Carolina Hurricanes: Breaking Down Andrei Svechnikov’s Goals

The Carolina Hurricanes’ sophomore winger has already surpassed his rookie goal total with 25 games remaining.  Today, we take a look at just how important his goal scoring has been for the Hurricanes.

Andrei Svechnikov is good.  Am I stating the obvious?  Yes.  Am I answering my own questions?  Also yes.  My questionable mental faculties aside, the Carolina Hurricanes have a budding star, one who promises to be an offensive dynamo for years to come.

The young Russian has hit the 20 goal mark in each of his first two seasons and is currently on pace for a 33 goal campaign.  If that’s not impressive enough, Svechnikov has twice pulled off “The Michigan”—henceforth known as “The Svech”—a move that had never been successfully pulled off in the NHL.

With the Hurricanes in the thick of the Eastern Conference Playoff Massacre—I mean race—Svechnikov is poised to play a huge role.  With a second period tally in Friday’s 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils, he sits at 23 goals on the season.  That’s good enough for second on the team behind Sebastian Aho (who got his own goal breakdown here).

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So, let us take a look at just how important Svechnikov’s goals have been for the Hurricanes, starting with a breakdown of goals scored by period:

• 1st: 5
• 2nd: 7
• 3rd: 10
• OT: 1

Much like Aho, Svechnikov’s production has amped up as each game wore on, with almost half of his tallies coming in the third period.

Now, let’s take a deeper dive.