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- Jan 2, 2009
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The Carolina Hurricanes will be trying to get back on the winning track when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night. Carolina had taken points in four straight games and had win two in a row before losing to Calgary on Sunday. The Hurricanes had a four-game point streak before falling Sunday to Calgary 4-3 but still have won 10 of their past 15 games to move to within three points of a playoff spot. They are six points behind Pittsburgh. The Penguins had also reeled off two consecutive victories before falling at Toronto this past weekend. Pittsburgh, tied for second in the tight Metropolitan Division, split back-to-back games with a 5-3 win Friday at home against Ottawa and a 3-2 loss Saturday at Toronto.
"We know where we are in the standings. We want to win every game, get as many points as we can and try to get in the playoffs. It sucks when we lose," defenseman Dougie Hamilton said.
The Hurricanes' game Tuesday kicks off a season-long five-stop, nine-day road trip that also goes through Buffalo, New York (Rangers), New Jersey and Ottawa.
Head-to-head in past few years:
24/01/18, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 1
05/01/18, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 0 : 4
02/04/17, 23:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 2
29/12/16, 01:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 2
18/03/16, 00:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 4 : 2
17/01/16, 21:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 5 : 0
20/12/15, 01:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 1 : 2
01/01/15, 01:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 2 : 1
29/11/14, 01:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 2 : 4
02/04/14, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 1 : 4
09/10/13, 01:05 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 5 : 2
28/04/13, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 8 : 3
18/01/12, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 2 : 1
28/12/11, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 4 : 2
23/01/11, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 2
20/11/10, 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 5 : 4
20/03/10, 18:00 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 2 : 3
08/12/09, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 2 : 3
21/01/09, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 1 : 2
24/10/08, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 4 : 1
03/02/08, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 4 : 1
20/10/07, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 4 : 3
03/01/07, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 0
15/10/06, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 1 : 5
05/03/06, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 5 : 7
30/10/05, 01:30 Pittsburgh Penguins - Carolina Hurricanes 3 : 5