Hurricanes' Frederik Andersen Returned to Practice Thursday
Frederik Andersen returned to practice for the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes’ official website reports.
Frederik Andersen is on the ice at #Canes practice today.
— Walt Ruff (@WaltRuff) December 8, 2022
Rotating in the nets with Pyotr Kochetkov and Antti Raanta, it is the netminder?s first skate with the full team since suffering a lower-body injury on November 6. pic.twitter.com/aT3bXeLQD0
Andersen has been out of the lineup due to a lower-body injury since November 6. It was expected that Antti Raanta would handle the starting job in Andersen’s absence, but instead, Pyotr Kochetkov has been the goaltender that the Canes have relied on. This begs the question, what will they do when Andersen is ready to activated? Although Andersen’s play so far this season has been subpar (2.72 GAA, .891 save percentage), he will likely still start between the pipes. Some might think that Kochetkov will stay with the team as the backup. However, the Hurricanes may feel that it would be better for Kochetkov to play every game in the AHL rather than at most once a week in the NHL.
On Saturday, the Hurricanes will travel to Long Island to take on the New York Islanders. The Canes are +168 (-1.5) on the puck line and -138 on the moneyline, with an over/under of 5.5, over (-118), and under (-104) versus the Isle on Saturday. You can find the lines and props for this game and all others on the FanDuel Sportsbook.
