New York Rangers vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 29, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	1	1	0	0	2		NYR	5	9	6	0	20
CAR	1	0	1	1	3		CAR	13	7	11	4	35

: NYR 39CAR 83
: NYR 2.11CAR 4.19
PP goals: NYR 1CAR 2
Hits: NYR 23CAR 25
Blocks: NYR 18CAR 11
PIM: NYR 8CAR 4
: NYR 40%CAR 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Rangers 3–2 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, Nikishin and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:14.Aho
Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:25.Ehlers
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, Nikishin and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:43 together.Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Nikishin Blake
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Gavrikov and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:33 together.Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Gavrikov Lafrenière
Usage
Alexander Nikishin (CAR) played 24:17, +6:11 up on his 18:06 season average over 80 games.Nikishin
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +7 against a season average of 27.9; the overtime loss.Shesterkin
New line
New look for NYR: Carrick–Brodzinski–Rempe skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Brodzinski Rempe
New line
New look for NYR: Sheary–Raddysh–Laba skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Raddysh Laba

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

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

CAR
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CAR 83 · NYR 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 15% of the game, CAR 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CAR skaters (rows) against NYR 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	NYR	CAR
	38	79
	1.72	3.17
	1.70	3.07
	8	17
	5	1
	25	24
	−0.074	+0.074
	15%	52%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
13:1436% CF
L2Trocheck – Cuylle – Perreault
12:0933% CF
L3Sheary – Raddysh – Laba
9:0558% CF
L4Carrick – Brodzinski – Rempe
6:0133% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
15:4239% CF
D2Borgen – Robertson
12:3536% CF
D3Soucy – Morrow
8:0229% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Gavrikov – Lafrenière
1:3367% CF
PP2Sheary – Cuylle – Morrow – Laba – Perreault
0:50100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Cuylle
2:01
PK2FCarrick – Zibanejad
0:54
PK1DSoucy – Robertson
1:45
PK2DGavrikov – Schneider
1:23

Current NYR line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Ehlers – Kotkaniemi – Blake
9:4580% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Carrier
9:2148% CF
L3Aho – Svechnikov – Stankoven
8:2378% CF
L4Hall – Jankowski – Robinson
5:3075% CF
D1Walker – Nikishin
15:4473% CF
D2Chatfield – Miller
14:1265% CF
D3Reilly – Nystrom
13:4576% CF

PP1Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Nikishin – Blake
2:4367% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Walker – Miller – Stankoven
1:13
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:08
PK2FAho – Robinson
0:22
PK1DChatfield – Miller
1:27
PK2DWalker – Nikishin
1:00

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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	3	0	0	19:41	—	—	31	30
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	32	29
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	3	0	17:42	—	—	32	31
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	21:53	—	—	34	32
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	2	3	0	18:08	—	—	31	33
Gabe Perreault R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:50	—	—	31	33
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	2	0	17:03	—	—	38	58
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:19	—	—	50	61
Noah Laba C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	44	79
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	1	1	0	11:43	—	—	13	24
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	2	9:47	—	—	25	41
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	25	27
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	26:25	—	—	41	49
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	3	3	2	25:15	—	—	37	40
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	21:46	—	—	28	31
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	2	2	20:29	—	—	32	33
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:25	—	—	15	12
Scott Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	26	25

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	O	35	32	3	.914	4.19	64:47

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	1	0	1	5	0.78	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	83	78
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L1	0	2	2	2	0.26	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	78	71
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	82	62
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.03	7	0	0	13:50	—	—	48	51
Jordan Martinook L	L2	1	0	1	1	0.41	2	2	0	13:10	—	—	48	51
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.10	5	0	0	10:29	—	—	48	52
Sebastian Aho C	L3	1	1	2	2	0.47	0	1	0	23:14	—	—	74	74
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	0	0	0	3	0.61	1	1	0	22:03	—	—	77	78
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	2	17:19	—	—	65	60
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	4	0.33	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	75	71
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	60	54
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.37	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	71	70
Alexander Nikishin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0.01	3	2	2	24:17	—	—	63	55
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	23:31	—	—	69	61
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	1	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:51	—	—	64	56
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	1	1	2	0.02	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	55	65
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	78	79
Joel Nystrom D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	14:53	—	—	81	81

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brandon Bussi(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.11	64:01

Goal anatomy

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

Vladislav Gavrikov (NYR PP) 1st 1:39 · assists Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Cycle · 83.8 mph shot.

Vladislav Gavrikov · 1st 1:39 · NYR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 83.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sebastian Aho · 1st 15:57 · CAR PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 40 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jonny Brodzinski · 2nd 13:00 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jordan Martinook · 3rd 9:11 · CAR

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 7.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jackson Blake · OT 4:47 · CAR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 16.3 mph
Distance: 7 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.

New York Rangers vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Rangers 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Rangers

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Vladislav Gavrikov · 1st 1:39 · NYR PP

Sebastian Aho · 1st 15:57 · CAR PP

Jonny Brodzinski · 2nd 13:00 · NYR

Jordan Martinook · 3rd 9:11 · CAR

Jackson Blake · OT 4:47 · CAR PP