2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes season

{{Infobox ice hockey team season

|League=NHL

|Season=2009–10

|year=2009

|Team=Carolina Hurricanes

|Conference=Eastern

|ConferenceRank=11th

|Division=Southeast

|DivisionRank=3rd

|Record=35–37–10

|HomeRecord=21–17–2

|RoadRecord=13–20–8

|GoalsFor=230

|GoalsAgainst=256

|GeneralManager=Jim Rutherford

|Coach=Paul Maurice

|Captain=Rod Brind'Amour (Oct.–Jan.)
Eric Staal (Jan.–Apr.)

|AltCaptain=Eric Staal (Oct.–Jan.)
Rod Brind'Amour (Jan.–Apr.)
Ray Whitney

|Arena=RBC Center

|Attendance=Average: 15,241 (83.9%)
Total: 624,873

|GoalsLeader=Jussi Jokinen (30)

|AssistsLeader=Eric Staal (41)

|PointsLeader=Eric Staal (70)

|PlusMinusLeader=Andrew Alberts (+7)

|PIMLeader=Tom Kostopoulos (106)

|WinsLeader=Cam Ward (18)

|GAALeader=Cam Ward (2.69)

}}

The 2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 38th season, 31st season in the National Hockey League and 12th as the Hurricanes.

Off-season

On June 15, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that they have agreed to terms with their current coaching staff. Head coach Paul Maurice was signed to a multi-year contract. The club also announced Ron Francis will return as associate head coach and take on the additional title of director of player personnel, while Tom Barrasso has been named as an assistant coach, and assistant coaches Kevin McCarthy and Tom Rowe will remain in their roles moving forward and continue on their existing multi-year contracts.

On June 26, 2009, the Hurricanes drafted Philippe Paradis as their first-round, 27th overall selection. Prior to this, the Hurricanes had not had a first-round selection outside of the top 20 since they picked Jamie McBain in the second round, 63rd overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

On June 29, 2009, the Hurricanes announced that they have re-signed forward Jussi Jokinen to a two-year contract, with him earning $1.5 million in the upcoming 2009–10 season and $1.9 million in the 2010–11 season. Jokinen was acquired in a trade on February 7, 2009. He scored just one goal, but added 10 assists in 25 regular-season games, but was tied for second on the team for playoff points with 11 points (seven goals and four assists) in 18 games.

On July 24, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes re-acquired defenceman Aaron Ward from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Patrick Eaves and a fourth-round draft pick in 2010. Ward has previously played with the club when they won the Stanley Cup back in 2006.

On July 28, 2009, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that they have bought-out the remainder of the contract for defenceman Frantisek Kaberle. Kaberle was slated to make $2.2 million during the 2009–10 season, however, with the buyout, he will now receive two-thirds ($1,467,700) of that amount over the next two seasons. Kaberle played 214 games with the club over the span of four seasons.

Pre-season

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| 2009 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–0)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 1	September 18	Nashville Predators	4 – 2	Carolina Hurricanes		Cam Ward (0-1-0)	0-1-0	{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010025 \|title = Predators vs. Hurricanes - 09/18/2009 - Carolina Hurricanes - Recap \|access-date=2010-10-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314080618/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010025 \|archive-date=2012-03-14 \|url-status=dead }}
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 2	September 21	Carolina Hurricanes	2 – 4	Atlanta Thrashers		Michael Leighton (0-1-0)	0-2-0	{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010052 \|title = Hurricanes vs. Thrashers - 09/21/2009 - Carolina Hurricanes - Recap \|access-date=2010-10-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314080624/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010052 \|archive-date=2012-03-14 \|url-status=dead }}
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 3	September 25	Atlanta Thrashers	3 – 4	Carolina Hurricanes		Cam Ward (1-1-0)	1-2-0	{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010082 \|title = Thrashers vs. Hurricanes - 09/25/2009 - Carolina Hurricanes - Recap \|access-date=2010-10-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314080636/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010082 \|archive-date=2012-03-14 \|url-status=dead }}
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 4	September 26	Carolina Hurricanes	5 – 2	Nashville Predators		Michael Leighton (1-1-0)	2-2-0	{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010088 \|title = Hurricanes vs. Predators - 09/26/2009 - Carolina Hurricanes - Recap \|access-date=2010-10-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314080640/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009010088 \|archive-date=2012-03-14 \|url-status=dead }}

