CAROLINA HURRICANES (3-5-4-0, 10 pts.)
vs.
LOS ANGELES KINGS (7-5-0-0, 14 pts.)
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003, 7:00 p.m. at the RBC Center

GAME NIGHT

The Carolina Hurricanes continue their four-game home stand Saturday as they play host to the Los Angeles Kings. Tonight is the Hurricanes’ third game in a span that sees them play seven of eight games at home between Nov. 2 and Nov. 18. Carolina dropped the first game of its current four-game home stand to Toronto 2-1 on Nov. 2, but rebounded with a 6-3 win Thursday against the NY Rangers.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Nov. 8	Saturday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 9	Sunday	none	na
Nov. 10	Monday	RBC Center	TBD
Nov. 11	Tuesday	RecZone	11 a.m.
Nov. 12	Wednesday	MCI Center	11:30 a.m.
Nov. 13	Thursday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 14	Friday	RecZone	11 a.m.
Nov. 15	Saturday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 16	Sunday	RBC Center	TBD
Nov. 17	Monday	RBC Center	11 a.m.
Nov. 18	Tuesday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 19	Wednesday	RBC Center	11 a.m.
Nov. 20	Thursday	Corel Centre	11:30 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); WSJS 600 AM (Winston-Salem); WNMX 106.1 FM (Charlotte)
Internet: www.nhl.com

CAROLINA NOTES
Forward Josef Vasicek has goals in four of the Hurricanes’ last five games (10/28-11/6: 6g, 0a) and currently leads the team in goals (7), power-play goals (3) and points (10). Winger Jeff O’Neill leads the team with eight assists and ranks third on the team with nine points (1g, 8a). O’Neill (10/23-11/6: 1g, 8a) and rookie center Eric Staal (10/23-11/6: 2g, 6a) have assists in six of the last seven games.

MILESTONE WATCH
Defenseman Sean Hill will play his 300th Hurricanes game with his next game played.

CAROLINA AT HOME: 2-2-1-0
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 1-3-3-0
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 5-of-55 (9.1%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 45-of-52 (86.5%)

CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Left wing Jeff Daniels – groin, injured reserve, missed 8 games

CAROLINA / LOS ANGELES NOTES
The Hurricanes and the Kings meet for the first and only time during the 2003-04 season on Saturday at the RBC Center. The teams played a unique two-game set in 2002-03 with the Kings scoring a season-high eight goals against Carolina at Los Angeles on Feb. 7, and the teams skating to a 0-0 tie at the RBC Center on March 15. Josef Vasicek led the Hurricanes with a goal and an assist (2 points) in last year’s two-game set. The Hurricanes are 24-28-8-0 all time against the Kings, including a 14-11-5-0 home mark and a 10-17-3-0 road record.

2002-03 SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS

HURRICANES
	GP	G	A	TP
63 Vasicek	12	7	3	10
26 Cole	12	4	6	10
92 O'Neill	12	1	9	10
12 Staal	12	2	6	8
17 Brind'Amour	12	1	5	6
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
1 Storr	2	2.90	0-1-1	.880
80 Weekes	10	1.96	3-4-3	.920
KINGS
	GP	G	A	TP
33 Palffy	12	4	14	18
20 Robitaille	12	4	9	13
17 Visnovsky	12	4	8	12
7 Armstront	12	5	3	8
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
32 Cechmanek	10	2.31	6-4-0	.912
35 Huet	3	2.03	1-1-0	.906