2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes season

2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	7th Metropolitan
Conference	13th Eastern
2013–14 record	36–35–11
Home record	18–17–6
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	207
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Kirk Muller
Captain	Eric Staal
Alternate captains	Tim Gleason (Oct.–Jan.) Manny Malhotra (Jan.–Apr.) Jordan Staal
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	15,483 (88.4%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Skinner (33)
Assists	Eric Staal (40)
Points	Eric Staal (61)
Penalty minutes	Eric Staal (74)
Plus/minus	John-Michael Liles (+7)
Wins	Anton Khudobin (19)
Goals against average	Anton Khudobin (2.30)

The 2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 42nd season, its 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) since the NHL franchise was granted on June 22, 1979, and 16th season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 seasons.

The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight year.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	51	24	7	44	249	207	+42	109
2	x – New York Rangers	82	45	31	6	41	218	193	+25	96
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	30	10	39	236	235	+1	94
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
5	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
6	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
2	AT	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
3	ME	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	ME	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79
9	AT	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Columbus	5–4	Carolina		Ward	8,178	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 19	Carolina	2–5	Buffalo		Khudobin	17,626	0–2–0	Recap
3[a]	September 20	Montreal	6–0	Carolina		Ward	15,176	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 21	Carolina	3–1	Montreal		Khudobin	21,273	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 26	Carolina	2–1	Columbus		Ward	10,899	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 27	Buffalo	0–1	Carolina		Ward	12,033	3–3–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 4–5–3 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Detroit 3–2 Carolina OT Ward 18,680 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 6 Philadelphia 1–2 Carolina Khudobin 16,088 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 8 Carolina 2–5 Pittsburgh Ward 18,451 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 10 Carolina 3–2 Washington Khudobin 18,506 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 11 Los Angeles 2–1 Carolina SO Ward 16,353 2–1–2 6 Recap 6 October 13 Phoenix 5–3 Carolina Ward 15,384 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 15 Chicago 3–2 Carolina SO Ward 16,263 2–2–3 7 Recap 8 October 17 Carolina 3–2 Toronto Ward 19,277 3–2–3 9 Recap 9 October 19 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders Ward 13,008 4–2–3 11 Recap 10 October 24 Carolina 1–3 Minnesota Peters 17,668 4–3–3 11 Recap 11 October 25 Carolina 2–4 Colorado Peters 16,177 4–4–3 11 Recap 12 October 28 Pittsburgh 3–1 Carolina Peters 15,042 4–5–3 11 Recap
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Tampa Bay 3–0 Carolina Peters 14,828 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 2 Carolina 1–5 NY Rangers Peters 18,006 4–7–3 11 Recap 15 November 5 Philadelphia 1–2 Carolina OT Peters 15,519 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 7 NY Islanders 0–1 Carolina Peters 11,541 6–7–3 15 Recap 17 November 9 Minnesota 3–2 Carolina SO Peters 14,704 6–7–4 16 Recap 18 November 12 Colorado 1–2 Carolina Peters 13,278 7–7–4 18 Recap 19 November 15 Anaheim 2–3 Carolina SO Peters 14,802 8–7–4 20 Recap 20 November 16 Carolina 2–4 St. Louis Peters 17,936 8–8–4 20 Recap 21 November 18 Boston 4–1 Carolina Ward 13,919 8–9–4 20 Recap 22 November 21 Carolina 3–4 Detroit Peters 20,066 8–10–4 20 Recap 23 November 23 Carolina 2–3 Boston OT Ward 17,565 8–10–5 21 Recap 24 November 24 Ottawa 1–4 Carolina Ward 13,657 9–10–5 23 Recap 25 November 27 Carolina 4–3 New Jersey Ward 16,592 10–10–5 25 Recap 26 November 29 New Jersey 5–2 Carolina Ward 15,034 10–11–5 25 Recap
December: 5–5–4 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Vancouver 3–2 Carolina Ward 14,916 10–12–5 25 Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 4–1 Washington Peters 18,506 11–12–5 27 Recap 29 December 5 Carolina 5–2 Nashville Peters 15,768 12–12–5 29 Recap 30 December 6 San Jose 3–5 Carolina Ward 14,553 13–12–5 31 Recap 31 December 9 Carolina 0–2 Vancouver Peters 18,910 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 December 10 Carolina 4–5 Edmonton OT Ward 16,839 13–13–6 32 Recap 33 December 12 Carolina 1–2 Calgary OT Peters 19,289 13–13–7 33 Recap 34 December 14 Carolina 3–1 Phoenix Peters 11,697 14–13–7 35 Recap 35 December 20 Washington 4–2 Carolina Ward 17,737 14–14–7 35 Recap 36 December 21 Carolina 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Peters 19,204 14–14–8 36 Recap 37 December 23 Columbus 4–3 Carolina Peters 16,601 14–15–8 36 Recap 38 December 27 Pittsburgh 4–3 Carolina OT Peters 18,124 14–15–9 37 Recap 39 December 29 Carolina 2–5 Toronto Ward 19,452 14–16–9 37 Recap 40 December 31 Montreal 4–5 Carolina OT Ward 16,807 15–16–9 39 Recap
