2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979 (following seven seasons of play in the World Hockey Association), and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Hartford to start the 1997–98 NHL season.^[2] For the first time since 2009, the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, clinching a playoff berth with a 3–1 win against the New Jersey Devils on April 4, 2019.^[3][4] In the playoffs the Hurricanes reached the Conference Finals where they were swept by the Boston Bruins.^[5]

2018–19 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	7th Eastern
2018–19 record	46–29–7
Home record	24–13–4
Road record	22–16–3
Goals for	245
Goals against	223
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Rod Brind'Amour
Captain	Justin Williams
Alternate captains	Justin Faulk Jordan Staal
Arena	PNC Arena
Average attendance	14,322[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Charlotte Checkers (AHL) Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sebastian Aho (30)
Assists	Teuvo Teravainen (55)
Points	Sebastian Aho (83)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Svechnikov (62)
Plus/minus	Brett Pesce (+35)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (23)
Goals against average	Alex Nedeljkovic (2.00)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018.^[8]

2018 preseason game log: 5–0–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Carolina	4–1	Tampa Bay		Mrazek	12,454	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 19	Tampa Bay	1–6	Carolina		Booth	6,007	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Washington	1–5	Carolina		Mrazek	8,364	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 25	Carolina	4–1	Nashville		Darling	17,188	4–0–0	Recap
5	September 28	Carolina	5–4	Washington	OT	Mrazek	15,304	5–0–0	Recap
6	September 30	Nashville	5–4	Carolina	OT	Mrazek	18,640	5–0–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[9]

