The Carolina Hurricanes split the opening series with the Detroit Red Wings as they fell 4-2 Saturday night.
The Carolina Hurricanes were without captain Jordan Staal due to him being on the NHL’s COVID-19 Protocol list and his absence was felt.
The reason for his appearance on this list can be due to showing symptoms, an unconfirmed test, contact tracing or even a positive case, but as it sits now, we don’t know why Staal was added to the list.
In his place, Morgan Geekie was called up from the taxi squad to center the fourth line sliding Vincent Trocheck and Jordan Martinook up a spot.