Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York IslandersApr 14, 2026

FinalTuesday, Apr 14, 2026· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	0	1	2		CAR	7	8	6	21
NYI	0	1	0	1		NYI	9	8	13	30

: CAR 43NYI 59
: CAR 2.47NYI 2.57
PP goals: CAR 0NYI 0
Hits: CAR 11NYI 10
Blocks: CAR 17NYI 7
PIM: CAR 4NYI 2
: CAR 50%NYI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Islanders 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 2–1 at NYI. Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CAR: Ehlers–Kotkaniemi–Unger Sorum skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for CAR: Ehlers–Kotkaniemi–Unger Sorum skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ehlers Kotkaniemi Unger Sorum
New line
New look for CAR: Stankoven–Blake–Nadeau skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stankoven Blake Nadeau
New line
New look for NYI: Horvat–Holmstrom–Eklund skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Holmstrom Eklund
Usage
Mark Jankowski (CAR) played 17:34, +6:31 up on his 11:03 season average over 67 games.Jankowski
Usage
Charles Alexis Legault (CAR) played 22:01, +8:25 up on his 13:36 season average over 11 games.Legault
Usage
Alexander Nikishin (CAR) played 23:40, +5:33 up on his 18:07 season average over 80 games.Nikishin
Usage
Mike Reilly (CAR) played 22:10, +7:23 up on his 14:47 season average over 41 games.Reilly
New line
New look for CAR: Deslauriers–Martinook–Brind'Amour skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Martinook Brind'Amour

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · NYI 59 · CAR 43

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 27% of the game, NYI 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against CAR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	NYI
	48	53
	2.67	2.26
	2.59	2.12
	10	10
	7	2
	23	20
	−0.019	+0.019
	27%	27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Ehlers – Kotkaniemi – Unger Sorum
10:5042% CF
L2Stankoven – Blake – Nadeau
9:3257% CF
L3Deslauriers – Martinook – Brind'Amour
9:2950% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
8:5567% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Nikishin
15:1239% CF
D2Reilly – Legault
15:1250% CF
D3Seeley – Nystrom
10:4850% CF

PP1Jankowski – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
1:1050% CF
PP2Gostisbehere – Brind'Amour – Kotkaniemi – Nadeau – Unger Sorum
0:45
PK1FJankowski – Martinook
1:26
PK2FBrind'Amour – Robinson
0:30
PK1DReilly – Legault
1:23
PK2DNikishin – Nystrom
0:30

Current CAR line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Schenn – Barzal – Ritchie
10:1457% CF
L2Horvat – Holmstrom – Eklund
9:4556% CF
L3Lee – Pageau – Heineman
9:4161% CF
L4Cizikas – Palat – Foudy
7:4050% CF
D1Pelech – Schaefer
9:1470% CF
D2Mayfield – Soucy
8:0227% CF
D3DeAngelo – George
6:3940% CF

PP1Schenn – Horvat – Barzal – Schaefer – Eklund
2:24100% CF
PP2Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman – Ritchie
1:30100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
0:52
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
0:50
PK1DMayfield – Soucy
1:09
PK2DGeorge – Schaefer
0:47

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	2	0	17:29	—	—	50	68
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.20	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	40	39
Felix Unger Sorum R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.17	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	38	38
Bradly Nadeau L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	47	61
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.68	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	56	74
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	0	12:51	—	—	56	65
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:44	—	—	38	35
Skyler Brind'Amour C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	37	29
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	39	42
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	3	0	17:34	—	—	48	47
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	0	2	14:07	—	—	60	66
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	64	59
Alexander Nikishin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	23:40	—	—	46	42
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:17	—	—	41	37
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	2	22:10	—	—	48	67
Charles Alexis Legault D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	22:01	—	—	47	65
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	56	61
Ronan Seeley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:12	—	—	50	54

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.57	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	59	48
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	59	40
Calum Ritchie C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	0	15:55	—	—	52	34
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	53	52
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	56	53
Victor Eklund R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	53	53
Anders Lee L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	59	65
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	59	60
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	48	50
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	39	36
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	33	12
Liam Foudy C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	11:17	—	—	38	13
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.45	0	0	0	24:13	—	—	68	67
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	0	2	17:30	—	—	64	61
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	25	39
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	38	33
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	55	32
Isaiah George D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	50	31

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.27	56:29

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) 1st 3:05 · assists Felix Unger Sorum, Logan Stankoven · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 59.6 mph shot · 1.5 s from entry to goal.

Nikolaj Ehlers · 1st 3:05 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.6 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Bo Horvat · 2nd 13:14 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Mark Jankowski · 3rd 14:38 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York IslandersApr 14, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Islanders 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Nikolaj Ehlers · 1st 3:05 · CAR

Bo Horvat · 2nd 13:14 · NYI

Mark Jankowski · 3rd 14:38 · CAR