Hurricanes and Senators meet for 2023 season opener

Tue, Oct 10, 2023
NHL News (AP)

Ottawa Senators vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Raleigh, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Hurricanes -209, Senators +169; over/under is 6

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes open the season at home against the Ottawa Senators.

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Carolina went 52-21-9 overall and 33-11-5 at home last season. The Hurricanes committed 3.5 penalties per game and served 7.5 penalty minutes per game last season.

Ottawa went 39-35-8 overall and 15-21-5 in road games a season ago. The Senators scored 72 power-play goals last season on 306 chances for a 23.5% success rate.

INJURIES: Hurricanes: Andrei Svechnikov: out (knee).

Senators: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.