Carolina Hurricanes vs. Ottawa SenatorsApr 25, 2026

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 25, 2026· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	1	3	4		CAR	7	9	14	30
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	8	10	9	27

: CAR 76OTT 53
: CAR 5.31OTT 3.10
PP goals: CAR 1OTT 1
Hits: CAR 33OTT 37
Blocks: CAR 13OTT 21
PIM: CAR 20OTT 14
: CAR 34%OTT 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at OTT. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Pinto, Stützle and Yakemchuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 7:41 together.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:27.Aho
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:35.Batherson
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:54.Hall
Points
Carter Yakemchuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Yakemchuk
Points
Seth Jarvis had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:47.Jarvis
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Pinto, Stützle and Yakemchuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 7:41 together.Batherson Tkachuk Pinto Stützle Yakemchuk
Usage
Alexander Nikishin (CAR) played 5:16, −10:09 down on his 15:25 season average over 16 games.Nikishin
New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Martinook–Carrier skated 5:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Martinook Carrier

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 129 of 129 attempts · OTT 53 · CAR 76

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 46% of the game, OTT 27%.

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
	54	42
	2.15	2.07
	2.12	1.96
	7	11
	4	4
	23	11
	−0.106	+0.106
	46%	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

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
8:4675% CF
L2Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
8:3556% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Carrier
5:2440% CF
L4Deslauriers – Jankowski – Robinson
2:4250% CF
D1Slavin – Chatfield
10:4350% CF
D2Walker – Miller
9:2880% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
4:2743% CF

PP1Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
4:26100% CF
PP2Staal – Hall – Miller – Stankoven – Blake
1:52100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
3:56
PK2FAho – Jarvis
2:02
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
6:08
PK2DWalker – Miller
1:46

Current CAR line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
7:239% CF
L2Giroux – Amadio – Pinto
5:4050% CF
L3Foegele – Batherson – Stützle
4:2636% CF
L4Eller – Cousins – Zetterlund
3:3355% CF
D1Kleven – Matinpalo
9:2350% CF
D2Chabot – Yakemchuk
7:1458% CF
D3Gilbert – Spence
4:3618% CF

PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Pinto – Stützle – Yakemchuk
7:4144% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Batherson – Pinto – Stützle
2:01100% CF
PK1FEller – Pinto
2:11
PK2FGiroux – Greig
1:43
PK1DKleven – Matinpalo
3:21
PK2DGilbert – Spence
0:28

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:15
CARTaylor Hall (Mark Jankowski, Eric Robinson)snap0.19 xG
CAR: Hall, Jankowski, Chatfield, Robinson, MillerOTT: Cousins, Gilbert, Batherson, Spence, Stützle
CAR 1 – 0 OTT
17:08
OTTDrake BathersonPP (Tim Stützle, Carter Yakemchuk)tip-in0.14 xG
CAR: Staal, Martinook, Slavin, ChatfieldOTT: Batherson, Tkachuk, Pinto, Stützle, Yakemchuk
CAR 1 – 1 OTT

3rd period

9:10
CARLogan StankovenPP (K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall)snap0.36 xG
CAR: Staal, Hall, Miller, Stankoven, BlakeOTT: Eller, Chabot, Greig, Matinpalo
CAR 2 – 1 OTT
17:38
CARSebastian AhoEN (Seth Jarvis, Sean Walker)wrist0.71 xG
CAR: Slavin, Aho, Walker, Svechnikov, JarvisOTT: Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Stützle, Yakemchuk
CAR 3 – 1 OTT
18:11
OTTDylan Cozens (Drake Batherson, Carter Yakemchuk)slap0.17 xG
CAR: Slavin, Aho, Chatfield, Svechnikov, JarvisOTT: Giroux, Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Stützle, Yakemchuk
CAR 3 – 2 OTT
18:45
CARSebastian AhoEN (Seth Jarvis, Jalen Chatfield)backhand0.53 xG
CAR: Slavin, Aho, Chatfield, Svechnikov, JarvisOTT: Giroux, Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Stützle, Yakemchuk
CAR 4 – 2 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
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	70	61
Logan Stankoven C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.43	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	62	42
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	76	77
Sebastian Aho C	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	1.72	2	0	2	21:27	—	—	64	75
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	58	49
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	6	1	4	16:15	—	—	62	73
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	4	0	2	19:17	—	—	44	27
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	3	3	0	15:24	—	—	44	46
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	6	1	0	10:03	—	—	41	16
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	12:28	—	—	50	55
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.46	1	0	2	6:38	—	—	40	53
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	4	3:09	—	—	56	48
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	26:22	—	—	49	44
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	2	0	0	23:51	—	—	53	54
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	21:16	—	—	80	76
Sean Walker D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.69	0	0	6	18:40	—	—	78	42
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	49	49
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	5:16	—	—	43	51

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	3.10	59:49

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	5	1	2	20:37	—	—	35	29
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	17:50	—	—	16	21
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.47	8	0	0	17:23	—	—	42	34
Shane Pinto C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	23:16	—	—	47	65
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.70	1	3	0	17:24	—	—	50	81
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:15	—	—	46	45
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.16	2	1	0	25:57	—	—	39	52
Drake Batherson R	L3	1	1	2	-2	2	0.78	3	1	2	20:35	—	—	38	54
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:06	—	—	40	47
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	9:37	—	—	57	45
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	2	0	8:32	—	—	60	60
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	0	0	7:18	—	—	57	51
Tyler Kleven D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	19:40	—	—	58	74
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	3	2	16:01	—	—	62	89
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	2	2	27:17	—	—	41	36
Carter Yakemchuk D	D2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	66	61
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	3	2	17:00	—	—	18	1
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:47	—	—	18	0

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	3.64	58:01

Goal anatomy

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

Sebastian Aho (CAR EN) 3rd 18:45 · assists Seth Jarvis, Jalen Chatfield · Rush · loose puck · 23.6 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Sebastian Aho · 3rd 18:45 · CAR EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Taylor Hall · 2nd 15:15 · CAR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Drake Batherson · 2nd 17:08 · OTT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Logan Stankoven · 3rd 9:10 · CAR PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 17:38 · CAR EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 18:11 · OTT

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.