Regular season

The Hurricanes had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 329.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010.html|title=2009-10 NHL Summary}}

= Divisional standings =

= Conference standings =

= Game log =

{{legend2|white|Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| 2009–10 Game Log
class="toccolours" style="width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
colspan=11 \| {\| class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| October: 2–7–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 0–5–2)
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 1	October 2	Philadelphia	2-0	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	18,680	0-1-0	0
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 2	October 3	Carolina Hurricanes	2-7	Boston		Ward	16,592	0-2-0	0
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 3	October 6	Tampa Bay	1-2	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Ward	16,186	1-2-0	2
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 4	October 9	Florida Panthers	2-7	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	13,597	2-2-0	4
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 5	October 10	Carolina Hurricanes	2-5	Tampa Bay Lightning\|Tampa Bay		Ward	14,212	2-3-0	4
style="text-align:center;" \| 6	October 14	Pittsburgh	3-2	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Ward	14,053	2-3-1	5
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 7	October 17	Carolina Hurricanes	0-2	New Jersey		Ward	15,021	2-4-1	5
style="text-align:center;" \| 8	October 21	Carolina Hurricanes	3-4	N.Y. Islanders	SO	Ward	9,122	2-4-2	6
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 9	October 23	Carolina Hurricanes	4-5	Colorado Avalanche		Ward	13,673	2-5-2	6
style="text-align:center;" \| 10	October 24	Carolina Hurricanes	2-3	Minnesota Wild	OT	Ward	18,145	2-5-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 11	October 28	St. Louis	5-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	15,549	2-6-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 12	October 31	Carolina Hurricanes	1-6	Philadelphia Flyers\|Philadelphia		Leighton	19,076	2-7-3	7

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| November: 3–10–2 (Home: 3–5–1; Road: 0–5–1)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 13	November 1	San Jose	5-1	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	15,089	2-8-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 14	November 4	Carolina Hurricanes	0-3	Florida Panthers		Ward	12,424	2-9-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 15	November 6	Toronto	3-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	14,164	2-10-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 16	November 7	Carolina Hurricanes	2-3	Columbus		Leighton	14,850	2-11-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 17	November 11	Los Angeles	5-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	13,510	2-12-3	7
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 18	November 13	N.Y. Islanders	4-3	Carolina Hurricanes	OT	Legace	14,163	2-12-4	8
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 19	November 15	Minnesota Wild	4-5	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Leighton	12,194	3-12-4	10
style="text-align:center;" \| 20	November 17	Carolina Hurricanes	2-3	Montreal	SO	Legace	21,273	3-12-5	11
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 21	November 19	Toronto Maple Leafs\|Toronto	5-6	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Legace	13,502	4-12-5	13
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 22	November 21	Tampa Bay	1-3	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	13,224	5-12-5	15
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 23	November 23	Carolina Hurricanes	0-2	Dallas		Legace	16,243	5-13-5	15
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 24	November 25	Carolina Hurricanes	2-3	Anaheim		Legace	14,766	5-14-5	15
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 25	November 27	Atlanta	6-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	14,463	5-15-5	15
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 26	November 28	Carolina Hurricanes	1-5	Buffalo		Leighton	18,690	5-16-5	15
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 27	November 30	Washington	3-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Leighton	12,797	5-17-5	15

