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The NHL slate on Thursday includes a game between the Carolina Hurricanes (32-18-4) and the Minnesota Wild (31-19-4), starting at 7:30 PM ET at Xcel Energy Center and broadcast on ESPN+. The Hurricanes are second in the Eastern Conference and the Wild are fifth in the Western Conference.

Carolina Hurricanes rookie Ryan Suzuki finally got to make his NHL debut on Thursday in his sixth season since being drafted. Suzuki, 23, has gone through a lot to get to this point, having dealt with a myriad of injuries including an eye injury that left him with a permanent blind spot.

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