2018–19 game log
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 NY Islanders 2–1 Carolina OT Mrazek 18,680 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 5 Carolina 3–1 Columbus McElhinney 18,306 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 7 NY Rangers 5–8 Carolina Mrazek 13,526 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 9 Vancouver 3–5 Carolina McElhinney 11,932 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 13 Carolina 5–4 Minnesota OT McElhinney 18,715 4–0–1 9 Recap 6 October 14 Carolina 1–3 Winnipeg Mrazek 15,321 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 16 Carolina 2–4 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 20 Colorado 3–1 Carolina McElhinney 11,753 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 22 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 19,515 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 26 San Jose 3–4 Carolina SO Mrazek 12,311 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 28 NY Islanders 2–1 Carolina Mrazek 10,367 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 30 Boston 3–2 Carolina Darling 11,357 6–5–1 13 Recap
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Carolina 3–4 Arizona OT Mrazek 10,562 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 3 Carolina 0–3 Vegas Darling 18,328 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 November 6 Carolina 1–4 St. Louis McElhinney 16,210 6–7–2 14 Recap 16 November 8 Carolina 4–3 Chicago Darling 21,331 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina SO Darling 13,029 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 November 12 Chicago 2–3 Carolina OT Darling 11,221 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 November 17 Columbus 4–1 Carolina Darling 13,040 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 November 18 New Jersey 1–2 Carolina McElhinney 11,211 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 November 21 Toronto 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 12,562 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 23 Florida 1–4 Carolina McElhinney 13,226 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 24 Carolina 1–4 NY Islanders Darling 10,015 11–9–3 25 Recap 24 November 27 Carolina 2–1 Montreal McElhinney 20,835 12–9–3 27 Recap 25 November 30 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina OT McElhinney 13,987 12–9–4 28 Recap
December: 4–8–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Carolina 0–2 Los Angeles Mrazek 17,546 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 December 5 Carolina 1–5 San Jose McElhinney 17,119 12–11–4 28 Recap 28 December 7 Carolina 4–1 Anaheim Mrazek 15,573 13–11–4 30 Recap 29 December 11 Toronto 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 11,907 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 13 Carolina 4–6 Montreal Mrazek 20,407 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 14 Washington 6–5 Carolina SO Darling 14,446 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 December 16 Arizona 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 13,051 14–13–5 33 Recap 33 December 20 Detroit 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 13,548 14–14–5 33 Recap 34 December 22 Pittsburgh 3–0 Carolina McElhinney 16,264 14–15–5 33 Recap 35 December 23 Boston 3–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,409 15–15–5 35 Recap 36 December 27 Carolina 1–3 Washington Mrazek 18,506 15–16–5 35 Recap 37 December 29 Carolina 0–2 New Jersey McElhinney 16,514 15–17–5 35 Recap 38 December 31 Philadelphia 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 16,644 16–17–5 37 Recap
January: 8–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Carolina 5–3 Philadelphia Mrazek 18,718 17–17–5 39 Recap 40 January 4 Columbus 2–4 Carolina McElhinney 15,346 18–17–5 41 Recap 41 January 6 Carolina 5–4 Ottawa Mrazek 12,924 19–17–5 43 Recap 42 January 8 Carolina 4–3 NY Islanders McElhinney 13,769 20–17–5 45 Recap 43 January 10 Carolina 1–3 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 20–18–5 45 Recap 44 January 11 Buffalo 3–4 Carolina McElhinney 17,199 21–18–5 47 Recap 45 January 13 Nashville 3–6 Carolina Mrazek 16,347 22–18–5 49 Recap 46 January 15 Carolina 2–6 NY Rangers McElhinney 17,636 22–19–5 49 Recap 47 January 18 Ottawa 4–1 Carolina Mrazek 15,598 22–20–5 49 Recap 48 January 20 Carolina 7–4 Edmonton Mrazek 18,347 23–20–5 51 Recap 49 January 22 Carolina 2–3 Calgary OT Mrazek 18,508 23–20–6 52 Recap 50 January 23 Carolina 5–2 Vancouver Nedeljkovic 18,373 24–20–6 54 Recap
February: 10–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Vegas 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,104 25–20–6 56 Recap 52 February 3 Calgary 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 12,621 25–21–6 56 Recap 53 February 5 Carolina 4–0 Pittsburgh McElhinney 18,435 26–21–6 58 Recap 54 February 7 Carolina 6–5 Buffalo OT McElhinney 17,588 27–21–6 60 Recap 55 February 8 Carolina 3–0 NY Rangers Mrazek 18,006 28–21–6 62 Recap 56 February 10 Carolina 2–3 New Jersey Mrazek 16,514 28–22–6 62 Recap 57 February 12 Carolina 4–1 Ottawa McElhinney 10,648 29–22–6 64 Recap 58 February 15 Edmonton 1–3 Carolina McElhinney 14,430 30–22–6 66 Recap 59 February 16 Dallas 0–3 Carolina Mrazek 14,369 31–22–6 68 Recap 60 February 19 NY Rangers 2–1 Carolina McElhinney 13,343 31–23–6 68 Recap 61 February 21 Carolina 4–3 Florida Mrazek 10,750 32–23–6 70 Recap 62 February 23 Carolina 3–0 Dallas McElhinney 18,532 33–23–6 72 Recap 63 February 26 Los Angeles 1–6 Carolina Mrazek 13,042 34–23–6 74 Recap
March: 9–6–1 (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 St. Louis 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 15,363 35–23–6 76 Recap 65 March 2 Carolina 4–3 Florida OT Mrazek 13,923 36–23–6 78 Recap 66 March 5 Carolina 3–4 Boston OT McElhinney 17,565 36–23–7 79 Recap 67 March 8 Winnipeg 8–1 Carolina McElhinney 15,928 36–24–7 79 Recap 68 March 9 Carolina 5–3 Nashville Mrazek 17,724 37–24–7 81 Recap 69 March 11 Carolina 3–0 Colorado Mrazek 16,711 38–24–7 83 Recap 70 March 15 Carolina 0–3 Columbus Mrazek 18,832 38–25–7 83 Recap 71 March 16 Buffalo 2–4 Carolina McElhinney 15,171 39–25–7 85 Recap 72 March 19 Pittsburgh 2–3 Carolina SO Mrazek 14,677 40–25–7 87 Recap 73 March 21 Tampa Bay 6–3 Carolina McElhinney 13,785 40–26–7 87 Recap 74 March 23 Minnesota 1–5 Carolina Mrazek 16,751 41–26–7 89 Recap 75 March 24 Montreal 1–2 Carolina OT McElhinney 14,437 42–26–7 91 Recap 76 March 26 Carolina 1–4 Washington Mrazek 18,506 42–27–7 91 Recap 77 March 28 Washington 3–2 Carolina McElhinney 14,680 42–28–7 91 Recap 78 March 30 Philadelphia 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 17,833 43–28–7 93 Recap 79 March 31 Carolina 1–3 Pittsburgh McElhinney 18,616 43–29–7 93 Recap
April: 3–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Carolina 4–1 Toronto Mrazek 19,097 44–29–7 95 Recap 81 April 4 New Jersey 1–3 Carolina Mrazek 17,645 45–29–7 97 Recap 82 April 6 Carolina 4–3 Philadelphia McElhinney 19,433 46–29–7 99 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Updated as of April 6, 2019^[10]

