–14–3	55
44	January 8	Anaheim	5–2		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,299	27–14–3	57
45	January 10	Seattle	3–2		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,310	28–14–3	59
46	January 12	@ Detroit	3–4	OT	Andersen	Little Caesars Arena	19,515	28–14–4	60
47	January 13	@ St. Louis	0–3		Bussi	Enterprise Center	18,096	28–15–4	60
48	January 16	Florida	9–1		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,319	29–15–4	62
49	January 17	@ New Jersey	4–1		Andersen	Prudential Center	16,514	30–15–4	64
50	January 19	Buffalo	2–1		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,321	31–15–4	66
51	January 22	Chicago	3–4	SO	Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,323	31–15–5	67
52	January 24	@ Ottawa	4–1		Bussi	Canadian Tire Centre	17,155	32–15–5	69
53	January 29	Utah	5–4		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,302	33–15–5	71
54	January 31	@ Washington	3–4	OT	Andersen	Capital One Arena	18,347	33–15–6	72
February: 5–0–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 1–0–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
55	February 1	Los Angeles	3–2	OT	Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	34–15–6	74
56	February 3	Ottawa	4–3		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,299	35–15–6	76
57	February 5	@ NY Rangers	2–0		Bussi	Madison Square Garden	17,288	36–15–6	78
58	February 26	Tampa Bay	5–4		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,565	37–15–6	80
59	February 28	Detroit	5–2		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,571	38–15–6	82
March: 9–6–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 6–4–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
60	March 2	@ Seattle	1–2		Andersen	Climate Pledge Arena	17,151	38–16–6	82
61	March 4	@ Vancouver	6–4		Bussi	Rogers Arena	18,004	39–16–6	84
62	March 6	@ Edmonton	6–3		Andersen	Rogers Place	18,347	40–16–6	86
63	March 7	@ Calgary	4–5		Bussi	Scotiabank Saddledome	18,302	40–17–6	86
64	March 10	Pittsburgh	5–4	SO	Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,569	41–17–6	88
65	March 12	St. Louis	3–1		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,562	41–18–6	88
66	March 14	@ Tampa Bay	4–2		Andersen	Benchmark International Arena	19,092	42–18–6	90
67	March 17	@ Columbus	1–5		Bussi	Nationwide Arena	16,156	42–19–6	90
68	March 18	Pittsburgh	6–5	OT	Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,581	43–19–6	92
69	March 20	@ Toronto	4–3	OT	Bussi	Scotiabank Arena	18,329	44–19–6	94
70	March 22	@ Pittsburgh	5–1		Andersen	PPG Paints Arena	18,048	45–19–6	96
71	March 24	@ Montreal	2–5		Andersen	Bell Centre	20,962	45–20–6	96
72	March 28	New Jersey	5–2		Bussi	Lenovo Center	18,579	46–20–6	98
73	March 29	Montreal	1–3		Andersen	Lenovo Center	18,551	46–21–6	98
74	March 31	@ Columbus	5–2		Bussi	Nationwide Arena	18,293	47–21–6	100
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
75	April 2	Columbus	–			Lenovo Center
76	April 4	NY Islanders	–			Lenovo Center
77	April 5	@ Ottawa	–			Canadian Tire Centre
78	April 7	Boston	–			Lenovo Center
79	April 9	@ Chicago	–			United Center
80	April 11	@ Utah	–			Delta Center
81	April 13	@ Philadelphia	–			Xfinity Mobile Arena
82	April 14	@ NY Islanders	–			UBS Arena
Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>GP</th><th>G</th><th>A</th><th>Pts</th><th>+/−</th><th>PIM</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sebastian Aho</td><td>70</td><td>25</td><td>47</td><td>72</td><td>+9</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Andrei Svechnikov</td><td>70</td><td>25</td><td>35</td><td>60</td><td>+1</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>Seth Jarvis</td><td>62</td><td>29</td><td>30</td><td>59</td><td>+6</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Nikolaj Ehlers</td><td>70</td><td>21</td><td>37</td><td>58</td><td>+6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Jackson Blake</td><td>70</td><td>20</td><td>24</td><td>44</td><td>+5</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>Shayne Gostisbehere</td><td>45</td><td>11</td><td>32</td><td>43</td><td>+10</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Taylor Hall</td><td>70</td><td>15</td><td>23</td><td>38</td><td>+7</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>Logan Stankoven</td><td>70</td><td>14</td><td>19</td><td>33</td><td>+12</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>K'Andre Miller</td><td>62</td><td>6</td><td>26</td><td>32</td><td>+8</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan Staal</td><td>67</td><td>17</td><td>13</td><td>30</td><td>+4</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Alexander Nikishin</td><td>69</td><td>10</td><td>18</td><td>28</td><td>+12</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan Martinook</td><td>67</td><td>10</td><td>13</td><td>23</td><td>+5</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Sean Walker</td><td>70</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>23</td><td>−1</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>Eric Robinson</td><td>56</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>18</td><td>+9</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Mark Jankowski</td><td>57</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>17</td><td>+6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Jalen Chatfield</td><td>63</td><td>2</td><td>14</td><td>16</td><td>+15</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>William Carrier</td><td>59</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>14</td><td>+2</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Jesperi Kotkaniemi</td><td>37</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>+2</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Mike Reilly</td><td>37</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>+11</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Joel Nystrom</td><td>37</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>+5</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Jaccob Slavin</td><td>30</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>+6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Bradly Nadeau</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>−2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Charles Alexis Legault</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>+4</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Justin Robidas</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Nicolas Deslauriers†</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Domenick Fensore</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>−2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Noah Philp†</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Brandon Bussi	33	33	1,995:16	26	6	1	82	2.47	778	.896	2	0	1	2
Frederik Andersen	29	29	1,750:42	13	11	5	91	3.12	721	.874	0	0	1	4
Pyotr Kochetkov	9	8	490:09	6	2	0	19	2.33	189	.899	1	0	0	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.