January: 10–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Carolina 4–3 Washington OT Khudobin 18,506 16–16–9 41 Recap 42 January 4 Carolina 3–2 NY Islanders Khudobin 14,208 17–16–9 43 Recap 43 January 5 Nashville 1–2 Carolina Khudobin 13,994 18–16–9 45 Recap – January 7 Carolina Buffalo Game rescheduled to February 25 due to hazardous weather in Buffalo. 44 January 9 Toronto 1–6 Carolina Khudobin 16,583 19–16–9 47 Recap 45 January 10 Carolina 0–3 Columbus Khudobin 16,008 19–17–9 47 Recap 46 January 13 Calgary 2–0 Carolina Khudobin 15,276 19–18–9 47 Recap 47 January 18 Florida 2–3 Carolina Khudobin 15,476 20–18–9 49 Recap 48 January 19 Tampa Bay 5–3 Carolina Khudobin 16,760 20–19–9 49 Recap – January 21 Carolina Philadelphia Game postponed to January 22 due to a snowstorm in Philadelphia. 49 January 22 Carolina 3–2 Philadelphia Khudobin 19,592 21–19–9 51 Recap 50 January 23 Carolina 5–3 Buffalo Khudobin 18,468 22–19–9 53 Recap – January 24 Ottawa Carolina Game rescheduled to January 25 due to Hurricanes-Flyers game being postponed. 51 January 25 Ottawa 3–6 Carolina Khudobin 11,458 23–19–9 55 Recap 52 January 27 Columbus 2–3 Carolina Khudobin 13,641 24–19–9 57 Recap 53 January 28 Carolina 0–3 Montreal Khudobin 21,273 24–20–9 57 Recap 54 January 31 St. Louis 1–3 Carolina Khudobin 16,035 25–20–9 59 Recap
February: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 4 Winnipeg 2–1 Carolina Khudobin 14,033 25–21–9 59 Recap 56 February 7 Florida 1–5 Carolina Khudobin 16,132 26–21–9 61 Recap 57 February 8 Montreal 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 18,680 26–22–9 61 Recap 58 February 25 Carolina 2–3 Buffalo Ward 18,719 26–23–9 61 Recap 59 February 27 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 16,122 26–24–9 61 Recap
March: 6–8–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Carolina 1–3 Los Angeles Khudobin 16,122 26–25–9 61 Recap 61 March 2 Carolina 3–5 Anaheim Ward 17,174 26–26–9 61 Recap 62 March 4 Carolina 3–2 San Jose OT Khudobin 17,562 27–26–9 63 Recap 63 March 7 NY Rangers 4–2 Carolina Khudobin 17,547 27–27–9 63 Recap 64 March 8 Carolina 4–5 New Jersey Ward 16,162 27–28–9 63 Recap 65 March 11 NY Rangers 1–3 Carolina Ward 15,667 28–28–9 65 Recap 66 March 13 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina Ward 13,654 29–28–9 67 Recap 67 March 15 Carolina 1–5 Boston Ward 17,565 29–29–9 67 Recap 68 March 16 Edmonton 2–1 Carolina Khudobin 16,588 29–30–9 67 Recap 69 March 18 Carolina 3–1 Columbus Khudobin 15,938 30–30–9 69 Recap 70 March 21 Carolina 2–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,857 30–31–9 69 Recap 71 March 22 Carolina 3–2 Winnipeg Ward 15,004 31–31–9 71 Recap 72 March 25 NY Islanders 5–4 Carolina Khudobin 15,176 31–32–9 71 Recap 73 March 27 Carolina 3–0 Florida Khudobin 12,379 32–32–9 73 Recap 74 March 29 Columbus 3–2 Carolina OT Khudobin 16,714 32–32–10 74 Recap 75 March 31 Carolina 1–2 Ottawa SO Ward 16,732 32–32–11 75 Recap
April: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Carolina 4–1 Pittsburgh Khudobin 18,635 33–32–11 77 Recap 77 April 3 Dallas 1–4 Carolina Khudobin 15,730 34–32–11 79 Recap 78 April 5 New Jersey 3–1 Carolina Khudobin 16,123 34–33–11 79 Recap 79 April 8 Carolina 1–4 NY Rangers Ward 18,006 34–34–11 79 Recap 80 April 10 Washington 5–2 Carolina Khudobin 15,735 34–35–11 79 Recap 81 April 11 Carolina 2–1 Detroit Ward 20,066 35–35–11 81 Recap 82 April 13 Carolina 6–5 Philadelphia SO Khudobin 19,727 36–35–11 83 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Eric Staal	79	21	40	61	−13	74
Jeff Skinner	71	33	21	54	−14	22
Andrej Sekera	74	11	33	44	4	20
Alexander Semin	65	22	20	42	1	42
Jordan Staal	82	15	25	40	2	34
Justin Faulk	76	5	27	32	−9	37
Nathan Gerbe	81	16	15	31	−6	36
Jiri Tlusty	68	16	14	30	2	22
Riley Nash	73	10	14	24	0	29
Patrick Dwyer	75	8	14	22	−2	14
Elias Lindholm	58	9	12	21	−14	4
Tuomo Ruutu‡	57	5	11	16	−19	34
Ron Hainsey	82	4	11	15	−9	45
Jay Harrison	68	4	11	15	−1	44
Manny Malhotra	69	7	6	13	0	18
Drayson Bowman	70	4	8	12	−2	16
Ryan Murphy	48	2	10	12	−9	10
Andrei Loktionov†	20	3	7	10	−4	2
Radek Dvorak	60	4	5	9	3	41
John-Michael Liles†	35	2	7	9	7	8
Brett Bellemore	64	2	6	8	−1	45
Zach Boychuk	11	1	3	4	2	0
Mike Komisarek	32	0	4	4	−4	14
Brett Sutter	17	1	1	2	−4	9
Chris Terry	10	0	2	2	−4	0
Tim Gleason‡	17	0	1	1	−7	10
Aaron Palushaj	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Kevin Westgarth‡	12	0	0	0	−2	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Anton Khudobin	36	34	2,084:18	19	14	1	80	2.30	1076	0.926	1	0	0	0
Cam Ward	30	28	1,645:16	10	12	6	84	3.06	824	0.898	0	0	1	2
Justin Peters	21	20	1,225:20	7	9	4	51	2.50	626	0.919	1	0	2	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

