2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season

2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes
Central Division champions
Division1st Central
2020–21 record36–12–8
Home record20–3–5
Road record16–9–3
Goals for179
Goals against136
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachRod Brind'Amour
CaptainJordan Staal
Alternate captainsJordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin
ArenaPNC Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSebastian Aho (24)
AssistsSebastian Aho (33)
PointsSebastian Aho (57)
Penalty minutesAndrei Svechnikov (44)
Plus/minusMartin Necas (+25)
WinsAlex Nedeljkovic and James Reimer (15)
Goals against averageAlex Nedeljkovic (1.90)

The 2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 42nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in June 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from the Hartford Whalers to start the 1997–98 NHL season.

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Hurricanes played this season in the Central Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On April 26, the Hurricanes clinched a playoff berth after a 4–3 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars.[1] They went on to clinch their first division title since 2006.[2] They defeated the Nashville Predators in the First Round in six games,[3] but were defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Second Round in five games.[4]

Standings

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Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Carolina Hurricanes 56 36 12 8 27 179 136 +43 80
2 x – Florida Panthers 56 37 14 5 26 189 153 +36 79
3 x – Tampa Bay Lightning 56 36 17 3 29 181 147 +34 75
4 x – Nashville Predators 56 31 23 2 21 156 154 +2 64
5 e – Dallas Stars 56 23 19 14 17 158 154 +4 60
6 e – Chicago Blackhawks 56 24 25 7 15 161 186 −25 55
7 e – Detroit Red Wings 56 19 27 10 17 127 171 −44 48
8 e – Columbus Blue Jackets 56 18 26 12 12 137 187 −50 48
Source: National Hockey League[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[6]

2020–21 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Playoffs

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2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

References

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