Eastern Conference
Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Boston Bruins	3	1	1	1	118–99	10	10	2–12	3–11	102–107
Buffalo Sabres	3	3	0	0	89–109	14	10	1–6	1–8	83–104
Detroit Red Wings	3	1	1	1	130–77	7	9	3–10	1–7	95–101
Florida Panthers	3	3	0	0	90–99	12	7	3–11	2–8	84–99
Montreal Canadiens	3	2	1	0	93–118	8	8	0–5	0–10	96–98
Ottawa Senators	3	2	1	0	100–83	10	9	4–8	1–7	67–89
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	0	3	0	95–89	6	13	0–11	5–12	82–133
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	1	0	112–85	10	7	3–7	1–9	84–95
Division total	24	14	8	2	827–759	77	73	16–70	14–72	693–826

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets	4	2	2	0	143–100	8	10	0–8	1–10	104–114
New Jersey Devils	4	2	2	0	122–122	7	7	2–15	1–13	121–130
New York Islanders	4	1	2	1	136–90	7	11	2–11	2–11	126–98
New York Rangers	4	2	2	0	153–105	14	13	1–11	4–13	118–101
Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	0	0	121–123	17	9	4–10	4–12	118–134
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	2	2	0	174–146	12	12	1–10	0–6	126–123
Washington Capitals	4	0	3	1	110–110	9	16	3–11	2–9	125–112
Division total	28	13	13	2	959–796	74	78	13–76	14–74	838–802
Conference total	52	27	21	4	1786–1555	151	151	29–146	28–146	1531–1628

Western Conference
Central	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Chicago Blackhawks	2	2	0	0	74–73	7	5	3–4	0–2	56–46
Colorado Avalanche	2	1	1	0	76–60	4	3	0–6	1–7	69–45
Dallas Stars	2	2	0	0	58–57	6	0	2–4	0–5	43–72
Minnesota Wild	2	2	0	0	90–48	10	5	1–11	3–9	63–71
Nashville Predators	2	2	0	0	66–57	11	6	4–10	0–8	43–64
St. Louis Blues	2	1	1	0	63–43	6	6	1–7	1–7	60–61
Winnipeg Jets	2	0	2	0	72–55	2	11	0–5	2–4	65–66
Division total	14	10	4	0	499–393	46	36	11–47	7–42	409–425

Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	SHOTS	GF	GA	PP	PK	FO W–L
Anaheim Ducks	2	1	0	1	70–48	5	3	0–10	0–8	57–61
Arizona Coyotes	2	1	0	1	78–48	6	4	0–11	1–5	65–54
Calgary Flames	2	0	1	1	72–57	5	7	0–6	1–9	55–73
Edmonton Oilers	2	2	0	0	61–62	10	5	1–3	1–7	71–53
Los Angeles Kings	2	1	1	0	68–58	6	3	1–5	0–5	62–67
San Jose Sharks	2	1	1	0	81–46	5	8	1–5	3–5	79–58
Vancouver Canucks	2	2	0	0	67–51	10	5	1–8	2–6	62–72
Vegas Golden Knights	2	1	1	0	66–50	5	5	0–6	1–6	55–61
Division total	16	9	4	3	563–420	52	40	4–54	9–51	506–499
Conference total	30	19	8	3	1062–813	98	76	15–101	16–93	915–924
NHL total	82	46	29	7	2848–2367	249	227	43–247	44–239	2446–2548

