Between potential first-round playoff opponents (calculating the Hurricanes win the Metro Division), the New York Islanders are not in the same league when it comes to defensive scoring. Matching the Pittsburg Penguins against the Canes’ defensive lines was a little like pairing a California dime with a Pittsburg 4, someone is going to be VERY uncomfortable for 60 minutes. But the Florida Panthers defensive line match-up for the Carolina Hurricanes is perhaps the closest of them all.*
1st Carolina Defensive Line
Between Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin, there are 27 years of experience on this line, with 1,891 games in those seasons.