June 30, 2013	To Buffalo Sabres Jamie McBain 2nd-round pick in 2013	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrej Sekera
September 29, 2013	To Vancouver Canucks Zac Dalpe Jeremy Welsh	To Carolina Hurricanes Kellan Tochkin 4th-round pick in 2014
December 30, 2013	To Calgary Flames Kevin Westgarth	To Carolina Hurricanes Greg Nemisz
January 1, 2014	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Gleason	To Carolina Hurricanes John-Michael Liles Dennis Robertson
March 5, 2014	To New Jersey Devils Tuomo Ruutu	To Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Loktionov Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Mike Komisarek	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $700,000
Anton Khudobin	Boston Bruins	1 year, $800,000
Mark Flood	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	1 year, $550,000
Matt Corrente	Albany Devils	1 year, $550,000
Aaron Palushaj	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $600,000
Mike Murphy	Spartak Moscow	1 year, $550,000
Nathan Gerbe	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $550,000
Sergey Tolchinsky	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	3 years, $1.675 million entry-level contract
Ron Hainsey	Winnipeg Jets	1 year, $2 million
Radek Dvorak	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000
Manny Malhotra	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $600,000
Patrick Brown	Boston College	2 years, $1.175 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Dan Ellis	Dallas Stars	2 years, $1.8 million
Joe Corvo	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $900,000
Marc-Andre Bergeron	ZSC Lions	3 years
Bobby Sanguinetti	Atlant Moscow Oblast	2 years

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date

Lost via retirement

Player	Date

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Riley Nash	July 9, 2013	2 years, $1.15 million
Michal Jordan	July 11, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Elias Lindholm	July 15, 2013	3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract
Jared Staal	July 16, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Zac Dalpe	July 19, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Zach Boychuk	August 20, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Trevor Carrick	December 18, 2013	3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract
Daniel Altshuller	December 20, 2013	3 years, $2.025 million entry-level contract
Anton Khudobin	March 4, 2014	2 years, $4.5 million contract extension
Dennis Robertson	March 20, 2014	2 years, $1.125 million entry-level contract
Justin Faulk	March 24, 2014	6 years, $29 million contract extension
Phil Di Giuseppe	March 26, 2014	3 years, $2.175 million entry-level contract
Erik Karlsson	May 27, 2014	3 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Chris Terry	June 24, 2014	1 year, $600,000
Ron Hainsey	June 24, 2014	3 years, $8.5 million
Nathan Gerbe	June 24, 2014	2 years, $3.5 million

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

Carolina Hurricanes' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Elias Lindholm	Center	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)
3	66	Brett Pesce	Defense	United States	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
5	126	Brent Pedersen	Left wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	156	Tyler Ganly	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Draft notes

• The Carolina Hurricanes' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a June 30, 2013, trade that sent Andrej Sekera to the Hurricanes in exchange for Jamie McBain and this pick.
• The Carolina Hurricanes' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers (via Los Angeles), the Hurricanes traded this pick to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a January 13, 2013, trade that sent Kevin Westgarth to the Hurricanes in exchange for Anthony Stewart, 2014 sixth-round pick and this pick.
• The Carolina Hurricanes' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Hurricanes in exchange for Adam Hall and this pick.