RALEIGH Buffalo Sabres Hats Womens , N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes might not turn to Scott Darling for Friday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks, but he could be set for season debut any day now.It’s one of the developments for the Hurricanes, who’ve been idle for most of the week.“It sounds like it went pretty well for him,” Brind’Amour said of Darling’s conditioning stint. “I think it’s encouraging that he got through it and felt good about his game and put all that behind him for now.”Article continues below ...Darling, playing with the American League Hockey affiliate Charlotte Checkers, stopped 25 shots in a 3-1 victory Wednesday night at Utica, N.Y.Brind’Amour hedged on saying when Darling would be in the lineup, though he has rejoined the team. Darling, 29, has been the projected first-stringer Custom Buffalo Sabres Jerseys , but he suffered a groin injury in the preseason finale.The Hurricanes will have decisions to make soon about their roster regarding the goalies. Petr Mrazek has played in five games and Curtis McElhinney has been in the nets for four games.San Jose and Carolina both have 5-3-1 records (11 points) and, entering play Thursday night around the league, held first-place spots in their respective divisions.The Sharks have outshot every opponent this season.“We’ve put up some shots and our analytics are pretty good,” San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. “We’re feeling good about our game.”The Sharks are coming off Tuesday night’s 5-4 victory at Nashville. They’re not interested in changing many aspects of what they’ve been doing.“It’s just a matter of us sticking with our game and doing what we know,” Sharks defenseman Brent Burns said.The Hurricanes are normally interested in playing at a rapid pace, so it’s a pair of teams with objectives that might look familiar to one another.“It’s two teams with very similar styles. Whoever gets their game going first will probably have the most success,” Brind’Amour said. “It’s go hockey, it’s get up and down the ice. We’ve got to obviously control the back end.” Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho has a point in all nine games, matching his career-high for a points streak. Across two games last year against San Jose, he scored three goals — though the Sharks won both matchups www.flamesshoponline.com , needing overtime for one of them.Micheal Ferland is also on a roll for Carolina with a goal in four consecutive games. That gives him a team-high six goals this season.The Hurricanes made a roster move by calling up center Nicolas Roy from Charlotte. Forward Clark Bishop, who made his NHL debut earlier this month, was sent back to the Checkers after two games with Carolina.This is the opener of a three-game homestand for the Hurricanes, who haven’t played since Monday night’s 3-1 victory at Detroit.The Hurricanes produced two power-play goals in that game after registering just two power-play goals in the first eight games combined.It was a sign of going in the right direction, but it doesn’t mean that the issue has been solved.“You’ve got to work on it every day, that’s the way it’s going to be with this group,” Brind’Amour said.This will mark DeBoer’s 750th game as an NHL head coach.For San Jose, this is the seventh road game of the season. The Sharks go to Anaheim on Sunday to cap the brutal road stretch before four straight home games. BOSTON (AP) — The Bruins slowed down Johnny Gaudreau just enough Thursday night, and that got them past the high-scoring Calgary Flames.Jake DeBrusk and Brad Marchand each had two goals, and Boston built off its Winter Classic victory by beating the Western Conference-leading Flames 6-4.Boston has won three in a row and six of eight. Jaroslav Halak stopped 33 shots Calgary Flames T-Shirts Womens , and John Moore and David Pastrnak also scored.“We have been offensively challenged for quite some time,” Krug said. “We’ve had to win a lot of tight, low-scoring games, so it was nice to win one like this.”Even in a high-scoring game, Boston needed a few key stops on Gaudreau. The former Boston College standout scored from a tight angle with 9:27 left to cut Boston’s lead to 4-3 and also had an assist, but he failed to convert on two breakaways. The diminutive All-Star was coming off consecutive four-point games.“Gaudreau is a special player with his height and how he came into the league,” DeBrusk said. “He’s so nifty.”Mike Smith had 21 saves for Calgary, which has dropped five of eight. Michael Frolik, Elias Lindholm and Mikael Backlund also scored.Pastrnak, David Krejci Calgary Flames Hoodies Womens , Torey Krug and Patrice Bergeron each had two points for Boston. Krejci was all smiles after he and his wife had a baby boy Thursday morning.“It was a special day,” Krejci said. “They (Calgary) are really good and to get the two points was a cherry on top.”After Gaudreau’s goal, DeBrusk quickly stretched the lead off a pass from Krejci with 6:14 to play. Backlund scored less than three minutes later to make it 5-4, but Marchand iced it with an empty-netter with 1:50 left.“Caught him (Smith) off guard,” DeBrusk said. “It was lucky, but I’ll take it.”Frolik got Calgary going with a short-handed goal 7:46 into the game. He charged out of the box after he and Lindholm were called for penalties five seconds apart and beat Halak.NOTES: Boston F David Backes served the final game of his three-game suspension for an illegal hit to the head. … Joakim Nordstrom sustained a non-displaced fibula fracture in the Winter Classic and will be re-evaluated in three weeks for the Bruins. … The Flames split the season series but have dropped seven of nine in Boston. … Boston has scored nine power-play goals in the last six games and has only allowed two in in the last ten.UP NEXTFlames: Visit Philadelphia on SaturdayBruins: Host Buffalo on Saturday