Source: National Hockey League x – Clinched playoff spot
Schedule and results
Pre-season
2015 Pre-season game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)[3]
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Recap
1
September 21
Carolina
0–2
Washington
MacIntyre
15,955
0–1–0
Recap
2
September 22
Carolina
3–7
Pittsburgh
Ward
17,781
0–2–0
Recap
3
September 26
NY Islanders
3–5
Carolina
MacIntyre
––
1–2–0
Recap
4
September 27
Ottawa
1–2
Carolina
Ward
––
2–2–0
Recap
5
September 30
Washington
3–4
Carolina
SO
Lack
6,256
3–2–0
Recap
6
October 2
Pittsburgh
1–2
Carolina
Ward
7,986
4–2–0
Recap
Regular season
2015–16 Game Log[2]
October: 5–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
1
October 8
Carolina
1–2
Nashville
Ward
17,204
0–1–0
0
Recap
2
October 10
Detroit
4–3
Carolina
Ward
18,949
0–2–0
0
Recap
3
October 13
Florida
4–1
Carolina
Lack
10,901
0–3–0
0
Recap
4
October 16
Carolina
5–3
Detroit
Ward
20,027
1–3–0
2
Recap
5
October 17
Carolina
1–4
Washington
Ward
18,506
1–4–0
2
Recap
6
October 21
Carolina
1–0
Colorado
OT
Ward
12,826
2–4–0
4
Recap
7
October 23
Carolina
0–3
Los Angeles
Ward
18,230
2–5–0
4
Recap
8
October 24
Carolina
2–5
San Jose
Lack
15,814
2–6–0
4
Recap
9
October 27
Carolina
3–1
Detroit
Ward
20,027
3–6–0
6
Recap
10
October 29
Carolina
3–2
NY Islanders
OT
Lack
11,494
4–6–0
8
Recap
11
October 30
Colorado
2–3
Carolina
Ward
9,345
5–6–0
10
Recap
November: 3–6–4 (Home: 3–3–3 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
12
November 1
Tampa Bay
4–3
Carolina
Ward
9,081
5–7–0
10
Recap
13
November 6
Dallas
4–1
Carolina
Lack
10,188
5–8–0
10
Recap
14
November 7
Ottawa
2–3
Carolina
OT
Ward
10,005
6–8–0
12
Recap
15
November 10
Carolina
0–3
NY Rangers
Ward
18,006
6–9–0
12
Recap
16
November 12
Minnesota
3–2
Carolina
OT
Ward
9,511
6–9–1
13
Recap
17
November 14
Philadelphia
3–2
Carolina
OT
Ward
13,758
6–9–2
14
Recap
18
November 16
Anaheim
4–1
Carolina
Lack
9,305
6–10–2
14
Recap
19
November 20
Toronto
2–1
Carolina
SO
Ward
10,327
6–10–3
15
Recap
20
November 22
Los Angeles
3–4
Carolina
Ward
10,154
7–10–3
17
Recap
21
November 23
Carolina
2–3
Philadelphia
OT
Lack
18,636
7–10–4
18
Recap
22
November 25
Edmonton
1–4
Carolina
Ward
17,757
8–10–4
20
Recap
23
November 27
Carolina
1–4
Buffalo
Ward
18,052
8–11–4
20
Recap
24
November 30
Carolina
3–4
NY Rangers
Ward
18,006
8–12–4
20
Recap
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–2–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
25
December 3
New Jersey
5–1
Carolina
Lack
9,254
8–13–4
20
Recap
26
December 5
Montreal
2–3
Carolina
Ward
10,687
9–13–4
22
Recap
27
December 6
Arizona
4–5
Carolina
Ward
9,021
10–13–4
24
Recap
28
December 8
Carolina
5–6
Dallas
Lack
18,287
10–14–4
24
Recap
29
December 11
Carolina
5–1
Anaheim
Lack
17,174
11–14–4
26
Recap
30
December 12
Carolina
5–4
Arizona
OT
Lack
12,668
12–14–4
28
Recap
31
December 15
Carolina
3–4
Philadelphia
OT
Lack
18,205
12–14–5
29
Recap
32
December 18
Florida
2–0
Carolina
Ward
10,511
12–15–5
29
Recap
33
December 19
Carolina
2–1
Pittsburgh
Ward
18,590
13–15–5
31
Recap
34
December 21
Washington
2–1
Carolina
Ward
13,228
13–16–5
31
Recap
35
December 26
New Jersey
1–3
Carolina
Ward
11,654
14–16–5
33
Recap
36
December 27
Carolina
2–1
