Carolina Hurricanes vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 17, 2025

FinalWednesday, Dec 17, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	0	3	4		CAR	19	9	9	37
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	5	6	15	26

: CAR 70NSH 55
: CAR 4.43NSH 1.87
PP goals: CAR 1NSH 0
Hits: CAR 11NSH 23
Blocks: CAR 14NSH 15
PIM: CAR 6NSH 8
: CAR 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at NSH. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NSH: McCarron–Smith–Schaefer skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:20.Aho
Points
Jackson Blake had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:28.Blake
Points
Andrei Svechnikov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:31.Svechnikov
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Smith–Schaefer skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Smith Schaefer
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (NSH) played 5:27, −11:27 down on his 16:54 season average over 61 games.Marchessault
Usage
Jordan Martinook (CAR) played 5:44, −9:13 down on his 14:57 season average over 76 games.Martinook
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 28.8; the loss.Saros
Usage
Nick Blankenburg (NSH) played 21:30, +4:47 up on his 16:43 season average over 60 games.Blankenburg

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · NSH 55 · CAR 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 51% of the game, NSH 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	62	49
	2.68	1.95
	2.56	1.86
	11	8
	5	4
	19	16
	−0.030	+0.030
	51%	17%

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
10:4150% CF
L2Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
9:5264% CF
L3Hall – Jankowski – Robinson
7:1070% CF
L4Staal – Martinook – Carrier
4:3286% CF
D1Walker – Miller
16:0868% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Chatfield
12:5145% CF
D3Slavin – Nikishin
10:1352% CF

PP1Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
4:55100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
1:5533% CF
PK1FStaal – Robinson
1:17
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:11
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
2:02
PK2DWalker – Miller
1:24

Current CAR line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:0938% CF
L2O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
5:0143% CF
L3Haula – Marchessault – Bunting
3:3118% CF
L4Stamkos – Svechkov – Wood
3:2817% CF
D1Josi – Perbix
12:0737% CF
D2Skjei – Wilsby
11:5650% CF
D3Hague – Blankenburg
11:1435% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
3:2467% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
1:2467% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:59
PK2FO'Reilly – Haula
1:51
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
2:45
PK2DHague – Wilsby
0:45

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:00
CARJackson Blake (Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin)backhand0.08 xG
CAR: Slavin, Ehlers, Nikishin, Stankoven, BlakeNSH: Josi, Haula, Marchessault, Bunting, Perbix
CAR 1 – 0 NSH

3rd period

2:43
CARSebastian AhoPP (Jackson Blake, Andrei Svechnikov)wrist0.12 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis, BlakeNSH: O'Reilly, Haula, Hague, Wilsby
CAR 2 – 0 NSH
4:33
CARSeth Jarvis (Sebastian Aho, Nikolaj Ehlers)slap0.09 xG
CAR: Ehlers, Aho, Walker, Miller, JarvisNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Bunting, Hague
CAR 3 – 0 NSH
8:06
NSHFilip Forsberg (Ryan O'Reilly, Steven Stamkos)wrist0.45 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Aho, Chatfield, Svechnikov, JarvisNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Wilsby
CAR 3 – 1 NSH
19:15
CARSebastian AhoEN (Andrei Svechnikov)wrist0.54 xG
CAR: Slavin, Aho, Chatfield, Svechnikov, JarvisNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Evangelista, Blankenburg
CAR 4 – 1 NSH

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
Seth Jarvis R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.37	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	52	50
Sebastian Aho C	L1	2	1	3	+1	4	0.96	0	1	2	20:20	—	—	52	50
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.40	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	50	42
Jackson Blake R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.50	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	56	56
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:30	—	—	59	66
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.53	1	2	0	13:45	—	—	60	58
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	56	75
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	2	12:49	—	—	64	77
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	65	83
Jordan Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	44	28
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	47	41
Jordan Martinook L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	5:44	—	—	75	84
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	3	0	21:03	—	—	66	71
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:34	—	—	68	72
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	44	19
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	48	29
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	48	79
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	2	0	16:23	—	—	52	76

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.87	59:57

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	17:45	—	—	36	27
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	2	0	16:12	—	—	48	36
Reid Schaefer L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:01	—	—	36	9
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.34	0	0	2	21:06	—	—	71	63
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.58	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	52	54
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	59	52
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	37	30
Michael Bunting L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	31	23
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	5:27	—	—	18	14
Steven Stamkos C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	0	0	2	18:58	—	—	64	81
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	35	44
Matthew Wood R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	10:44	—	—	24	1
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	3	0	22:28	—	—	40	31
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	2	18:23	—	—	43	33
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:21	—	—	52	60
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	57	60
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	6	0	21:30	—	—	35	31
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	18:08	—	—	45	29

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.46	57:58

Goal anatomy

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

Jackson Blake (CAR) 1st 13:00 · assists Logan Stankoven, Alexander Nikishin · Rebound · 8.3 mph shot.

Jackson Blake · 1st 13:00 · CAR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 2:43 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Seth Jarvis · 3rd 4:33 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.2 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 8:06 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: rebound

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 19:15 · CAR EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 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.