NEW ORLEANS (4-5) at CAROLINA (3-6)Thursday, 8:25 p.m. ET, NFL NetworkOPENING LINE -- Panthers by 4 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Saints 6-3, Panthers 3-6SERIES RECORD -Panthers lead 23-20LAST MEETING -Saints beat Panthers 41-38 on Oct. 16LAST WEEK -- Saints lost to Broncos 25-23; Panthers lost to Chiefs 20-17AP PRO32 RANKING -- Saints No. 21 (tie), Panthers No. 25SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (1), RUSH (21), PASS (1).SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (29), RUSH (19), PASS (32).PANTHERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (11), PASS (15).PANTHERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (15), RUSH (2), PASS (24).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Saints QB Drew Brees threw for 465 yards and four TDs vs. Carolina on Oct. 16. ... Brees ranks second in NFL with 2,992 yards passing and is tied for league lead in TD passes (24). Brees has 14 TD passes in last five games. ... RB Mark Ingram has four TDs (2 rushing, 2 receiving) in past three away games. ... WR Willie Snead had two TD catches vs. Denver. ... WR Michael Thomas leads all rookies in receptions (51), yards receiving (613) and TD catches (5). ... TE Coby Fleener had TD catch and TD run in Week 6 vs. Carolina. ... CB B.W. Webb had four pass breakups in last meeting. ... S Kenny Vaccaro has at least seven tackles in past four meetings with Carolina. ... Panthers are 2/3 at home after going 10-0 last season, including playoffs. ... Panthers have lost four games this season by combined 10 points. ... Panthers QB Cam Newton Is only player in NFL history with 20,000 yards passing (20,257) and 3,000 yards rushing (3,486) in first six seasons. ... WR Devin Funchess has TD catch in last two games vs. Saints. ... TE Greg Olsen has 23 receptions for 357 yards in last three games vs. Saints. ... Olsen ranks first among NFL tight ends with 50 catches for 712 receiving yards... C Ryan Kalil has missed the last two games with shoulder injury. ... DT Kawann Short has sack in last two home games. ...Rookie CB James Bradberry had career-high eight tackles in Week 10. ... Pass rush specialist Mario Addison has three sacks in last two games. ... LB Luke Kuechly is averaging 10.6 tackles per game in eight meetings with Saints. Kuechly is second in NFC with 88 tackles. Fantasy Tip: Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart ran for 85 yards and two TDs vs. Saints in last meeting and has four TDs rushing in last four meetings.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLSwell Bottle España . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Swell Travelers España . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. http://www.botellasswellespana.com/ . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Swell Botellas . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. Swell Bottle Comprar .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Australian star Tyler Wright has reached the final before losing the decider at the World Surf League event at Cascais in Portugal and will have to wait at least another week to be able to claim the 2016 crown.Her title bid remains on hold ahead of the Roxy Pro next week in France, with American Courtney Conlogue downing her in the Cascais final.Conlogue held on for a narrow victory with a total of 13.00 to 12.26.The scenario for Wright was win the event and, if Conlogue failed to make the semis, it was her world title.But the 24-yearr-old American had other ideas in her quarter-final win over American Sage Erickson, producing the best wave of the day, for a 9.dddddddddddd.8 from the judges that featured several cutbacks and a floating lip ride.Three-time world champion Carissa Moore might have had her dream of a fourth world title shattered by fellow Hawaiian Coco Ho.Ho nailed the last ride of the heat to knock Moore out of the event. ' ' '