Game

Hurricanes at Predators

Hurricanes 4, Predators 1 · first star Sebastian Aho (2 G, 1 A).

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

Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Nashville Predators 1

Hurricanes CAR

4 FINAL 1

Predators NSH

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Hurricanes	1	0	3	4	37
Predators	0	0	1	1	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Hurricanes attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CAR 37, NSH 26.

CAR in red NSH in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Hurricanes 37 shots on goal (4 goals, 17 missed, 16 blocked) attacking left; Predators 26 shots on goal (1 goal, 15 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	19	1	28	5	0	10
2nd	9	0	22	6	0	15
3rd	9	3	20	15	1	30
Total	37	4	70	26	1	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CAR SOG	CAR G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	25	3	22	1
Power play	8	1	2	0
Short-handed	4	0	2	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 56.0% of the shot attempts, and 55.9% of the 93 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 Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Hurricanes hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Hurricanes at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	26.3	22.6
2nd	40.5	37.5
3rd	60.0	62.5
Game	44.0	43.2

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

Scoring summary

1st period

13:00 Jackson Blake (9) Logan Stankoven (9), Alexander Nikishin (9) · backhand 1–0

3rd period

02:43 Sebastian Aho (10) PP Jackson Blake (12), Andrei Svechnikov (12) · wrist 2–0
04:33 Seth Jarvis (19) Sebastian Aho (18), Nikolaj Ehlers (15) · slap 3–0
08:06 Filip Forsberg (15) Ryan O'Reilly (17), Steven Stamkos (5) · wrist 3–1
19:15 Sebastian Aho (11) EN Andrei Svechnikov (13) · wrist 4–1

Three stars

Sebastian Aho CAR · C #20 · 2 G, 1 A
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR · G #52 · 0 GA, .962 SV%
Filip Forsberg NSH · L #9 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:28	NSH	Brady Skjei	hooking	2	Logan Stankoven
1st	14:09	CAR	Jordan Martinook	tripping	2	Nick Blankenburg
2nd	05:20	NSH	Steven Stamkos	high sticking	2	Jaccob Slavin
2nd	07:01	CAR	Sebastian Aho	high sticking	2	Nick Perbix
2nd	10:25	CAR	Taylor Hall	holding	2	Filip Forsberg
2nd	13:54	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly	tripping	2	Shayne Gostisbehere
3rd	01:24	NSH	Nick Perbix	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sebastian Aho #20	C	2	1	3	+1	4	0	1	2	47.4	20:20
Jackson Blake #53	R	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	16:28
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	17:31
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	0.0	21:41
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	46.2	13:45
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	15:30
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	0.0	16:23
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	57.7	17:36
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	15:03
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	05:44
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42.9	11:19
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	12:49
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:39
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:47
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	20:40
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	0.0	19:34
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	0.0	21:03
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:11

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov #52	W	26	25	1	.962	21/22	2/2	59:57

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	100.0	19:41
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	2	50.0	21:06
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	50.0	18:58
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	12:05
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	54.5	16:12
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	57.1	14:55
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:35
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	10:01
Cole Smith #36	R	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0.0	17:45
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	05:27
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:27
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	10:44
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:57
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	18:21
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	-1	3	2	6	0	0.0	21:30
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	0.0	18:23
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	18:08
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	-3	1	0	3	0	0.0	22:28

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	L	36	33	3	.917	22/24	7/8	57:58

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.