Wolf will defend the road net against Carolina on Sunday, per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf recently received some massive praise from Carolina Hurricanes netminder Pyotr Kochetkov.

With the NHL’s Eastern Conference tightening up, the Hurricanes went into Sunday’s game just six points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who held the second wild-card playoff spot.

Sebastian Aho’s fifth overtime goal of the season tied an NHL record and came 3:16 into in the extra session as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Sunday.

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DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Martinook had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat ... and Matt Coronato also scored for Calgary. Dustin Wolf made 26 stops. Noah Cates, Andrei Kuzmenko ...

Both the Flames and the Hurricanes have struggled to score coming out of the 4 Nations break, and our NHL betting picks expect the respective goal droughts to continue in Carolina tonight.

Aho, who led the Canes with 1:45 TOI during 3-on-3 action, teamed up with Jackson Blake and Jaccob Slavin for the winner. Maintaining possession in the Flames' zone, Aho dished to Slavin at the top of the zone as the two switched positions, allowing Slavin to tee up a perfect pass for Aho to hammer past Dustin Wolf from the right circle at 3:16.

DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Martinook had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Tuesday night. Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina in its third win in four games. Frederik Andersen stopped 24 shots.

Dustin Wolf made 31 saves. Carolina went 0 for 6 on the power play ... Still, their 16 shots matched their lowest total of the season. The Hurricanes have scored more than one goal in regulation ...