Game

Sharks at Hurricanes

Sharks 4, Hurricanes 1 · first star Alex Nedeljkovic (0 GA, .966 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

San Jose Sharks 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 1

Sharks SJS

4 FINAL 1

Hurricanes CAR

Sunday, December 7, 2025 · 5:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	1	2	1	4	23
Hurricanes	1	0	0	1	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sharks attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game); 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: SJS 23, CAR 29.

SJS in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sharks 23 shots on goal (4 goals, 8 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 29 shots on goal (1 goal, 28 missed, 27 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SJS SOG	SJS G	SJS ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	6	1	12	8	1	26
2nd	10	2	18	6	0	17
3rd	7	1	10	15	0	41
Total	23	4	40	29	1	84

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SJS SOG	SJS G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	18	3	24	0
Power play	5	1	5	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 67.7% of the shot attempts, and 68.9% of the 103 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sharks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sharks at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	68.4	69.2
2nd	48.6	39.1
3rd	80.4	76.9
Game	67.7	64.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

00:33 Collin Graf (5) Macklin Celebrini (27), Will Smith (16) · tip-in 1–0
13:18 Jordan Staal (8) PP Shayne Gostisbehere (18), Andrei Svechnikov (8) · tip-in 1–1

2nd period

07:54 John Klingberg (4) Macklin Celebrini (28), Philipp Kurashev (9) · snap 2–1
15:14 Alexander Wennberg (6) PP William Eklund (11), John Klingberg (5) · snap 3–1

3rd period

18:40 Macklin Celebrini (15) EN Alexander Wennberg (9) · wrist 4–1

Three stars

Alex Nedeljkovic SJS · G #33 · 0 GA, .966 SV%
John Klingberg SJS · D #3 · 1 G, 1 A
Macklin Celebrini SJS · C #71 · 1 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:15	CAR	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	hooking	2	Dmitry Orlov
1st	12:59	SJS	Macklin Celebrini	holding	2	Sebastian Aho
1st	18:18	SJS	Mario Ferraro	holding	2	Jordan Staal
2nd	14:51	CAR	Jackson Blake	tripping	2	Macklin Celebrini
3rd	05:16	SJS	Jeff Skinner	cross checking	2	Alexander Nikishin
3rd	19:45	CAR	Mike Reilly	high sticking	2	Jeff Skinner
3rd	19:45	SJS	Jeff Skinner	slashing	2	Mike Reilly

Boxscore

San Jose Sharks

Sharks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Macklin Celebrini #71	C	1	2	3	+3	3	1	1	2	57.1	18:12
Alexander Wennberg #21	C	1	1	2	+1	1	0	3	0	45.0	18:36
John Klingberg #3	D	1	1	2	+1	2	1	3	0	0.0	18:43
Collin Graf #51	R	1	0	1	+2	1	1	1	0	0.0	16:32
Philipp Kurashev #96	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:55
Will Smith #2	C	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:50
William Eklund #72	L	0	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	0.0	17:03
Barclay Goodrow #23	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:45
Ty Dellandrea #10	C	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	53.3	15:48
Tyler Toffoli #73	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	13:23
Zack Ostapchuk #63	C	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	55.6	11:02
Jeff Skinner #53	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	0.0	12:16
Adam Gaudette #81	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	40.0	13:03
Dmitry Orlov #9	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	20:56
Mario Ferraro #38	D	0	0	0	+2	1	2	4	2	0.0	21:01
Nick Leddy #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:13
Sam Dickinson #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:38
Timothy Liljegren #37	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	0.0	20:30

Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic #33	W	29	28	1	.966	24/24	4/5	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jordan Staal #11	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	60.0	13:58
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	1	1	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	17:49
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:35
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	40.0	12:27
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	38.5	15:14
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	63.6	19:45
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	11:49
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	12:32
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0.0	15:38
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	13:59
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:08
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	0.0	19:02
Seth Jarvis #24	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	25.0	19:10
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	16:59
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:32
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	22:22
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	13:33
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	21:47

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov #52	L	22	19	3	.864	15/17	4/5	59:03

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.