Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 25, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	1	1	3		NSH	7	2	7	16
CAR	0	1	0	1		CAR	11	16	8	35

: NSH 30CAR 75
: NSH 2.42CAR 3.47
PP goals: NSH 1CAR 1
Hits: NSH 17CAR 10
Blocks: NSH 22CAR 3
PIM: NSH 6CAR 6
: NSH 43%CAR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Nashville Predators beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at CAR. Luke Evangelista (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Hall, Gostisbehere, Aho, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:27 together.

Points
Luke Evangelista had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:07.Evangelista
Points
Marc Del Gaizo had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:02.Del Gaizo
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Hall, Gostisbehere, Aho, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:27 together.Hall Gostisbehere Aho Jarvis Blake
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 3.47 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Saros
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Bellows–L'Heureux skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Bellows L'Heureux
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Smith–Svechkov skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Smith Svechkov
Usage
Marc Del Gaizo (NSH) played 21:02, +4:23 up on his 16:39 season average over 45 games.Del Gaizo

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

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

CAR
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · CAR 75 · NSH 30

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 13% of the game, CAR 55%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

NSH

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	NSH	CAR
	26	67
	1.01	2.25
	1.01	2.05
	5	10
	2	2
	26	28
	−0.036	+0.036
	13%	55%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
8:3733% CF
L2Stamkos – Marchessault – Bunting
6:5433% CF
L3Sissons – Smith – Svechkov
6:3530% CF
L4McCarron – Bellows – L'Heureux
4:4214% CF
D1Del Gaizo – Barron
17:2739% CF
D2Skjei – Blankenburg
14:5927% CF
D3Oesterle – Stastney
12:1719% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
2:060% CF
PP2Skjei – Bunting – Bellows – Evangelista – Svechkov
1:37100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:09
PK2FO'Reilly – Sissons
0:53
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
3:57
PK2DDel Gaizo – Barron
1:04

Current NSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Jarvis – Blake
11:2377% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Stankoven
8:4273% CF
L3Hall – Roslovic – Kotkaniemi
8:3980% CF
L4Jankowski – Jost – Robinson
5:1529% CF
D1Orlov – Chatfield
15:4775% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Walker
15:2365% CF
D3Burns – Slavin
13:0471% CF

PP1Hall – Gostisbehere – Aho – Jarvis – Blake
3:2788% CF
PP2Burns – Roslovic – Walker – Kotkaniemi – Stankoven
1:19100% CF
PK1FAho – Jarvis
2:20
PK2FStaal – Martinook
1:29
PK1DBurns – Slavin
1:58
PK2DOrlov – Walker
1:19

Current CAR 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.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	32	52
Luke Evangelista R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	32	60
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	25	52
Michael Bunting L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	1.27	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	32	24
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	38	30
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	14:53	—	—	33	17
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	2	15:23	—	—	26	20
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:33	—	—	38	29
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	31	24
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	16:32	—	—	17	13
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	11:43	—	—	30	29
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	11:02	—	—	18	12
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.26	3	3	0	21:34	—	—	38	66
Marc Del Gaizo D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:02	—	—	39	79
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	0	1	0	24:52	—	—	25	16
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	0	22:15	—	—	27	16
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:30	—	—	17	6
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	13:25	—	—	17	7

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.47	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	79	94
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.39	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	77	93
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	1.04	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	80	95
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.54	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	73	56
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	71	57
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	79	65
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	71	43
Jack Roslovic C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	81	58
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	74	46
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:45	—	—	36	20
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	63	83
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	8:36	—	—	42	42
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	2	19:23	—	—	76	69
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:27	—	—	73	62
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	2	22:40	—	—	67	85
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	67	84
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	72	67
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	72	65

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	L	16	13	3	.813	1.78	56:38

Goal anatomy

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

Michael Bunting (NSH PP) 1st 5:14 · assists Kieffer Bellows, Brady Skjei · Rebound · 9.9 mph shot.

Michael Bunting · 1st 5:14 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 9.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Luke Evangelista · 2nd 4:01 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Taylor Hall · 2nd 6:02 · CAR PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Luke Evangelista · 3rd 12:48 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 21.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 25, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Michael Bunting · 1st 5:14 · NSH PP

Luke Evangelista · 2nd 4:01 · NSH

Taylor Hall · 2nd 6:02 · CAR PP

Luke Evangelista · 3rd 12:48 · NSH