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| December: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 2–3–1)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 28	December 5	Vancouver	3-5	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	14,990	6-17-5	17
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 29	December 7	Carolina Hurricanes	3-2	Pittsburgh		Legace	16,964	7-17-5	19
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 30	December 9	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	New Jersey		Ward	12,013	7-18-5	19
style="text-align:center;" \| 31	December 11	Carolina Hurricanes	3-4	Washington	OT	Ward	18,277	7-18-6	20
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 32	December 12	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	Ottawa		Legace	16,229	7-19-6	20
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 33	December 16	Dallas	3-5	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	13,954	8-19-6	22
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 34	December 18	Carolina Hurricanes	3-6	Florida Panthers		Ward	15,107	8-20-6	22
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 35	December 19	Florida Panthers	2-3	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	12,758	9-20-6	24
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 36	December 21	N.Y. Rangers	3-1	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	16,514	9-21-6	24
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 37	December 23	Montreal	5-1	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	14,820	9-22-6	24
style="text-align:center;" \| 38	December 26	Philadelphia	4-3	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Ward	16,288	9-22-7	25
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 39	December 28	Carolina Hurricanes	6-3	Washington Capitals\|Washington		Ward	18,277	10-22-7	27
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 40	December 31	New York Rangers\|N.Y Rangers	2-1	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	16,947	10-23-7	27

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| January: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–3–1)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center;" \| 41	January 2	Carolina Hurricanes	2-1	N.Y. Rangers	OT	Ward	18,200	11-23-7	29
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 42	January 7	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	Nashville		Ward	14,910	11-24-7	29
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 43	January 8	Colorado Avalanche	1-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	14,071	12-24-7	31
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 44	January 10	Ottawa	1-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	16,892	13-24-7	33
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 45	January 12	Carolina Hurricanes	4-2	Toronto		Ward	19,120	14-24-7	35
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 46	January 14	Carolina Hurricanes	1-3	Detroit		Ward	20,066	14-25-7	35
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 47	January 16	Atlanta	5-3	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	14,812	14-26-7	35
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 48	January 18	Tampa Bay	3-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	16,031	14-27-7	35
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 49	January 21	Carolina Hurricanes	5-2	Atlanta Thrashers\|Atlanta		Ward	10,472	15-27-7	37
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 50	January 23	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	Philadelphia		Ward	19,732	15-28-7	37
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 51	January 24	Boston	1-5	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	13,512	16-28-7	39
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 52	January 27	Carolina Hurricanes	5-1	New York Rangers\|N.Y. Rangers		Ward	18,200	17-28-7	41
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 53	January 28	N.Y. Islanders	1-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	15,473	18-28-7	43
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 54	January 30	Chicago	2-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	6,896	19-28-7	45

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| February: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–2–0)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 55	February 1	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	Edmonton		Ward	16,839	19-29-7	45
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 56	February 3	Carolina Hurricanes	1-4	Calgary		Ward	19,289	19-30-7	45
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 57	February 5	Carolina Hurricanes	4-3	Buffalo		Legace	18,690	20-30-7	47
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 58	February 6	Carolina Hurricanes	3-1	N.Y. Islanders		Peters	12,709	21-30-7	49
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 59	February 9	Nashville	1-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	18,393	22-30-7	51
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 60	February 11	Buffalo Sabres\|Buffalo	3-4	Carolina Hurricanes	OT	Legace	15,527	23-30-7	53
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 61	February 13	New Jersey	2-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Peters	16,466	24-30-7	55

