Hurricanes’ Frederik Andersen out with injury

The Carolina Hurricanes made a surprise call-up of netminder Spencer Martin Monday morning without any additional context regarding their current combination of Frederik Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov. That context has finally come to light with Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reporting that Andersen suffered an injury in the team’s most recent game against the Seattle Kraken.

Seravalli adds that the injury isn’t supposed to be long-term and isn’t connected to Andersen’s blood cot ailment from last year. The Hurricanes couldn’t ask for better timing if there were to be a short-term injury to a rostered player as their six-game road trip concludes Monday against the Vancouver Canucks. The team returns home this Thursday and won’t have to leave Raleigh again until Nov. 9.

That should give the Carolina medical staff more than enough time to work with Andersen and make for a quicker recovery. Besides securing a victory against the Canucks Monday evening, it should make for one of the more important organizational goals for the time being.

Despite solid offensive play from Martin Necas and Sebastian Aho, there is a credible argument that Andersen has been the team’s best player to start the 2024-25 campaign. He’s produced a 3-1-0 record through his first four games with a league-leading .941 save percentage and 1.48 goals-against average. 

That kind of play in the crease would be a boon for any team, including a Carolina roster that lost several offensive talents up front this past offseason.

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