Transactions

2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

 †  Contract is entry-level.  ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Details</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)</td><td>To Montreal Canadiens7th-round pick in 2026</td><td>To Carolina HurricanesCayden Primeau</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)</td><td>To New York Rangers1st round pick in 2026 (conditional) 2nd round pick in 2026 Scott Morrow</td><td>To Carolina HurricanesK'Andre Miller</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 5, 2026 (2026-01-05)</td><td>To Utah MammothFuture considerations</td><td>To Carolina HurricanesJuuso Valimaki</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Mike Reilly	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency
Amir Miftakhov	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)	1-year	Free agency
July 3, 2025 (2025-07-03)	Nikolaj Ehlers	Winnipeg Jets	6-year	Free agency
July 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)	Gavin Bayreuther	Lausanne HC (NL)	1-year	Free agency
October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03)	Givani Smith	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency
October 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)	Brandon Bussi	Florida Panthers		Waivers
November 8, 2025 (2025-11-08)	Cayden Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers

Players lost

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Riley Stillman	Edmonton Oilers	2-year	Free agency
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Brent Burns	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency
Spencer Martin	HC CSKA Moscow (KHL)	2-year	Free agency
July 3, 2025 (2025-07-03)	Dmitry Orlov	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency
July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)	Ty Smith	HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	1-year	Free agency
July 23, 2025 (2025-07-23)	Yaniv Perets	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)		Free agency
October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)	Tyson Jost	Nashville Predators		Waivers
October 6, 2025 (2025-10-06)	Cayden Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers
October 8, 2025 (2025-10-08)	Jack Roslovic	Edmonton Oilers	1-year	Free agency

Signings

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Player</th><th>Term</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>June 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)</td><td>Eric Robinson</td><td>4-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26)</td><td>Juha Jaaska</td><td>2-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)</td><td>Logan Stankoven</td><td>8-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)</td><td>Tyson Jost</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)</td><td>Noel Gunler</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)</td><td>Skyler Brind'Amour</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Domenick Fensore</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 21, 2025 (2025-07-21)</td><td>Ronan Seeley</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ryan Suzuki</td><td>1-year</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>July 24, 2025 (2025-07-24)</td><td>Jackson Blake</td><td>8-year‡</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>August 27, 2025 (2025-08-27)</td><td>Ivan Ryabkin</td><td>3-year†</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Draft picks

2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>#</th><th>Player</th><th>Pos</th><th>Nationality</th><th>College/Junior/Club team (League)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2</td><td>41</td><td>Semyon Frolov</td><td>G</td><td> Russia</td><td>JHC Spartak (MHL)</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>Charlie Cerrato</td><td>C</td><td> United States</td><td>Penn State (B1G)</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td>Ivan Ryabkin</td><td>C</td><td> Russia</td><td>Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>67</td><td>Kurban Limatov</td><td>D</td><td> Russia</td><td>MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL)</td></tr><tr><td>87</td><td>Roman Bausov</td><td>D</td><td> Russia</td><td>HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg U20 (MHL)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>183</td><td>Viggo Nordlund</td><td>LW</td><td> Sweden</td><td>Skellefteå AIK J20 (J20 Nationell)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>221</td><td>Filip Ekberg</td><td>RW</td><td> Sweden</td><td>Ottawa 67's (OHL)</td></tr></tbody></table>