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| March: 9–5–2 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 5–1–2)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 62	March 2	Carolina Hurricanes	5-1	Toronto		Peters	19,096	25-30-7	57
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 63	March 4	Ottawa	1-4	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	17,048	26-30-7	59
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 64	March 6	Carolina Hurricanes	1-4	Florida Panthers		Peters	16,202	26-31-7	59
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 65	March 7	Carolina Hurricanes	4-0	Atlanta		Legace	15,306	27-31-7	61
style="text-align:center;" \| 66	March 10	Carolina Hurricanes	3-4	Washington	OT	Legace	18,277	27-31-8	62
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 67	March 11	Pittsburgh	3-4	Carolina Hurricanes	OT	Peters	16,426	28-31-8	64
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 68	March 13	Phoenix	4-0	Carolina Hurricanes		Peters	17,690	28-32-8	64
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 69	March 16	Boston	5-2	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	15,832	28-33-8	64
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 70	March 18	Washington Capitals\|Washington	3-4	Carolina Hurricanes	OT	Peters	18,144	29-33-8	66
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 71	March 20	Carolina Hurricanes	3-2	Pittsburgh Penguins\|Pittsburgh	OT	Peters	17,090	30-33-8	68
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 72	March 21	Buffalo	5-3	Carolina Hurricanes		Peters	15,311	30-34-8	68
style="text-align:center;" \| 73	March 23	Carolina Hurricanes	2-3	Tampa Bay	OT	Legace	13,009	30-34-9	69
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 74	March 25	Washington Capitals\|Washington	2-3	Carolina Hurricanes	SO	Legace	18,046	31-34-9	71
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 75	March 27	Atlanta Thrashers\|Atlanta	4-0	Carolina Hurricanes		Legace	16,108	31-35-9	71
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 76	March 29	Carolina Hurricanes	4-1	Atlanta Thrashers\|Atlanta		Ward	13,440	32-35-9	73
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 77	March 31	Carolina Hurricanes	2-1	Montreal		Ward	21,273	33-35-9	75

|colspan=11 |

colspan=11 style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–1)
class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| #	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
style="text-align:center;" \| 78	April 1	Carolina Hurricanes	3-4	Ottawa	SO	Legace	19,152	33-36-10	76
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 79	April 3	New Jersey	4-0	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	16,073	33-36-10	76
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 80	April 6	Carolina Hurricanes	8-5	Tampa Bay		Ward	12,454	34-36-10	78
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 81	April 8	Montreal	2-5	Carolina Hurricanes		Ward	18,680	35-36-10	80
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 82	April 10	Carolina Hurricanes	2-4	Boston		Ward	17,565	35-37-10	80

Playoffs

Despite their great playoff run the previous year, the Hurricanes failed to make the 2010 playoffs for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

Player statistics

=Skaters=

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

style="border: 0;" \| Regular season
class="wikitable"
style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" \| {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
align=center ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:40%;"\| Player ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| GP ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| G ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| A ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| Pts ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| +/− ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:10%;"\| PIM
align=center \| {{sortname\|Eric\|Staal}}	70	29	41	70	4	68
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jussi\|Jokinen}}	81	30	35	65	3	36
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ray\|Whitney\|Ray Whitney (ice hockey)}}	80	21	37	58	-6	26
align=center \| {{sortname\|Joni\|Pitkanen\|Joni Pitkänen}}	71	6	40	46	-11	72
align=center \| {{sortname\|Brandon\|Sutter}}	72	21	19	40	-1	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Matt\|Cullen}}^‡	60	12	28	40	0	26
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tuomo\|Ruutu}}	54	14	21	35	-4	50
align=center \| {{sortname\|Sergei\|Samsonov}}	72	14	15	29	-15	32
align=center \| {{sortname\|Chad\|LaRose}}	56	11	17	28	-2	24
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Kostopoulos}}	82	8	13	21	4	106
align=center \| {{sortname\|Rod\|Brind'Amour}}	80	9	10	19	-29	36
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tim\|Gleason}}	61	5	14	19	0	78
align=center \| {{sortname\|Erik\|Cole}}	40	11	5	16	-9	29
align=center \| {{sortname\|Patrick\|Dwyer\|Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey)}}	58	7	5	12	-3	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Brett\|Carson}}	54	2	10	12	5	12
align=center \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Corvo}}^‡	34	4	8	12	-6	10
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bryan\|Rodney}}	22	1	10	11	-4	8
align=center \| {{sortname\|Aaron\|Ward\|Aaron Ward (ice hockey)}}^‡	60	1	10	11	-17	54
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jamie\|McBain}}	14	3	7	10	6	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Andrew\|Alberts}}^‡	62	2	8	10	7	74
align=center \| {{sortname\|Zach\|Boychuk}}	31	3	6	9	1	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Stephane\|Yelle\|Stéphane Yelle}}^‡	59	4	3	7	-6	28
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jay\|Harrison}}	38	1	5	6	-8	50
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jiri\|Tlusty\|Jiří Tlustý}}^†	18	1	5	6	2	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Scott\|Walker\|Scott Walker (ice hockey)}}^‡	33	3	2	5	-4	23
align=center \| {{sortname\|Niclas\|Wallin}}^‡	47	0	5	5	-5	26
align=center \| {{sortname\|Brian\|Pothier}}^†	20	1	3	4	-8	11
align=center \| {{sortname\|Drayson\|Bowman}}	9	2	0	2	-1	4
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jerome\|Samson\|Jérôme Samson}}	7	0	2	2	-1	10
align=center \| {{sortname\|Steven\|Goertzen}}	6	0	0	0	-2	5
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tim\|Conboy}}	12	0	0	0	-5	24
align=center \| {{sortname\|Casey\|Borer}}	2	0	0	0	-1	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Oskar\|Osala}}	1	0	0	0	0	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Alexandre\|Picard\|Alexandre R. Picard}}^†	9	0	0	0	2	6

