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Carolina Hurricanes vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Friday, March 20, 2026 · Scotiabank Arena

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 36–26

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Scotiabank Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Maple Leafs 36-26.

Goals came from Dakota Joshua, Jordan Staal, Eric Robinson, John Tavares, K'Andre Miller, William Nylander and Alexander Nikishin.

Brandon Bussi made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Joseph Woll stopped 32 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR0301436
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR1110326

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlexander NikishinCAR · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starK'Andre MillerCAR · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJohn TavaresTOR · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:52

3–2 · 2nd 17:40 · Miller. Nylander was 1:52 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceTOR on ice

0–1 TOR

1st 11:48 · Joshua

Nikishin 0:40

1–1 CAR

2nd 5:57 · PP · Staal

Rielly 0:55

2–1 CAR

2nd 12:35 · Robinson

Long shift: Ekman-Larsson 1:17

2–2 TOR

2nd 13:47 · Tavares

Slavin 0:23

3–2 CAR

2nd 17:40 · SH · Miller

Stuck out there: Nylander 1:52

3–3 TOR

3rd 13:50 · Nylander

Long shift: Slavin 1:24

4–3 CAR

OT 0:41 · Nikishin

Tavares 0:41

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

CARTOR
36Shots on goal26
48%Faceoff %52%
1/5Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes10
20Hits21
11Blocked shots21
10Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 03:07Oliver Ekman-Larsson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 14:16Nick Robertson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 14:39Alexander Nikishin · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 01:57Brandon Carlo · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 12:35Troy Stecher · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
  • 2nd 16:14Sean Walker · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:10Easton Cowan · tripping2 min

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