Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 6, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	3	3		NSH	4	7	11	22
CAR	3	1	2	6		CAR	19	14	7	40

: NSH 47CAR 68
: NSH 2.10CAR 4.84
PP goals: NSH 1CAR 2
Hits: NSH 19CAR 12
Blocks: NSH 14CAR 9
PIM: NSH 14CAR 6
: NSH 58%CAR 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 6–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 6–3 at home. Jackson Blake (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Haula, Bunting, Evangelista, Blankenburg and Wood) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.

Points
Jackson Blake had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:11.Blake
Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:29.Ehlers
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:51.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Haula, Bunting, Evangelista, Blankenburg and Wood) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.Haula Bunting Evangelista Blankenburg Wood
New line
New look for CAR: Hall–Robinson–Kotkaniemi skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Robinson Kotkaniemi
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 32 (.842), +9 against a season average of 28.8; the loss.Saros
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 13:51, −5:06 down on his 18:57 season average over 81 games.Forsberg
New line
New look for NSH: Haula–Marchessault–Bunting skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Marchessault Bunting

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 115 of 115 attempts · CAR 68 · NSH 47

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 18% 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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CAR 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	NSH	CAR
	43	54
	1.87	2.61
	1.85	2.57
	7	8
	1	4
	22	20
	+0.053	−0.052
	18%	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

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
9:0044% CF
L2Forsberg – Svechkov – Wood
6:2093% CF
L3Haula – Marchessault – Bunting
5:1336% CF
L4McCarron – Jost – Schaefer
2:230% CF
D1Josi – Hague
15:5635% CF
D2Skjei – Wilsby
14:3736% CF
D3Stastney – Blankenburg
9:2575% CF

PP1Haula – Bunting – Evangelista – Blankenburg – Wood
2:3067% CF
PP2Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
1:290% CF
PK1FHaula – McCarron
2:08
PK2FO'Reilly – Jost
0:30
PK1DSkjei – Hague
3:08
PK2DStastney – Wilsby
1:42

Current NSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Robinson – Kotkaniemi
10:1965% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Carrier
9:5160% CF
L3Ehlers – Stankoven – Blake
9:1056% CF
L4Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
5:5346% CF
D1Walker – Miller
13:5162% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Chatfield
13:3054% CF
D3Nikishin – Nystrom
11:1352% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
6:14100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
3:2888% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:40
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:37
PK1DWalker – Miller
2:11
PK2DChatfield – Nikishin
2:01

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
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	41	52
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	31
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	33	24
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	3	0	2	14:54	—	—	68	67
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.34	2	0	4	13:51	—	—	77	60
Matthew Wood R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	70	66
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	50	50
Michael Bunting L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	33	53
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	43	24
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	21	21
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	11:47	—	—	13	26
Reid Schaefer L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	6:35	—	—	0	0
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	1	1	4	22:20	—	—	38	30
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	0	2	2	22:16	—	—	35	25
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	2	3	0	24:00	—	—	36	36
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	19:46	—	—	40	55
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	77	95
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	68	95

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	38	32	6	.842	4.70	48:12
Justus Annunen	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.14	11:48

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.79	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	63	50
Eric Robinson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	64	44
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	65	65
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	58	73
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	60	49
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	2	0	0	11:02	—	—	59	61
Jackson Blake R	L3	2	1	3	+2	5	1.19	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	59	93
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	45	64
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	1	2	3	+2	5	0.63	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	53	85
Sebastian Aho C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	47	51
Seth Jarvis R	L4	0	1	1	-1	5	0.69	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	40	30
Andrei Svechnikov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	15:15	—	—	39	28
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.18	3	3	0	20:06	—	—	62	79
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	2	1	0	20:04	—	—	61	70
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:55	—	—	54	54
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	54	64
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	50	29
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	2	11:25	—	—	52	23

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.10	59:56

Goal anatomy

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

William Carrier (CAR) 1st 19:44 · assists Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 8.4 mph shot · 4.8 s from entry to goal.

William Carrier · 1st 19:44 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 8.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Taylor Hall · 1st 8:01 · CAR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Nikolaj Ehlers · 1st 9:55 · CAR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.0 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jackson Blake · 2nd 15:46 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 32.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 4:45 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Michael Bunting · 3rd 6:26 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 61.9 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: rebound

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Jackson Blake · 3rd 8:12 · CAR

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s
Type: rebound

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Matthew Wood · 3rd 9:09 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 11:36 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 14.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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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 HurricanesDec 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

William Carrier · 1st 19:44 · CAR

Taylor Hall · 1st 8:01 · CAR PP

Nikolaj Ehlers · 1st 9:55 · CAR PP

Jackson Blake · 2nd 15:46 · CAR

Sebastian Aho · 3rd 4:45 · CAR

Michael Bunting · 3rd 6:26 · NSH PP

Jackson Blake · 3rd 8:12 · CAR

Matthew Wood · 3rd 9:09 · NSH

Filip Forsberg · 3rd 11:36 · NSH