Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at PNC Arena
As the Carolina Hurricanes open the Rod Brind’Amour regime at home on Thursday night, they will take on a New York Islanders team that is markedly different from the unit that Canes fans have grown accustomed to playing 6-5 hockey games with over the past few seasons. Gone is the great John Tavares, the captain and franchise backbone who has settled in greener pastures in Toronto. Gone too is defenseman Calvin de Haan, the free agent acquisition of the Hurricanes who will waste no time running back into his old mates on the ice.