Final
NSH at CAR game report
Predators
5–6
Hurricanes
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · First Horizon Coliseum
Hurricanes beat the Predators 6–5 in an even game: expected goals were 0.4–0.3.
Team comparison
CARNSH
- 6Goals5
- 0.40Expected goals0.33
- 0.275-on-5 expected goals0.27
- 0High-danger chances0
- 6Shots on goal5
- 6Shot attempts5
- 45-on-5 shot attempts4
- 2:28Power-play time8:15
5-on-5 shares for CAR: 50.0% of shot attempts, 50.0% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
HurricanesPredatorsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Predators shooting ←→ Hurricanes shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| CAR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 31:01 | 4–4 | 0.27–0.27 | 4–4 |
| Power play | 2:28 | 1–1 | 0.07–0.07 | 1–1 |
| Shorthanded | 8:15 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:00 | 1–0 | 0.07–0.00 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as CAR–NSH. “Power play” means CAR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyotr Kochetkov CAR | 0/5 | .000 | 0.33 | -4.67 |
| Justus Annunen NSH | 0/6 | .000 | 0.40 | -5.60 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Stankoven CAR | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.13 |
| Vitali Pinchuk NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Cole O'Hara NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Jonathan Marchessault NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Adam Edstrom NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Jack Drury NSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Juha Jaaska CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Juuso Välimäki CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Felix Unger Sorum CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 |
Three stars
- ★F. Unger SorumCAR · 1G 0A
- ★★L. StankovenCAR · 2G 1A
- ★★★T. HallCAR · 0G 3A
Scoring
Period 1
- 01:48NSH V. Pinchuk (from T. Molendyk)1–0
- 07:09NSH C. O'Hara pp2–0
- 15:24NSH J. Marchessault (from V. Pinchuk)3–0
Period 2
- 01:19CAR L. Stankoven (from T. Hall, N. Fransén)3–1
- 03:20NSH A. Edstrom (from T. Molendyk)4–1
- 08:24NSH J. Drury (from F. Nilsson)5–1
- 12:38CAR J. Kotkaniemi (from P. Joseph)5–2
- 16:19CAR J. Jaaska (from J. Kotkaniemi)5–3
Period 3
- 08:26CAR J. Välimäki pp (from T. Hall, L. Stankoven)5–4
- 18:36CAR L. Stankoven (from T. Hall, J. Blake)5–5
- 19:57CAR F. Unger Sorum (from B. Nadeau)5–6