RALEIGH, N.C. -- Dustin Tokarski made 15 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 2-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Lenovo Center on Friday. The shutout was Tokarski's first in five starts with Carolina and the third of his career. The 35-year-old was signed by the Hurricanes on Dec. 2 after playing for Chicago of the American Hockey League.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Hurricanes are just past the halfway point of the 2024-25 season after Thursday’s 6-3 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, and it’s been a year of ups and downs for 25-15-2 Carolina thus far.

The Vancouver Canucks are expected to receive a massive boost to their lineup as Elias Pettersson has been activated from IR. Pettersson has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury but is expected to return to the ice against the Carolina Hurricanes.

It started in early November 2019, when Haula, who was coming back from a gruesome knee injury suffered the season before with the Golden Knights, bristled at the media when asked if his absence from the lineup was due to his surgically repaired knee.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to keep a five-game win streak alive when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Game time is 7:30 p.m. ET and you can watch it on ESPN+, which you can subscribe to as part of the Disney Bundle or sign up for separately for as low as $11.99/month.

For Friday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Canucks will welcome forward Elias Pettersson and goaltender Thatcher Demko back to the lineup.

Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson has been activated from the injured reserve and will return to the lineup Friday versus the Carolina Hurricanes following a six-game absence due to an undisclosed ailment.

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Devils: Paul Cotter has three goals in the six games back from the holiday break, including two in his last three games (SEA, SJS). The forward is only three goals away from tying his single season career-high in goals that he set during the 2022-23 season with the Vegas Golden Knights. Cotter has 16 points this season through 44 games played.

While the Carolina Hurricanes play inside, snow is gathering outside the Lenovo Center.

The Vancouver Canucks activated forward Elias Pettersson from injured reserve before their road game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.