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Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 2025 · Lenovo Center

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

3–6

Final

SOG 22–40

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

FDSNSO

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 6-3 on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Predators 40-22.

Jackson Blake scored twice. Taylor Hall, Nikolaj Ehlers, William Carrier, Sebastian Aho, Michael Bunting, Matthew Wood and Filip Forsberg also scored.

Brandon Bussi made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 32 of 38.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH003322
Carolina HurricanesCAR312640

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJackson BlakeCAR · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starNikolaj EhlersCAR · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starBrandon BussiCAR · .864 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:11

2–6 · 3rd 9:09 · Wood. Stankoven was 1:11 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceCAR on ice

0–1 CAR

1st 8:01 · PP · Hall

Long shift: McCarron 1:00

0–2 CAR

1st 9:55 · PP · Ehlers

Skjei 0:15

0–3 CAR

1st 19:44 · Carrier

Josi 0:48

0–4 CAR

2nd 15:46 · Blake

Skjei 0:50

0–5 CAR

3rd 4:45 · Aho

Josi 0:42

1–5 NSH

3rd 6:26 · PP · Bunting

Nikishin 0:44

1–6 CAR

3rd 8:12 · Blake

Josi 0:55

2–6 NSH

3rd 9:09 · Wood

Long shift: Stankoven 1:11

3–6 NSH

3rd 11:36 · Forsberg

Hall 0:51

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NSHCAR
22Shots on goal40
58%Faceoff %42%
1/3Power play2/6
14Penalty minutes8
19Hits12
14Blocked shots9
18Giveaways17
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 06:19Filip Forsberg · slashing2 min
  • 1st 08:12Reid Schaefer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 1st 09:45Nicolas Hague · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 14:38Joel Nystrom · holding2 min
  • 1st 17:14Fedor Svechkov · holding2 min
  • 2nd 00:58Roman Josi · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 02:05Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 14:24Nicolas Hague · interference2 min
  • 2nd 14:24Andrei Svechnikov · holding the stick2 min
  • 2nd 19:02Filip Forsberg · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 05:12Jackson Blake · interference2 min

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