Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida PanthersMay 26, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	1	2	3		CAR	11	12	5	28
FLA	0	0	0	0		FLA	7	5	8	20

: CAR 60FLA 50
: CAR 4.11FLA 1.43
PP goals: CAR 0FLA 0
Hits: CAR 37FLA 52
Blocks: CAR 14FLA 13
PIM: CAR 12FLA 20
: CAR 57%FLA 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Florida Panthers 3–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Florida Panthers 3–0 at FLA. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CAR: Carrier–Kotkaniemi–Blake skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for CAR: Carrier–Kotkaniemi–Blake skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Kotkaniemi Blake
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New look for CAR: Hall–Jankowski–Robinson skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Jankowski Robinson
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New look for FLA: Nosek–Gadjovich–Sturm skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Gadjovich Sturm
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Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) played 14:19, −4:03 down on his 18:22 season average over 14 games.Svechnikov
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Jackson Blake (CAR) played 11:19, −6:00 down on his 17:19 season average over 14 games.Blake
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Jaccob Slavin (CAR) played 28:00, +4:35 up on his 23:26 season average over 14 games.Slavin
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Seth Jones (FLA) played 21:40, −4:01 down on his 25:41 season average over 22 games.Jones
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Shayne Gostisbehere (CAR) played 15:53, −3:16 down on his 19:09 season average over 14 games.Gostisbehere

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · FLA 50 · CAR 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 45% of the game, FLA 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	CAR	FLA
	57	37
	2.29	0.92
	2.25	0.88
	13	2
	2	1
	17	18
	+0.034	−0.034
	45%	26%

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

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
8:2092% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Stankoven
8:0331% CF
L3Hall – Jankowski – Robinson
6:3767% CF
L4Carrier – Kotkaniemi – Blake
5:5760% CF
D1Burns – Slavin
13:5570% CF
D2Orlov – Nikishin
12:0657% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Morrow
4:1786% CF

PP1Burns – Hall – Kotkaniemi – Morrow – Stankoven
1:51100% CF
PP2Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
1:45100% CF
PK1FAho – Jarvis
3:30
PK2FStaal – Martinook
3:15
PK1DBurns – Slavin
3:53
PK2DOrlov – Nikishin
1:11

Current CAR line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
10:2430% CF
L2Barkov – Rodrigues – Boqvist
5:4636% CF
L3Marchand – Luostarinen – Lundell
5:1025% CF
L4Nosek – Gadjovich – Sturm
4:5650% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
12:1014% CF
D2Kulikov – Jones
11:0047% CF
D3Schmidt – Balinskis
10:4944% CF

PP1Marchand – Schmidt – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
3:4867% CF
PP2Barkov – Jones – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Tkachuk
3:3078% CF
PK1FNosek – Luostarinen
2:29
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
1:08
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:29
PK2DKulikov – Balinskis
0:55

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:45
CARLogan Stankoven (Alexander Nikishin)snap0.06 xG
CAR: Staal, Orlov, Martinook, Slavin, StankovenFLA: Kulikov, Barkov, Jones, Rodrigues, Boqvist
CAR 1 – 0 FLA

3rd period

17:49
CARSebastian AhoEN (Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis)wrist0.96 xG
CAR: Orlov, Slavin, Aho, Svechnikov, JarvisFLA: Marchand, Schmidt, Barkov, Jones, Bennett, Tkachuk
CAR 2 – 0 FLA
18:15
CARJordan StaalEN (Brent Burns)wrist0.94 xG
CAR: Burns, Staal, Martinook, Slavin, StankovenFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Jones, Bennett, Tkachuk
CAR 3 – 0 FLA

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
Sebastian Aho C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	1.72	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	87	88
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	5	2	0	18:26	—	—	83	79
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	87	95
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	4	1	0	16:18	—	—	39	40
Jordan Staal C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.99	3	2	2	15:50	—	—	25	30
Logan Stankoven C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	1	1	2	15:48	—	—	44	41
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	57	92
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	58	82
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	63	94
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	0	0	11:34	—	—	50	71
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	4	1	0	11:34	—	—	57	72
Jackson Blake R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	4	11:19	—	—	62	75
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	2	4	0	28:00	—	—	66	82
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	0	2	24:45	—	—	63	75
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	2	1	0	21:40	—	—	57	48
Alexander Nikishin D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	5	1	2	18:53	—	—	46	62
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	78	79
Scott Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:33	—	—	60	64

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	1.43	60:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	-2	2	0.08	2	1	2	19:35	—	—	39	42
Sam Bennett C	L1	-2	1	0.19	4	1	0	19:23	—	—	37	43
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	-1	1	0.42	2	0	0	19:07	—	—	35	42
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	-3	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	42	11
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	-1	3	0.24	4	0	0	17:02	—	—	41	11
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	12:31	—	—	39	13
Brad Marchand L	L3	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	35	44
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	35	32
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	13:22	—	—	31	29
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	9:10	—	—	67	27
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:00	—	—	50	7
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0.00	3	1	12	6:56	—	—	47	15
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	1	0.03	5	1	0	23:27	—	—	30	27
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	22:49	—	—	18	20
Seth Jones D	D2	-3	1	0.07	3	1	2	21:40	—	—	50	31
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	-1	2	0.07	5	1	2	17:16	—	—	48	25
Nate Schmidt D	D3	-1	2	0.16	1	1	2	17:12	—	—	48	36
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	14:34	—	—	48	34

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	26	25	1	.962	2.21	59:20

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Stankoven (CAR) 2nd 10:45 · assists Alexander Nikishin · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 66.5 mph shot · 1.8 s from entry to goal.

Logan Stankoven · 2nd 10:45 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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

Sebastian Aho · 3rd 17:49 · CAR EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Jordan Staal · 3rd 18:15 · CAR EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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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.