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Hurricanes faced the Washington Capitals in the First Round of the playoffs,^[11] and defeated them in seven games.^[12]

The Hurricanes faced the New York Islanders in the Second Round of the playoffs,^[13] sweeping them in four games, which was the first best-of-seven series sweep in Hurricanes/Whalers franchise history.^[14][15]

The Hurricanes faced the Boston Bruins in the Conference Finals,^[16] and were swept in four games.^[17] They played against each other in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Hurricanes defeated the Bruins in the Conference Semifinals in seven games.^[18]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Carolina won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Carolina 2–4 Washington Mrazek 18,506 0–1 Recap 2 April 13 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Mrazek 18,506 0–2 Recap 3 April 15 Washington 0–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,783 1–2 Recap 4 April 18 Washington 1–2 Carolina Mrazek 19,202 2–2 Recap 5 April 20 Carolina 0–6 Washington Mrazek 18,506 2–3 Recap 6 April 22 Washington 2–5 Carolina Mrazek 18,913 3–3 Recap 7 April 24 Carolina 4–3 Washington 2OT Mrazek 18,506 4–3 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M2) New York Islanders: Carolina won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Carolina 1–0 NY Islanders OT Mrazek 15,795 1–0 Recap 2 April 28 Carolina 2–1 NY Islanders McElhinney 15,795 2–0 Recap 3 May 1 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,066 3–0 Recap 4 May 3 NY Islanders 2–5 Carolina McElhinney 19,495 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 9 Carolina 2–5 Boston Mrazek 17,565 0–1 Recap 2 May 12 Carolina 2–6 Boston Mrazek 17,565 0–2 Recap 3 May 14 Boston 2–1 Carolina McElhinney 18,768 0–3 Recap 4 May 16 Boston 4–0 Carolina McElhinney 19,041 0–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of May 16, 2019^[19][20]

Skaters

Regular season[21] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sebastian Aho 82 30 53 83 25 26 Teuvo Teravainen 82 21 55 76 30 12 Justin Williams 82 23 30 53 −4 44 Micheal Ferland 71 17 23 40 13 58 Dougie Hamilton 82 18 21 39 0 54 Andrei Svechnikov 82 20 17 37 0 62 Justin Faulk 82 11 24 35 9 47 Jaccob Slavin 82 8 23 31 0 18 Nino Niederreiter† 36 14 16 30 7 20 Brett Pesce 73 7 22 29 35 24 Jordan Staal 50 11 17 28 6 26 Lucas Wallmark 81 10 18 28 −8 36 Brock McGinn 82 10 16 26 10 20 Jordan Martinook 82 15 10 25 1 38 Warren Foegele 77 10 5 15 −17 20 Trevor van Riemsdyk 78 3 11 14 −4 10 Calvin de Haan 74 1 13 14 1 20 Greg McKegg 41 6 5 11 −2 8 Saku Maenalanen 34 4 4 8 0 20 Victor Rask‡ 26 1 5 6 –3 4 Phillip Di Giuseppe‡ 21 1 3 4 –2 8 Clark Bishop 20 1 2 3 –3 6 Valentin Zykov‡ 13 0 3 3 −1 0 Martin Necas 7 1 1 2 0 2 Haydn Fleury 20 0 1 1 4 2 Nicolas Roy 6 0 0 0 0 2 Janne Kuokkanen 7 0 0 0 –2 4 Trevor Carrick 1 0 0 0 −1 5 Jake Bean 2 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs[22] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sebastian Aho 15 5 7 12 3 2 Jaccob Slavin 15 0 11 11 5 0 Teuvo Teravainen 15 7 3 10 6 2 Jordan Staal 15 4 6 10 7 8 Warren Foegele 15 5 4 9 6 6 Justin Faulk 15 1 7 8 4 4 Justin Williams 15 4 3 7 1 18 Dougie Hamilton 15 3 4 7 3 10 Brock McGinn 15 2 4 6 –1 6 Brett Pesce 15 0 6 6 4 0 Andrei Svechnikov 9 3 2 5 0 9 Lucas Wallmark 15 1 4 5 0 6 Nino Niederreiter 15 1 3 4 0 12 Jordan Martinook 10 0 4 4 0 6 Greg McKegg 14 2 0 2 1 4 Calvin de Haan 12 1 0 1 3 2 Saku Maenalanen 9 0 1 1 1 6 Micheal Ferland 7 0 1 1 −3 18 Clark Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0 Aleksi Saarela 1 0 0 0 0 0 Haydn Fleury 9 0 0 0 1 2 Patrick Brown 8 0 0 0 0 0 Trevor van Riemsdyk 9 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[23]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	40	40	2,386:51	23	14	3	95	2.39	1,104	.914	4	0	1	6
Curtis McElhinney	33	33	1,977:31	20	11	2	85	2.58	968	.912	2	0	0	0
Scott Darling	8	8	485:34	2	4	2	27	3.34	233	.884	0	0	0	0
Alex Nedeljkovic	1	1	60:00	1	0	0	2	2.00	26	.923	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[24]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	11	11	659:43	5	5	30	2.73	282	.894	2	0	0	0
Curtis McElhinney	5	4	268:25	3	2	9	2.01	128	.930	0	0	0	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.

