Kochetkov was elevated from AHL Chicago on Monday, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.

EDGE Analysis

Kochetkov figures to serve as the No. 3 emergency netminder for the Hurricanes heading into the playoffs. The youngster played in 24 games for the club this season, posting a 12-7-5 record with four shutouts and a .909 save percentage. Still, it would be quite the deviation for head coach Rod Brind'Amour to start Kochetkov in the playoffs ahead of Antti Raanta or Frederik Andersen.