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Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

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6–0

Final

SOG 26–22

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SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 6-0 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Predators 26-22.

Goals came from Jackson Blake, Jordan Martinook, Nikolaj Ehlers, Logan Stankoven, Mark Jankowski and Andrei Svechnikov.

Brandon Bussi made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 20 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR312626
Nashville PredatorsNSH000022

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBrandon BussiCAR · 1.000 SV%
  2. ★2nd starJackson BlakeCAR · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starNikolaj EhlersCAR · 1G 1A

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+
1:12

3–0 · 1st 13:29 · Ehlers. Josi was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceNSH on ice

1–0 CAR

1st 5:02 · PP · Blake

Kerfoot 0:48

2–0 CAR

1st 7:04 · Martinook

Josi 0:28

3–0 CAR

1st 13:29 · Ehlers

Long shift: Josi 1:12

4–0 CAR

2nd 16:37 · Stankoven

Long shift: Hague 1:03

5–0 CAR

3rd 9:21 · PP · Jankowski

Long shift: O'Reilly 1:02

6–0 CAR

3rd 19:05 · PP · Svechnikov

Kerfoot 0:50

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

CARNSH
26Shots on goal22
48%Faceoff %52%
3/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits11
15Blocked shots6
24Giveaways16
5Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 03:17Steven Stamkos · interference2 min
  • 1st 15:45Sean Walker · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 02:25Sebastian Aho · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 06:03Jonathan Marchessault · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:36Jalen Chatfield · holding2 min
  • 3rd 03:30Jordan Martinook · interference2 min
  • 3rd 07:21Roman Josi · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 14:26Charles Alexis Legault · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 17:44Vitali Pinchuk · hooking2 min