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To New York Rangers VGK's 7th-round pick in 2018	To Carolina Hurricanes BOS' 7th-round pick in 2019	[25]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Calgary Flames Noah Hanifin Elias Lindholm	To Carolina Hurricanes Dougie Hamilton Micheal Ferland Adam Fox	[26]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)	To Buffalo Sabres Jeff Skinner	To Carolina Hurricanes Cliff Pu 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020 6th-round pick in 2020	[27]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Minnesota Wild Victor Rask	To Carolina Hurricanes Nino Niederreiter	[28]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Florida Panthers Cliff Pu	To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations	[29]
April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	To New York Rangers Adam Fox	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	[30]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jake Chelios	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	[31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Petr Mrazek	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	[32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Joakim Nordstrom	to Boston Bruins	2-year	[33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Derek Ryan	to Calgary Flames	3-year	[34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Cam Ward	to Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	[35]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Dan Renouf	from Detroit Red Wings	1-year	[36]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Calvin de Haan	from New York Islanders	4-year	[37]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)	Jeremy Smith	to Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	Unknown	[38]
August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)	Keegan Kanzig	to Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	1-year	[39]
September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)	Tyler Ganly	to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)	1-year	[40]
September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	Michal Cajkovsky	from Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	1-year	[41]
October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10)	Brenden Kichton	to SaiPa (Liiga)	Unknown	[42]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)	Jacob Pritchard	from UMass Minutemen (Hockey East)	1-year	[43]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Curtis McElhinney	from Toronto Maple Leafs	[44]
November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)	Valentin Zykov	to Edmonton Oilers	[45]
January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	Phillip Di Giuseppe	to Nashville Predators	[46]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) Michael Fora Mutual termination [47] December 29, 2018 (2018-12-29) Michal Cajkovsky Mutual termination [48]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)	Phillip Di Giuseppe	1-year	[49]
June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)	Valentin Zykov	2-year	[50]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	Andrei Svechnikov	3-year	[51]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Trevor van Riemsdyk	2-year	[52]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Greg McKegg	1-year	[53]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Lucas Wallmark	2-year	[54]
January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21)	Teuvo Teravainen	5-year	[55]
March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)	Stelio Mattheos	3-year	[56]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)	Jesper Sellgren	3-year	[57]

Draft picks

See also: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

Below are the Carolina Hurricanes' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Andrei Svechnikov	RW	Russia	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	42	Jack Drury	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4	961	Luke Henman	C	Canada	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)
4	104	Lenni Killinen	RW	Finland	Blues U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
6	166	Jesper Sellgren	D	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Allsvenskan)
7	197	Jake Kucharski	G	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on May 3, 2018, that sent Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick in 2018 to Arizona in exchange for Jordan Martinook and this pick.^[58]