Canes @ Wild

The Canes have a 1-0 lead and Sergei Samsonov has his first goal of the season, striking on the power play at 10:32 of the first. The Canes set up the play well, with Eric Staal making a point-to-point pass to Joni Pitkanen, who passed to Ray Whitney to the left of the goal. Samsonov, open on the backdoor, had a tap-in on Whitney's pass through the crease. ... Brandon Sutter made it in plenty of time. No. 16 on the ice in pregame ... Sutter is centering the third line with Sergei Samsonov and Jussi Jokinen on the wings. ... The other lines remain the same as for the Avs game, with Rod Brind'Amour on Matt Cullen's line. ... Defensively, it's Joe Corvo-Nic Wallin, Aaron Ward-Joni Pitkanen, Andrew Alberts-Jay Harrison. ...