Pre-Game Skate: HURRICANES vs. TORONTO
PrintCAROLINA HURRICANES (22-37-10-6, 60 pts.)
vs.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (40-26-6-3, 89 pts.)*
Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 7 p.m. at the RBC Center
* All Toronto statistics prior to Monday’s game at Boston *
GAME NIGHT
 |
PRACTICE TIMES
| Mar. 25 | Tuesday | RBC Center | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Wednesday | Phillips Arena | 11:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Thursday | RBC Center | noon |
| Mar. 28 | Friday | RecZone | 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Saturday | RBC Center | 10:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Sunday | RBC Center | noon |
| Mar. 31 | Monday | RBC Center | 10:30 a.m. |
ON THE AIR
Television: Fox-DT
Radio: WKIX 102.3 FM (Goldsboro); WKXU 101.1 FM (Raleigh); WDTF 570-AM
(Raleigh); WMFD 630-AM (Wilmington); WDLZ 98.3-FM (Murfreesboro); WSJS 600-AM
(Winston-Salem); WRUP 97.9-FM (New Bern/Morehead City); WSTK 910-AM (Jacksonville);
WNMX 106.1 (Charlotte); WCNC 1240-AM (Elizabeth City); WZBO 1260-AM (Edenton)
Internet: www.nhl.com
CAROLINA NOTES
Right wing Jeff O’Neill has 17 goals in the last 36 games and has earned points in 11 of the last 18 games (Feb. 14-March 22: 9g, 6a). O’Neill leads the team with 29 goals and 57 points. Left wing Ryan Bayda has totaled 13 points and four penalty minutes in his first 18 NHL games, including his first multiple-point game, March 4 vs. Boston (1g, 1a), and his first NHL game-winner, March 7 vs. Minnesota. Rookie defenseman Bruno St. Jacques notched his first NHL goal at Pittsburgh on March 6 and first NHL assist on March 10 against Columbus. St. Jacques added assists on the extra-attacker, tying goal and overtime goal on March 12 at Buffalo for his first NHL multiple-assist, multiple-point game. St. Jacques has points in four of the last six games (March 10-22: 1g, 4a).
CAROLINA AT HOME: 12-14-8-3
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 10-23-2-3
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 57-of-388 (14.7%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 300-of-365 (82.2%)
CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Goaltender Patrick DesRochers, broken elbow, day-to-day, missed one game (March 22)
Forward Brad DeFauw, lacerated elbow, day-to-day, missed two games (March 18-22)
Defenseman Aaron Ward, bruised hip, day-to-day, missed three games (March 15-22)
Left wing Jan Hlavac, broken finger, day-to-day, missed 10 games (March 2-22)
Right wing Pavel Brendl, arthroscopic knee surgery, injured reserve, missed 12 games (Feb. 26-March 22)
Left wing Jaroslav Svoboda, dislocated shoulder, injured reserve, missed 18 games (Feb. 14-March 22)
Right wing Jesse Boulerice, concussion, injured reserve, missed 18 games (Feb. 14-March 22)
Right wing Jeff Heerema, broken wrist, injured reserve, missed 20 games (Feb. 9-March 22)
Left wing Erik Cole, broken leg, injured reserve, missed 22 games (Feb. 5-March 22)
Center Rod Brind’Amour, hand surgery, injured reserve, missed 26 games (Jan. 22-March 22)
CAROLINA / TORONTO NOTES
Tonight marks the fourth of four regular-season meetings between the Hurricanes and Toronto. Toronto won the teams’ first three meetings of 2002-03, 3-2 on Jan. 29 in Raleigh, 4-3 on Feb. 18 at Air Canada Centre and 4-1 on March 1 in Toronto. Last spring, Carolina downed the Maple Leafs 4-2 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series. In the 2001-02 regular season, the teams split the four-game series by winning one game and dropping one game on home ice. Sami Kapanen led the Hurricanes with six points (5g, 1a) in the regular-season series. Bates Battaglia (2g, 2a) and captain Ron Francis (0g, 4a) eached notched four points against the Leafs last season. Mats Sundin led all Toronto scorers in the four-game set with five points (3g, 2a). Carolina holds a 34-24-10-0 all-time record against the Maple Leafs including an 18-11-5-0 home mark and a 16-13-5-0 road record.
SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS
HURRICANES
GP
G
A
TP
92 O'Neill
75
29
28
57
10 Francis
75
21
32
53
17 Brind'Amour
48
14
23
37
19 Vrbata
71
16
19
35
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
1 Irbe
31
3.20
7-21-2
.878
30 DesRochers
6
3.62
1-4-0
.887
80 Weekes
47
2.45
14-21-8
.919
MAPLE LEAFS
GP
G
A
TP
89 Mogilny
67
29
44
73
13 Sundin
69
33
32
65
11 Nolan
68
28
22
50
80 Antropov
66
16
26
42
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
20 Belfour
57
2.27
33-19-5
.921
37 Kidd
17
3.12
6-9-1
.895
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