Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen took a shot off the mask in the first period of their 6-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose on Tuesday.
Andersen left a 1-1 game at 5:27 after being struck by Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro’s wrist shot from the point that was deflected in front. It was the second shot Andersen faced.
He was replaced by backup goalie Antti Raanta, who made 12 saves. The Hurricanes said Andersen was pulled for precautionary reasons, but goalie Pyotr Kochetkov was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
Carolina visits the Seattle Kraken on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; ROOT-NW, BSSO).
"We're in an age now for the athletes, it's everything is precautionary,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said after the win. “If it's even remotely, 'Oh I'm a little dinged,' well of course you are, you just took one in the head. It's, 'OK, see you, we're pulling you out and we're going to make sure there's nothing wrong.' And really across the board, I think we've done a good job with that and that's what this was tonight."
Andersen is 2-0-0 with a 4.14 goals-against average and .855 save percentage in three starts. The 34-year-old went 21-11-1 with a 2.48 GAA and .903 save percentage in 34 games (33 starts) last season.
