Carolina Hurricanes fantasy preview 2026-27.
14 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Seth Jarvis leads at 2.17 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 2nd in the league in shots and 25th in blocks. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Carolina name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
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| 48of 400 | Seth Jarvis | RW | 24 | 2.15 | 2.24 | 2.17 | +0.07 | 32-34-66 in 71 | 21 | 224 | 81 | 27 | 65% | 63 | +15 | |
| 74of 400 | Sebastian Aho | C | 29 | 2.00 | 1.98 | 2.02 | -0.14 | 27-53-80 in 79 | 27 | 195 | 63 | 23 | 66% | 68 | -6 | |
| 83of 400 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 33 | 2.15 | 1.64 | 1.95 | +0.37 | 13-37-50 in 55 | 18 | 116 | 29 | 63 | 60% | 160 | +77 | |
| 92of 400 | Andrei Svechnikov | RW | 26 | 2.01 | 1.68 | 1.91 | +0.66 | 31-39-70 in 79 | 29 | 203 | 148 | 16 | 54% | 75 | -17 | |
| 116of 400 | Nikolaj Ehlers | LW | 30 | 1.78 | 1.97 | 1.82 | +0.56 | 26-45-71 in 82 | 29 | 207 | 21 | 24 | 59% | 85 | -31 | |
| 211of 400 | K'Andre Miller | D | 26 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | +0.18 | 8-29-37 in 72 | 3 | 123 | 101 | 79 | 39% | 242 | +31 | |
| 215of 400 | Alexander NikishinSoph | D | 24 | 1.50 | — | 1.50 | — | -0.08 | 11-22-33 in 81 | 10 | 122 | 132 | 94 | 37% | 232 | +17 |
| 225of 400 | Sean Walker | D | 31 | 1.67 | 1.09 | 1.49 | +0.23 | 9-22-31 in 81 | 1 | 179 | 141 | 125 | 32% | 171 | -54 | |
| 265of 400 | Jordan Staal | C | 38 | 1.46 | 1.27 | 1.37 | +0.39 | 20-16-36 in 75 | 4 | 107 | 166 | 48 | — | — | n/r | |
| 297of 400 | Jackson Blake | RW | 23 | 1.44 | 1.07 | 1.32 | +0.15 | 22-31-53 in 81 | 12 | 174 | 13 | 34 | — | 157 | -140 | |
| 299of 400 | Taylor Hall | LW | 34 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.31 | +0.33 | 18-30-48 in 80 | 7 | 137 | 53 | 30 | — | 208 | -91 | |
| 321of 400 | Logan Stankoven | C | 23 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.27 | +0.44 | 21-23-44 in 81 | 9 | 166 | 50 | 22 | — | 120 | -201 | |
| 338of 400 | Jaccob Slavin | D | 32 | 1.10 | 1.43 | 1.24 | — | 1-7-8 in 39 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 54 | — | — | n/r | |
| 389of 400 | Jordan Martinook | LW | 34 | 1.14 | 1.22 | 1.15 | +0.07 | 12-17-29 in 77 | 0 | 109 | 112 | 50 | — | — | n/r |
- 48 Seth Jarvis RW · age 24 · mkt 63 2.17blend 2.1525-26 2.2424-25 +0.07H2−H1 21PPP 224SOG 81HIT 27BLK 65%PG% 32-34-66 in 71+15
- 74 Sebastian Aho C · age 29 · mkt 68 2.02blend 2.0025-26 1.9824-25 -0.14H2−H1 27PPP 195SOG 63HIT 23BLK 66%PG% 27-53-80 in 79-6
- 83 Shayne Gostisbehere D · age 33 · mkt 160 1.95blend 2.1525-26 1.6424-25 +0.37H2−H1 18PPP 116SOG 29HIT 63BLK 60%PG% 13-37-50 in 55+77
- 92 Andrei Svechnikov RW · age 26 · mkt 75 1.91blend 2.0125-26 1.6824-25 +0.66H2−H1 29PPP 203SOG 148HIT 16BLK 54%PG% 31-39-70 in 79-17
- 116 Nikolaj Ehlers LW · age 30 · mkt 85 1.82blend 1.7825-26 1.9724-25 +0.56H2−H1 29PPP 207SOG 21HIT 24BLK 59%PG% 26-45-71 in 82-31
- 211 K'Andre Miller D · age 26 · mkt 242 1.51blend 1.5125-26 1.5124-25 +0.18H2−H1 3PPP 123SOG 101HIT 79BLK 39%PG% 8-29-37 in 72+31
- 215 Alexander Nikishin D · age 24 · mkt 232 1.50blend 1.5025-26 —24-25 -0.08H2−H1 10PPP 122SOG 132HIT 94BLK 37%PG% 11-22-33 in 81+17
- 225 Sean Walker D · age 31 · mkt 171 1.49blend 1.6725-26 1.0924-25 +0.23H2−H1 1PPP 179SOG 141HIT 125BLK 32%PG% 9-22-31 in 81-54
- 265 Jordan Staal C · age 38 · mkt n/r 1.37blend 1.4625-26 1.2724-25 +0.39H2−H1 4PPP 107SOG 166HIT 48BLK —PG% 20-16-36 in 75n/r
- 297 Jackson Blake RW · age 23 · mkt 157 1.32blend 1.4425-26 1.0724-25 +0.15H2−H1 12PPP 174SOG 13HIT 34BLK —PG% 22-31-53 in 81-140
- 299 Taylor Hall LW · age 34 · mkt 208 1.31blend 1.2925-26 1.3524-25 +0.33H2−H1 7PPP 137SOG 53HIT 30BLK —PG% 18-30-48 in 80-91