=Goaltenders=

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

style="border: 0;" \| Regular season
class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" \| {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| Player ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| GP ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| TOI ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| W ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| L ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| OT ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| GA ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| GAA ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| SA ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| Sv% ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| SO ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| G ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| A ! style="background:black;color:#d40026;" \| PIM
align=center \| {{sortname\|Cam\|Ward\|dab=ice hockey}}	47	2651	18	23	5	119	2.69	1409	.916	0	0	3	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Manny\|Legace}}	28	1472	10	7	5	69	2.81	745	.907	1	0	1	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Justin\|Peters}}	9	488	6	3	0	23	2.83	241	.905	0	0	0	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Michael\|Leighton}}^‡	7	350	1	4	0	25	4.28	164	.848	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect time with Hurricanes only.

^‡Traded mid-season

Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

= Awards =

Player	Award	Awarded
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Eric Staal[http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=525081 Crosby, Staal, Backstrom are NHL's Stars of the Week]	NHL Second Star of the Week	April 12, 2010

= Records =

= Milestones =

Player	Milestone	Reached
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colspan="10" style="text-align:center;"\| Regular Season

Transactions

The Hurricanes have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

= Trades =

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|Date

!colspan="2"|{{center|Details}}

July 24, 2009{{Cite web |url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=451293&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Canes Re-Acquire Defenseman Aaron Ward |access-date=2009-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727034526/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=451293 |archive-date=2009-07-27 |url-status=dead }}

| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins

Patrick Eaves
4th-round pick in 2010

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Aaron Ward

August 31, 2009[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=497392 Canes Acquire Rob Hennigar from Islanders]

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Bobby Hughes

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Rob Hennigar

December 3, 2009[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=508511 Hurricanes Acquire Jiri Tlusty from Toronto]

| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs

Philippe Paradis

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Jiri Tlusty

February 7, 2010[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=516717 Canes Trade Niclas Wallin to Sharks]

| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks

Niclas Wallin
5th-round pick in 2010

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

2nd-round pick in 2010

February 12, 2010[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=517357 Canes Trade Matt Cullen to Ottawa]

| valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators

Matt Cullen

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Alexandre Picard
2nd-round pick in 2010

March 3, 2010[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519820 Hurricanes Acquire Pogge, Pick from Ducks for Ward]

| valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks

Aaron Ward

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Justin Pogge
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2010{{efn|Condition satisfied.}}

March 3, 2010[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519851 Canes Trade Scott Walker to Washington]

| valign="top"| To Washington Capitals

Scott Walker

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

7th-round pick in 2010

March 3, 2010[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519938 Canes Acquire Pothier, Osala, Draft Pick for Corvo]

| valign="top"| To Washington Capitals

Joe Corvo

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Brian Pothier
Oskar Osala
2nd-round pick in 2011

