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Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators

Playoffs · Saturday, April 25, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

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4–2

Final

SOG 30–27

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Hurricanes outshot the Senators 30-27.

Sebastian Aho scored twice. Taylor Hall, Drake Batherson, Logan Stankoven and Dylan Cozens also scored.

Frederik Andersen made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR013430
Ottawa SenatorsOTT011227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starFrederik AndersenCAR · .926 SV%
  2. ★2nd starSebastian AhoCAR · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starDrake BathersonOTT · 1G 1A

Scoring

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+
1:16

2–1 · 3rd 9:10 · Stankoven. Matinpalo was 1:16 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceOTT on ice

1–0 CAR

2nd 15:15 · Hall

Long shift: Cousins 1:01

1–1 OTT

2nd 17:08 · PP · Batherson

Staal 0:35

2–1 CAR

3rd 9:10 · PP · Stankoven

Long shift: Matinpalo 1:16

3–1 CAR

3rd 17:38 · EN · Aho

Stützle 0:28

3–2 OTT

3rd 18:11 · Cozens

Long shift: Slavin 1:04

4–2 CAR

3rd 18:45 · EN · Aho

Stützle 1:35

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

CAROTT
30Shots on goal27
34%Faceoff %66%
1/5Power play1/9
22Penalty minutes14
33Hits37
13Blocked shots21
11Giveaways19
6Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 06:11Nikolas Matinpalo · closing hand on puck2 min
  • 1st 07:30Sean Walker · hooking2 min
  • 1st 08:57Sebastian Aho · hooking2 min
  • 1st 14:31Drake Batherson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 04:35Andrei Svechnikov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 04:35Andrei Svechnikov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 04:35Jordan Spence · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:12Ridly Greig · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 09:50Nicolas Deslauriers · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 2nd 09:50Nicolas Deslauriers · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 09:50Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:38Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 16:33Sean Walker · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 18:21Sean Walker · boarding2 min
  • 2nd 19:56Eric Robinson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 04:47Thomas Chabot · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 08:20Tyler Kleven · holding2 min
  • 3rd 13:54Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

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