- 321 Logan Stankoven C · age 23 · mkt 120 1.27blend 1.2625-26 1.2424-25 +0.44H2−H1 9PPP 166SOG 50HIT 22BLK —PG% 21-23-44 in 81-201
- 338 Jaccob Slavin D · age 32 · mkt n/r 1.24blend 1.1025-26 1.4324-25 —H2−H1 0PPP 63SOG 6HIT 54BLK —PG% 1-7-8 in 39n/r
- 389 Jordan Martinook LW · age 34 · mkt n/r 1.15blend 1.1425-26 1.2224-25 +0.07H2−H1 0PPP 109SOG 112HIT 50BLK —PG% 12-17-29 in 77n/r
Carolina are 2nd in shots
Six categories, summed across every Carolina skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. The value is in scoring, and it is concentrated at the top.
- G 251 lg avg 194 3rd
- A 405 lg avg 329 3rd
- PPP 170 lg avg 130 4th
- SOG 2125 lg avg 1644 2nd
- HIT 1116 lg avg 909 7th
- BLK 689 lg avg 789 25th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at centre
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Defence 5
5 deep · 12th of 32
Gostisbehere1.95 +77 Miller1.51 +31 Nikishin1.50 +17 Walker1.49 -54 Slavin1.24Crease 2
Carolina against the other 31
Draftable stock
4 Carolina skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 7th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
50.0% held by the top three — 25th-most concentrated
Below the league median of 55.2%. Power-play value here is not locked behind three players.
A split Carolina crease
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 12 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Bussi sits at 83.0%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussiage 28 · mkt 90 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 2.47 | 0.894 | 2.59 | Tandem |
| Pyotr Kochetkovage 27 · mkt n/r | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2.33 | 0.899 | 2.02 | Depth |
Power-play points are normally split in Carolina
- 1 Andrei Svechnikov RW 29 PPP · 17.1% · 41.4% of his own points
- 2 Nikolaj Ehlers LW 29 PPP · 17.1% · 40.8% of his own points
- 3 Sebastian Aho C 27 PPP · 15.9% · 33.8% of his own points
50.0% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
0 in, 1 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Departures
- Frederik Andersen late-round only; .874 SV% last season
The Carolina schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-29. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Nikolaj Ehlers put up 3-1-4 with 7 shots on 2026-01-16 for CAR, worth 9.2 ESPN points. It is the 39th-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Taylor Hall owns the 12th-best LW season in the ten-year file: 2017-18, 76 games, 39-54-93, 2.73 ESPN points per game.
1 Carolina name to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Alexander Nikishin Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 GP · 33 P 81 NHL games
Reading the Carolina board
Seth Jarvis leads at 2.17 blended ESPN points per game, 48th of 400 skaters. Sebastian Aho (2.02) sits 0.15 back. A shared top, not an anchor. 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line.
Shape: 2nd in shots, 25th in blocks. The value is in scoring, and it is concentrated at the top.
Shayne Gostisbehere is the widest gap: desk 83, market 160. 77 slots in your favour. Logan Stankoven runs the other way, 321 here against 120. You pay 201 slots over. 2 names carry a 20-slot edge.
Three players hold 50.0% of the club's 170 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
26 off-nights of 84, 26th in the league. 12 back-to-backs, 15th-fewest. Hold the last bench spot for somebody else.
Brandon Bussi started 39 at 2.47 and 0.894. Tandem volume caps the ceiling whatever the rates say.
0 in, 1 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Frederik Andersen leaving. Average pool age 29.1. 3 trending up, 2 down. Next in line: Alexander Nikishin.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.