March 3, 2010

| valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche

Stephane Yelle
Harrison Reed

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

Cedric McNicoll
6th-round pick in 2010

March 3, 2010

| valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks

Andrew Alberts

| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes

3rd-round pick in 2010

= Free agents acquired =

class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| Player	Former team	Contract terms
Matthew Pistilli[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472062 Canes Agree to Terms with Matthew Pistilli]	Shawinigan Cataractes	3 years, $1.524 million two-way contract
Steven Goertzen{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=436548&page=NewsPage&service=page \|title=Canes Agree to Terms With Steven Goertzen \|access-date=2009-07-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711085038/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436548 \|archive-date=2009-07-11 \|url-status=dead }}	Phoenix Coyotes	1 year, $500,000 two-way contract
Jay Harrison{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=436661&page=NewsPage&service=page \|title=Canes Agree to Terms with Jay Harrison \|access-date=2009-07-11 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713060820/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=436661&page=NewsPage&service=page \|archive-date=2009-07-13 \|url-status=dead }}	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $500,000 two-way contract
Tom Kostopoulos[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472153Canes Agree to Terms with Kostopoulos]{{Dead link\|date=September 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}	Montreal Canadiens	3 years, $2.75 million
Zack Fitzgerald[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472157 Canes Agree Terms with Angelidis, Fitzgerald]	Manitoba Moose	1 year, two-way contract
Andrew Alberts[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472159 Hurricanes Agree Terms with Andrew Alberts]	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $2.1 million
Stephane Yelle[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=479915 Canes Agree to Terms with Stephane Yelle]	Boston Bruins	1 year, $550,000
Manny Legace[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=505379 Canes Agree to Terms with Manny Legace]	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $500,000

= Free agents lost =

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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| Player	New team	Contract terms
Dwight Helminen{{Cite web \|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=442902 \|title=Sharks Sign Four Players, Re-sign Vesce \|access-date=2009-07-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719053754/http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=442902 \|archive-date=2009-07-19 \|url-status=dead }}	San Jose Sharks	1 year
Frantisek Kaberle{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=457769&page=NewsPage&service=page \|title=Hurricanes Buy Out Frantisek Kaberle \|access-date=2009-07-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731095832/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=457769 \|archive-date=2009-07-31 \|url-status=dead }}		Remaining contract bought out
Wade Brookbank{{Cite web \|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=457958&page=NewsPage&service=page \|title=Penguins Sign Forwards Brookbank, Smith \|access-date=2009-08-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803150129/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=457958 \|archive-date=2009-08-03 \|url-status=dead }}	Pittsburgh Penguins	undisclosed
Dennis Seidenberg[http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=498517&navid=fla-home-dl Seidenberg Added To Cats Blueline]	Florida Panthers	1 year, $2.25 million
Anton Babchuk{{Cite web \|url=http://www.beyondtheblueshirts.com/2009/09/babchuk-signs-with-avangard-omsk/ \|title=Babchuk signs with Avangard Omsk \|access-date=2009-09-23 \|archive-date=2011-07-07 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707231155/http://www.beyondtheblueshirts.com/2009/09/babchuk-signs-with-avangard-omsk \|url-status=dead }}	Avangard Omsk	1 year, $1.5 million
Ryan Bayda[http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=500198&navid=DL\|PIT\|home Penguins Sign Forward Ryan Bayda to One-Year Contract]	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year

=Claimed via waivers=

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
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= Lost via waivers =

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
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Michael Leighton[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=509969 Flyers Claim Leighton on Waivers]	Philadelphia Flyers	December 15, 2009