Chicago
Lack
22,157
15–16–5
35
Recap
37
December 29
Carolina
2–3
New Jersey
Ward
16,514
15–17–5
35
Recap
38
December 31
Washington
2–4
Carolina
Lack
14,134
16–17–5
37
Recap
January: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
39
January 2
Nashville
2–1
Carolina
OT
Lack
12,149
16–17–6
38
Recap
40
January 4
Carolina
0–1
Edmonton
OT
Ward
16,839
16–17–7
39
Recap
41
January 6
Carolina
2–3
Vancouver
Lack
18,364
16–18–7
39
Recap
42
January 8
Columbus
1–4
Carolina
Ward
14,241
17–18–7
41
Recap
43
January 9
Carolina
4–3
Columbus
OT
Ward
16,532
18–18–7
43
Recap
44
January 12
Pittsburgh
2–3
Carolina
OT
Ward
13,012
19–18–7
45
Recap
45
January 14
Carolina
4–1
St. Louis
Lack
19,282
20–18–7
47
Recap
46
January 15
Vancouver
3–2
Carolina
OT
Ward
11,657
20–18–8
48
Recap
47
January 17
Carolina
0–5
Pittsburgh
Lack
18,528
20–19–8
48
Recap
48
January 21
Carolina
1–0
Toronto
OT
Lack
18,981
21–19–8
50
Recap
49
January 22
NY Rangers
4–1
Carolina
Lack
14,102
21–20–8
50
Recap
50
January 24
Calgary
2–5
Carolina
Lack
9,934
22–20–8
52
Recap
51
January 26
Chicago
0–5
Carolina
Lack
14,588
23–20–8
54
Recap
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 1–3–1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
52
February 3
Carolina
1–4
Calgary
Lack
18,895
23–21–8
54
Recap
53
February 5
Carolina
5–3
Winnipeg
Ward
15,924
24–21–8
56
Recap
54
February 7
Carolina
1–2
Montreal
SO
Ward
21,288
24–21–9
57
Recap
55
February 12
Pittsburgh
2–1
Carolina
SO
Ward
15,783
24–21–10
58
Recap
56
February 13
NY Islanders
3–6
Carolina
Ward
12,665
25–21–10
60
Recap
57
February 16
Winnipeg
1–2
Carolina
Lack
10,489
26–21–10
62
Recap
58
February 18
Carolina
2–4
Ottawa
Lack
16,994
26–22–10
62
Recap
59
February 19
San Jose
2–5
Carolina
Ward
11,756
27–22–10
64
Recap
60
February 21
Tampa Bay
4–2
Carolina
Ward
10,422
27–23–10
64
Recap
61
February 23
Philadelphia
1–3
Carolina
Ward
10,896
28–23–10
66
Recap
62
February 25
Carolina
1–3
Toronto
Ward
18,862
28–24–10
66
Recap
63
February 26
Boston
4–1
Carolina
Ward
17,917
28–25–10
66
Recap
64
February 28
St. Louis
5–2
Carolina
Ward
15,128
28–26–10
66
Recap
March: 6–2–6 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–5)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
65
March 1
Carolina
3–1
New Jersey
Ward
14,251
29–26–10
68
Recap
66
March 5
Carolina
3–4
Tampa Bay
OT
Lack
19,092
29–26–11
69
Recap
67
March 8
Ottawa
3–4
Carolina
SO
Ward
10,743
30–26–11
71
Recap
68
March 10
Carolina
3–2
Boston
OT
Ward
17,565
31–26–11
73
Recap
69
March 12
Carolina
2–3
Buffalo
OT
Ward
19,070
31–26–12
74
Recap
70
March 15
Carolina
1–2
Washington
OT
Lack
18,506
31–26–13
75
Recap
71
March 17
Carolina
2–4
Pittsburgh
Lack
18,455
31–27–13
75
Recap
72
March 19
Carolina
2–3
Minnesota
SO
Ward
19,044
31–27–14
76
Recap
73
March 22
Buffalo
3–2
Carolina
Ward
10,372
31–28–14
76
Recap
74
March 24
Carolina
3–2
Columbus
Lack
15,624
32–28–14
78
Recap
75
March 26
NY Islanders
4–3
Carolina
OT
Lack
11,636
32–28–15
79
Recap
76
March 27
New Jersey
2–3
Carolina
Ward
12,792
33–28–15
81
Recap
77
March 29
Carolina
1–2
NY Islanders
SO
Ward
13,733
33–28–16
82
Recap
78
March 31
NY Rangers
3–4
Carolina
Ward
16,336
34–28–16
84
Recap
April: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
