Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa SenatorsApr 23, 2026

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Apr 23, 2026· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	1	0	2		CAR	10	10	7	27
OTT	0	1	0	1		OTT	8	7	7	22

: CAR 64OTT 49
: CAR 4.46OTT 2.11
PP goals: CAR 0OTT 0
Hits: CAR 30OTT 45
Blocks: CAR 17OTT 18
PIM: CAR 8OTT 6
: CAR 54%OTT 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Ottawa Senators 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators 2–1 at OTT. Taylor Hall (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR scored 2 goals on 4.46 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:54.Hall
Luck
CAR scored 2 goals on 4.46 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
K'Andre Miller (CAR) played 20:11, −4:05 down on his 24:16 season average over 18 games.Miller
Usage
Eric Robinson (CAR) played 7:33, −3:25 down on his 10:58 season average over 18 games.Robinson
Usage
Sean Walker (CAR) played 18:49, −4:02 down on his 22:51 season average over 18 games.Walker
Luck
Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) generated 0.95 xG on 6 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Ehlers
PP1
CAR's PP1 (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) went scoreless in 3:50 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Gostisbehere Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
PP1
OTT's PP1 (Giroux, Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) went scoreless in 3:21 of 5v4 time with 0 attempts.Giroux Chabot Batherson Tkachuk Stützle

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)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · OTT 49 · CAR 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT 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 44% of the game, OTT 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

OTT 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	OTT
	58	50
	2.85	2.19
	2.69	2.13
	8	6
	11	5
	14	23
	+0.025	−0.025
	44%	25%

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
9:4752% CF
L2Hall – Stankoven – Blake
9:2559% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
7:4350% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
4:4163% CF
D1Walker – Miller
13:4644% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
13:4252% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
9:4358% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
3:50100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
3:31100% CF
PK1FAho – Jarvis
1:59
PK2FStaal – Martinook
1:27
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
3:36
PK2DWalker – Miller
2:36

Current CAR line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Foegele – Amadio – Pinto
4:4830% CF
L2Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
4:4057% CF
L3Eller – Cousins – Zetterlund
3:2480% CF
L4Giroux – Batherson – Stützle
2:3457% CF
D1Chabot – Spence
12:5466% CF
D2Sanderson – Matinpalo
5:567% CF
D3Crotty – Kleven
4:3517% CF

PP1Giroux – Chabot – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:210% CF
PP2Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
1:49100% CF
PK1FPinto – Stützle
2:55
PK2FAmadio – Greig
2:43
PK1DChabot – Kleven
3:01
PK2DSanderson – Matinpalo
2:21

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:13
CARLogan Stankoven (Taylor Hall, Eric Robinson)snap0.12 xG
CAR: Hall, Walker, Robinson, Miller, StankovenOTT: Crotty, Batherson, Tkachuk, Kleven, Stützle
CAR 1 – 0 OTT

2nd period

16:06
OTTDrake Batherson (Nick Cousins)backhand0.20 xG
CAR: Staal, Martinook, Slavin, Ehlers, ChatfieldOTT: Cousins, Batherson, Kleven, Stützle, Matinpalo
CAR 1 – 1 OTT
17:29
CARJackson Blake (K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall)wrist0.13 xG
CAR: Hall, Chatfield, Miller, Stankoven, BlakeOTT: Cousins, Chabot, Batherson, Spence, Stützle
CAR 2 – 1 OTT

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	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	2	0	20:06	—	—	58	41
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	2	19:58	—	—	58	46
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	54	33
Jackson Blake R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	1	1	0	16:01	—	—	58	80
Logan Stankoven C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.50	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	65	83
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.11	2	1	2	14:54	—	—	65	84
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	48	40
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.95	0	2	0	17:06	—	—	48	44
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	2	14:37	—	—	42	35
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	33	60
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	5	0	0	7:47	—	—	46	76
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	7:33	—	—	57	85
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	46	43
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	6	3	0	18:49	—	—	50	50
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.53	1	3	0	22:33	—	—	59	53
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	2	19:58	—	—	57	57
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	52	71
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	14:57	—	—	57	83

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.11	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	18:08	—	—	43	25
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	2	2	15:29	—	—	39	23
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	36	42
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	2	1	2	19:27	—	—	48	53
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.49	5	1	0	16:16	—	—	52	65
Ridly Greig C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	0	0	15:04	—	—	47	60
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	8:28	—	—	55	31
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	7:32	—	—	64	42
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	50	33
Tim Stützle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	0	0	23:57	—	—	44	31
Drake Batherson R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	4	0	2	19:40	—	—	42	28
Claude Giroux R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	2	0	0	18:44	—	—	57	54
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	1	0	29:41	—	—	66	64
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:29	—	—	67	61
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	19:21	—	—	34	49
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:19	—	—	26	13
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	18:13	—	—	25	16
Cameron Crotty D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	8:59	—	—	39	11

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.89	58:01

Goal anatomy

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

Logan Stankoven (CAR) 1st 5:13 · assists Taylor Hall, Eric Robinson · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 51.3 mph shot · 8.0 s from entry to goal.

Logan Stankoven · 1st 5:13 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Drake Batherson · 2nd 16:06 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Jackson Blake · 2nd 17:29 · CAR

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 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.