It’s the day after Halloween and the Carolina Hurricanes are facing the Winnipeg Jets in a matinee game in Lenovo Center…let’s hope the candy hangovers, and end of daylight savings time hangovers don’t last too long.

The game is scheduled for 1:00 PM EST.

In the Hurricanes’ last game, they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 3-2 score on a history-making night, themed with spooky charm just as you’d expect in the annual Halloween game. …There were even some fans dressed as broadcasters Hanna Yates and Shane Willis, as well as…ahem…Doctor Professor Seth Jarvis. Anyway, Pyotr Kochetkov won his ninth straight start to open the season – claiming the franchise record for longest season-opening winning streak, while the Hurricanes themselves tied the NHL record for most wins in the month of October, with 11. You can read all about the game here!

As for the Winnipeg Jets, they’ve been on one heck of a skid, having not won a single game since October 13th – two games before they last faced the Hurricanes.

In the Crease

In recent games, the Hurricanes have seemed to step away from the usual alternating tandem, and have instead leaned more heavily on the hot hand of Pyotr Kochetkov. With an extra day off between games, if they stick with how they’ve been doing it, then Kochetkov will once again start. Nonetheless, they very well may go with Brandon Bussi to get him in some action – with a game against a struggling team in the Western Conference, it’d be a great time to get him back into the swing of things.

This season, Kochetkov’s goals against average is 1.66, with a save percentage of .919.

As for the Jets, they have started Stuart Skinner for most of the season. The last time they played the Hurricanes, they had Clay Stevenson in the net. Since the trade of Connor Hellebuyck and procurement of Nico Daws, he has taken the backup goalie role. With all of that being said, Skinner will likely be their guy against the Hurricanes

This season, Skinner’s goals against average is 2.97, with a save percentage of .899.

Projected Carolina Hurricanes Lines

William Carrier – Sebastian Aho – Andrei Svechnikov

Nikolaj Ehlers – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake

Jordan Martinook – Mark Jankowski – Seth Jarvis

Eric Robinson – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Nicolas Deslauriers

Defense

Jaccob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere – Juuso Valimaki

Goaltenders

Pyotr Kochetkov / Brandon Bussi

Projected Winnipeg Jets Lines

Cole Perfetti – Mark Scheifele – Gabriel Vilardi

Kyle Connor – Viggo Bjorck – Dawson Mercer

Isak Rosen – Adam Lowry – Alex Iafallo

Cole Koepke – Morgan Barron – Brad Lambert

Defense

Dylan Samberg – Neal Pionk

Mario Ferraro – Dylan DeMelo

Haydn Fleury – Elias Salomonsson

Goaltenders

Stuart Skinner / Nico Daws

Special Teams

Carolina Hurricanes power play: 22.6% (14th, down four spots from previous game) Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 82.4% (11th)

Winnipeg Jets power play: 17.9% (22nd) Winnipeg Jets penalty kill: 71.8% (24th)

Hurricanes Game Notes

Not only did Kochetkov achieve the Hurricanes’ franchise record for the hottest start to a season by a goalie, but he now has the longest win streak to start a season for any active goalie in the league, having ironically surpassed Frederik Andersen for the record.

Topping off October with 11 wins, the Hurricanes tied for the most wins in the month of October in NHL history.

Nikolaj Ehlers is on a five-game points streak.