= Player signings =

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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" \| Player	Contract terms
Chris Terry{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=424245&page=NewsPage&service=page \|title=Canes Agree to Terms with Chris Terry \|access-date=2009-07-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607022805/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=424245 \|archive-date=2009-06-07 \|url-status=dead }}	3 years, two-way contract
Jussi Jokinen[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472121 Canes Agree to Terms with Jokinen on Two-Year Deal]	2 years, $3.4 million
Erik Cole[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472129 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Erik Cole]	2 years, $5.8 million
Patrick Dwyer[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472130 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Dwyer, Ryan]	2 years, two-way contract
Michael Ryan	1 year, two-way contract
Chad LaRose[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=472134 LaRose Agrees Terms on Two-Year Contract]	2 years, $3.4 million
Casey Borer{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436578 \|title=Canes Agree to Terms with Borer, Peters \|access-date=2009-07-08 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721224117/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436578 \|archive-date=2011-07-21 \|url-status=dead }}	1 year, two-way contract
Justin Peters	1 year, two-way contract
Mike Angelidis	1 year, two-way contract
Brett Carson{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=450956 \|title=Hurricanes Agree Terms with Carson, Rodney \|access-date=2009-07-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723223124/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=450956 \|archive-date=2009-07-23 \|url-status=dead }}	1 year, two-way contract
Bryan Rodney	1 year, two-way contract
Tuomo Ruutu{{Cite web \|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=451206 \|title=Ruutu, Canes Agree on Three-Year Deal \|access-date=2009-07-25 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725142100/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=451206 \|archive-date=2009-07-25 \|url-status=dead }}	3 years, $11.4 million
Cam Ward[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=500421&navid=DL\|CAR\|home Canes, Ward Agree to Six-Year Contract]	6 years, $37.8 million contract extension
Kyle Lawson[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=520861 Canes Agree to Terms with Defenseman Kyle Lawson]	2 years, $1.025 million entry-level contract
Zac Dalpe[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=521835 Canes Agree to Terms with Zac Dalpe]	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Michal Jordan[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=525747 Canes Agree to Terms with Michal Jordan]	3 years, $1.65 million entry-level contract
Jared Staal[http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529153 Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Jared Staal]	3 years, $1.55 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was in Montreal, Quebec.

class="wikitable"
style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:2.75%;"\| Round ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:2.75%;"\| # ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:16.0%;"\| Player ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:14.0%;"\| Position ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:11.5%;"\| Nationality ! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:100.0%;"\| College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 \| 27 \| Philippe Paradis \|(C) \| {{flagu\|Canada}} \| Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2 \| 51 (from Calgary via Los Angeles) \| Brian Dumoulin \| (D) \| {{flagu\|United States}} \| New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
3 \| 88 \| Mattias Lindstrom \| (LW) \| {{flagu\|Sweden}} \| Skelleftea AIK (J20 SuperElit)
5 \| 131 (from Edmonton) \| Matt Kennedy \| (RW) \| {{flagu\|Canada}} \| Guelph Storm (OHL)
6 \| 178 \| Rasmus Rissanen \| (D) \| {{FIN}} \| KalPa Jr. (Jr. A SM-liiga)
7 \| 208 \| Tommi Kivisto \| (D) \| {{FIN}} \| Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

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style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:2.75%;"| Round

! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:2.75%;"| #

! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:16.0%;"| Player

! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:14.0%;"| Position

! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:11.5%;"| Nationality

! style="background:black; color:#d40026; width:100.0%;"| College/Junior/Club team (League)

| 27

| Philippe Paradis

|(C)

| {{flagu|Canada}}

| Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

| 51 (from Calgary via Los Angeles)

| Brian Dumoulin

| (D)

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)

| 88

| Mattias Lindstrom

| (LW)

| {{flagu|Sweden}}

| Skelleftea AIK (J20 SuperElit)

| 131 (from Edmonton)

| Matt Kennedy

| (RW)

| {{flagu|Canada}}

| Guelph Storm (OHL)

| 178

| Rasmus Rissanen

| (D)

| {{FIN}}

| KalPa Jr. (Jr. A SM-liiga)

| 208

| Tommi Kivisto

| (D)

| {{FIN}}

| Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

Farm teams

= American Hockey League =

The Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2009–10 AHL season.

= ECHL =

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.

References

External links

[https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/schedule/_/name/car/carolina-hurricanes 2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes season at ESPN]
[https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/CAR/2010_games.html 2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes season at Hockey Reference]

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