CAROLINA HURRICANES (5-4-2-1, 13 pts.)
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (8-1-2-0, 18 pts.)

Tuesday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. at RBC Center

GAME NIGHT

The defending Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes host the Philadelphia Flyers at the RBC Center for the first time this season. The Hurricanes played to a 2-2 tie with the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, extending their unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2). Carolina is 4-1-2 in its last seven games, all of which have come against teams that participated in the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Hurricanes’ game against the Canadiens marked the second game of a nine-game homestand, the longest homestand in franchise history.

PRACTICE TIMES

Nov. 5	Tuesday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 6	Wednesday	RBC Center	TBA
Nov. 7	Thursday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 8	Friday	RecZone	11 a.m.
Nov. 9	Saturday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.

ON THE AIR
Television: Fox Sports Net (N.C. & S.C.)
Radio: WKIX 102.3 FM (Goldsboro); WKXU 101-1 FM (Burlington); 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)
Internet: www.nhl.com

CAROLINA NOTES
Carolina completed a trade with Vancouver on Friday, acquiring left wing Jan Hlavac and center Harold Druken from the Canucks in exchange for Marek Malik and Darren Langdon. Due to delays caused by the immigration procedure, Hlavac is not expected to play against the Flyers Tuesday. Druken may arrive in time for the game. The Hurricanes also recalled forward Jeff Heerema from Lowell of the American Hockey League on Monday. Hurricanes netminder Kevin Weekes is 4-0-2 in his last six games with a goals against average of 1.62 (10g, 370 min.) and a save percentage of .950 (10G, 200 SA).

CAROLINA AT HOME: 3-2-2-0
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 2-2-0-1
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 13-of-80 (16.3%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 66-of-77 (85.7%)

CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Josef Vasicek missed the game vs. Montreal (11/1) due to back spasms. He is day-to-day.

CAROLINA / PHILADELPHIA NOTES
The Carolina Hurricanes and the Philadelphia Flyers meet tonight for the first of four games this season. The two teams will meet again in Raleigh just 10 days from now on Nov. 15. Both of Carolina’s games at Philadelphia this season are the second half of back-to-back games.
The Flyers won the regular season series against the Hurricanes last season 3-1-0. Carolina’s lone win came on March 28 in Raleigh, as Sean Hill notched a three-point night with a goal and two assists to lead the Hurricanes to a 4-1 victory. Jaroslav Svoboda notched his first NHL point in the game with an assist on Hill’s goal. Philadelphia won the two teams’ other meeting in Raleigh, 4-3 on Jan. 6. The Flyers won both games at home last season, defeating the Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 22 and 4-2 on Jan. 26 at the First Union Center. Hill led all scorers in the season series with six points (2g, 4a). Carolina is 22-45-10-2 all-time against the Flyers, including a 13-20-7-0 record at home and a 9-25-3-2 record in Philadelphia.

FLYERS NOTES
Philadelphia is currently on a five-game win streak, and has not lost since Oct. 22 at Buffalo. Netminder Robert Esche is second in the league with a goals against average of 1.67. Roman Cechmanek is tied for fifth in the league in wins with five through games of Nov. 3. Winger John LeClair is tied for seventh in the league with seven goals.

SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS

HURRICANES
	GP	G	A	TP
92 O'Neill	12	4	9	13
17 Brind'Amour	12	7	5	12
10 Francis	12	4	3	7
24 Kapanen	12	4	2	6
62 Svoboda	12	2	4	6
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
1 Irbe	3	4.35	0-3-0	.833
80 Weekes	10	1.93	5-2-2	.937
FLYERS
	GP	G	A	TP
97 Roenick	11	5	7	12
10 LeClair	11	7	4	11
8 Recchi	11	5	6	11
14 Williams	11	2	8	10
5 Johnsson	11	1	8	9
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
42 Esche	3	1.67	3-0-0	.926
32 Cechmanek	8	2.09	5-1-2	.915