79
April 2
Columbus
5–1
Carolina
Lack
11,542
34–29–16
84
Recap
80
April 5
Carolina
2–1
Boston
SO
Ward
17,565
35–29–16
86
Recap
81
April 7
Montreal
4–2
Carolina
Ward
15,120
35–30–16
86
Recap
82
April 9
Carolina
2–5
Florida
Lack
18,434
35–31–16
86
Recap
Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Player stats
Final stats
Skaters
Regular Season [4]
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
Jeff Skinner
82
28
23
51
−2
38
Jordan Staal
82
20
28
48
6
34
Victor Rask
80
21
27
48
−6
24
Elias Lindholm
82
11
28
39
−23
24
Justin Faulk
64
16
21
37
−22
27
Kris Versteeg‡
63
11
22
33
−6
36
Eric Staal‡
63
10
23
33
−3
32
Joakim Nordstrom
71
10
14
24
1
12
Andrej Nestrasil
55
9
14
23
4
8
Riley Nash
64
9
13
22
−5
18
Noah Hanifin
79
4
18
22
−14
22
Jaccob Slavin
63
2
18
20
1
8
Ron Hainsey
81
5
14
19
−13
37
Phillip Di Giuseppe
41
7
10
17
0
18
Brett Pesce
69
4
12
16
−7
16
John-Michael Liles‡
64
6
9
15
−3
16
Chris Terry
68
8
3
11
−12
16
Jay McClement
77
3
8
11
−17
24
Ryan Murphy
35
0
10
10
−1
10
Nathan Gerbe
47
3
4
7
−15
14
Brad Malone
57
2
4
6
−11
75
Brock McGinn
21
3
1
4
−14
10
Derek Ryan
6
2
0
2
1
2
Patrick Brown
7
1
1
2
4
4
Michal Jordan
36
1
0
1
−5
12
Sergey Tolchinsky
2
0
1
1
1
0
James Wisniewski
1
0
0
0
0
0
Brody Sutter
8
0
0
0
−4
0
Brendan Woods
5
0
0
0
0
7
Trevor Carrick
2
0
0
0
−1
0
Goaltenders
Regular Season [5]
Player
GP
GS
TOI
W
L
OT
GA
GAA
SA
SV%
SO
G
A
PIM
Cam Ward
52
51
3,038
23
17
10
122
2.41
1343
.909
1
0
0
0
Eddie Lack
34
31
1,920
12
14
6
90
2.81
910
.901
2
0
2
0
†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.
Roster
Awards and honours
Awards
Regular Season
Player
Award
Awarded
J. Faulk
NHL Third Star of the Week[6]
December 14, 2015
J. Faulk
NHL All-Star game selection[7]
January 6, 2016
Milestones
Regular Season
Player
Milestone
Reached
N. Hanifin
1st Career NHL Game
October 8, 2015
N. Hanifin
1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point
October 10, 2015
B. McGinn
1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point
October 16, 2015
B. Pesce
1st Career NHL Game
October 24, 2015
B. Pesce
1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point
October 30, 2015
C. Ward
250th Career NHL Win
October 30, 2015
C. Ward
30,000 Career NHL Minutes
November 10, 2015
N. Hanifin
1st Career NHL Goal
November 16, 2015
J. Slavin
1st Career NHL Game
November 20, 2015
B. Pesce
1st Career NHL Goal
November 22, 2015
V. Rask
100th Career NHL Game
November 22, 2015
J. Slavin
1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point
November 30, 2015
P. Di Giuseppe
1st Career NHL Game
December 5, 2015
K. Versteeg
500th Career NHL Game
December 8, 2015
J. Slavin
1st Career NHL Goal
December 8, 2015
P. Di Giuseppe
1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point
December 8, 2015
R. Nash
200th Career NHL Game
December 19, 2015
J. Faulk
100th Career NHL Assist
December 19, 2015
C. Terry
100th Career NHL Game
December 26, 2015
J. McClement
800th Career NHL Game
December 27, 2015
J. Faulk
200th Career NHL Game
December 31, 2015
J. Staal
200th Career NHL Assist
December 31, 2015
K. Versteeg
300th Career NHL Point
January 9, 2016
Transactions
The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.
