Antti Raanta was recalled by the Carolina Hurricanes from Chicago of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old goalie was 6-5-1 with 3.61 goals-against average, .854 save percentage and one shutout in 14 games (12 starts) with the Hurricanes before he was reassigned to the AHL on Dec. 17 after clearing waivers. He was 1-0-1 with a 2.90 GAA and .875 save percentage in two games with Chicago.
Raanta allowed six goals on 30 shots in a 6-5 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Dec. 15, his last start for the Hurricanes.
“Obviously, he’s been part of our group for a while and you don’t like to see that,” coach Rod Brind’Amour said of Raanta the day he was sent down. “But obviously his game wasn’t quite there. It’s such an important position. When the goalie is not quite there, it’s glaring. It is what it is, I guess.”
In a corresponding move, goalie Yaniv Perets was sent to Norfolk of the ECHL. Perets was called up when Raanta was sent down, but did not play a game for Carolina.
Raanta is 133-78-28 with a 2.49 GAA, .915 save percentage and 20 shutouts in 267 games over 11 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes and Hurricanes, and 9-9 with a 2.48 GAA, .911 save percentage and one shutout in 24 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Pyotr Kochetkov has emerged as Carolina’s No. 1 goalie this season with Frederik Andersen having been out since Nov. 2 because of blood clotting issues.
Kochetkov, who has started 11 of the Hurricanes’ past 14 games, is 7-7-0 with a 2.69 GAA, .894 save percentage and one shutout in 18 games (16 starts).
Carolina (17-13-2) plays at the Nashville Predators on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; BSSO, BSSO), one of 14 games scheduled when the NHL resumes play following the three-day holiday break.
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