Trades
Date
Details
Ref
June 27, 2015
To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2015 7th-round pick in 2016
To Carolina Hurricanes Eddie Lack
[8]
June 27, 2015
To Anaheim Ducks Anton Khudobin
To Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski
[9]
September 11, 2015
To Chicago Blackhawks Dennis Robertson Jake Massie 5th-round pick in 2017
To Carolina Hurricanes Kris Versteeg Joakim Nordstrom 3rd-round pick in 2017
[10]
February 28, 2016
To New York Rangers Eric Staal[Note 1]
To Carolina Hurricanes Aleksi Saarela 2nd-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017
[11]
February 29, 2016
To Los Angeles Kings Kris Versteeg
To Carolina Hurricanes Valentin Zykov Conditional 5th-round pick in 2016
[12]
February 29, 2016
To Chicago Blackhawks Drew MacIntyre
To Carolina Hurricanes Dennis Robertson
[13]
February 29, 2016
To Boston Bruins John-Michael Liles
To Carolina Hurricanes Anthony Camara 3rd-round pick in 2016 5th-round pick in 2017
[14]
March 7, 2016
To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations
To Carolina Hurricanes Dane Fox
[15]
June 15, 2016
To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd round pick in 2017
To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell
[16]
Notes
Note 1 Carolina to retain 50% ($4.125 million) of salary as part of trade.
Free agents acquired
Date
Player
Former team
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015
T.J. Hensick
Hamilton Bulldogs
1 year, $600,000
[17]
March 8, 2016
Andrew Poturalski
University of New Hampshire
2 years, $1.5325 million entry-level contract
[18]
April 22, 2016
Jake Chelios
Charlotte Checkers
1 year, $575,000
[19]
Free agents lost
Date
Player
New team
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 2, 2015
Ben Holmstrom
New York Islanders
1 year, $750,000
[20]
July 24, 2015
Alexander Semin
Montreal Canadiens
1 year, $1.1 million
[21]
Claimed via waivers
Player
Previous team
Date
Lost via waivers
Player
New team
Date
Lost via retirement
Date
Player
July 15, 2015
Greg Nemisz
Players released
Date
Player
Via
Ref
July 1, 2015
Alexander Semin
Buyout
[22]
Player signings
Date
Player
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 29, 2015
Andrej Nestrasil
2 years, $1.825 million
[23]
July 1, 2015
Jaccob Slavin
3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract
[24]
July 1, 2015
Riley Nash
1 year, $1.15 million
[25]
July 1, 2015
Rasmus Rissanen
1 year, $575,000
[26]
July 7, 2015
Zach Boychuk
1 year, $600,000
[27]
July 11, 2015
Noah Hanifin
3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract
[28]
July 12, 2015
Justin Shugg
1 year, $600,000
[29]
July 15, 2015
Brody Sutter
1 year, $600,000
[30]
August 27, 2015
Elias Lindholm
2 years, $5.4 million contract extension
[31]
October 3, 2015
Eddie Lack
2 years, $5.5 million contract extension
[32]
April 4, 2016
Clark Bishop
3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract
[33]
April 9, 2016
Nicolas Roy
3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract
[34]
April 22, 2016
Joakim Nordstrom
2 years, $2.55 million contract extension
[35]
June 1, 2016
Josh Wesley
3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract
[36]
June 13, 2016
Sebastian Aho
3 years, $2.4975 million entry-level contract
[37]
June 13, 2016
Aleksi Saarela
3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract
[38]
June 16, 2016
Cam Ward
2 years, $6.6 million
[39]
June 16, 2016
Derek Ryan
1 year, $600,000
[40]
Draft picks
Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round
#
Player
Pos
Nationality
College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1
5
Noah Hanifin
D
United States
Boston College (Hockey East)
2
35
Sebastian Aho
LW
Finland
Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
4
93[a]
Callum Booth
G
Canada
Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4
96
Nicolas Roy
C
Canada
Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5
126
Luke Stevens
LW
United States
Noble & Greenough (HS-MA)
5
138[b]
Spencer Smallman
RW
Canada
Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
6
156
Jake Massie
D
Canada
Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (HS-NH)
6
169[c]
David Cotton
C
United States
Cushing Academy (HS-MA)
7
186
Steven Lorentz
C
Canada
Peterborough Petes (OHL)
Draft notes [41]
a The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 28, 2015 that sent Tim Gleason to Washington in exchange for Jack Hillen and this pick.[42]
Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014 that sent Martin Erat and John Mitchell to Phoenix in exchange for Rostislav Klesla, Chris Brown and this pick. [43]
b The Winnipeg Jets' fifth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[44] The condition – Carolina will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 if Winnipeg qualifies for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2015.[45]
c The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on December 18, 2014 that sent Jay Harrison to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[46]
Winnipeg previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2014 to Ottawa in exchange for this pick. [47]
References
^National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
^ a b"2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Carolina Hurricanes - Schedule". Hurricanes.nhl.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.