Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators

Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 8:00 PM ET Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Preseason Final

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Carolina Hurricanes	0	38-25-5
at Nashville Predators	3	35-26-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	0	0
Nashville Predators	0	1	2	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	11	8	13	32
Nashville Predators	15	8	17	40

Three stars

M. Ekholm, Nashville Predators (2 goals)
P. Rinne, Nashville Predators (goaltender)
C. Smith, Nashville Predators (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	19:41	Nashville Predators	Craig Smith (1)	Kyle Turris (2), Ryan Ellis (1)	Power play	CAR 0, NSH 1
3rd	04:05	Nashville Predators	Mattias Ekholm (1)	Ryan Ellis (2), Miikka Salomaki (2)	Even strength	CAR 0, NSH 2
3rd	10:59	Nashville Predators	Mattias Ekholm (2)	Mikael Granlund (1), Matt Duchene (2)	Even strength	CAR 0, NSH 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
Stat	Carolina Hurricanes	Nashville Predators
Shots on goal	32	40
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	14	8
Hits	11	22
Blocked shots	6	13
Giveaways	5	9
Takeaways	7	6
Faceoffs won	35/67 (52.2%)	32/67 (47.8%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 W. Foegele	L	-1	2	1	1	0		15:35
Number 18 R. Dzingel	C	0	0	1	0	0	50%	06:04
Number 21 N. Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	0	1		13:41
Number 44 J. Gauthier	R	0	0	3	0	0		13:53
Number 45 M. Geekie	C	0	0	2	0	0	60%	16:06
Number 56 E. Haula	L	-1	0	3	0	0	68.4%	17:29
Number 59 J. Kuokkanen	C	0	0	1	1	1		17:00
Number 61 R. Suzuki	C	-1	0	1	1	1	40%	12:20
Number 64 C. Bishop	C	0	0	0	1	1	38.5%	13:53
Number 78 S. Lorentz	C	-1	2	3	3	0	100%	15:15
Number 88 M. Necas	C	-1	2	0	1	0		15:01
Number 92 C. Markison	R	-1	0	4	0	0		11:31
Number 4 H. Fleury	D	0	2	1	2	0		21:57
Number 24 J. Bean	D	0	2	2	0	0		20:20
Number 42 G. Forsling	D	-1	2	9	1	0		20:50
Number 46 K. Wood	D	-1	2	0	0	1		16:55
Number 55 R. McKeown	D	-1	0	1	0	1		20:27
Number 58 J. Sellgren	D	-1	0	0	0	0		18:22

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Forsberg	40	37	3	.925	60:00	Loss

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 K. Turris	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	50%	13:47
Number 13 N. Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	50%	14:52
Number 15 C. Smith	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	1	100%	15:48
Number 19 C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	14:42
Number 20 M. Salomaki	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	5	1	0		12:28
Number 23 R. Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:28
Number 26 D. Carr	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0		11:14
Number 33 V. Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0		17:49
Number 51 A. Watson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	3	0	100%	11:57
Number 64 M. Granlund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0		17:05
Number 92 R. Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	38.1%	17:14
Number 95 M. Duchene	C	0	1	1	+2	0	5	0	1	0	53.8%	18:03
Number 3 S. Santini	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0		18:29
Number 4 R. Ellis	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	2	0		19:29
Number 5 D. Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:51
Number 14 M. Ekholm	D	2	0	2	+2	0	7	1	0	0		20:09
Number 24 J. Tinordi	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	0		19:00
Number 57 D. Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		19:38

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 P. Rinne	32	32	0	1.000	59:57	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:30	Nashville Predators	Nick Bonino	Delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	17:01	Carolina Hurricanes	Jake Bean	Holding	2
1st	17:24	Carolina Hurricanes	Haydn Fleury	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	10:07	Carolina Hurricanes	Kyle Wood	Holding	2
2nd	13:20	Nashville Predators	Daniel Carr	Tripping	2
2nd	18:20	Carolina Hurricanes	Steven Lorentz	Holding	2
3rd	01:07	Carolina Hurricanes	Warren Foegele	Boarding	2
3rd	01:07	Nashville Predators	Steven Santini	Roughing	2
3rd	06:36	Carolina Hurricanes	Gustav Forsling	Tripping	2
3rd	14:26	Nashville Predators	Jarred Tinordi	Slashing	2
3rd	14:26	Carolina Hurricanes	Martin Necas	Slashing	2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Rod Brind'Amour
Nashville Predators head coach: Peter Laviolette
Referees: Jon McIsaac, Dan Kelly
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Kory Nagy
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: James Reimer, Jordan Staal, Jake Gardiner, Petr Mrazek, Brian Gibbons, Max McCormick, Gregory Hofmann, Fredrik Claesson, Joel Edmundson, Dougie Hamilton, Teuvo Teravainen, Jordan Martinook, Brock McGinn, Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Alex Lintuniemi, Lucas Wallmark, Sebastian Aho, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Max Zimmer, Matt Filipe, Jeremy Helvig, Jack LaFontaine, Chase Priskie, Stelio Mattheos, Luke Martin, Eetu Luostarinen, Eetu Makiniemi, Ville Rasanen, Dominik Bokk, Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury, Luke Henman, Lenni Killinen, Jacob Kucharski, Jacob Pritchard, Domenick Fensore, Cade Webber, Patrik Puistola, Jamieson Rees, Pyotr Kochetkov, Anttoni Honka, Blake Murray, Tuukka Tieksola, Kirill Slepets, Kevin Wall, Massimo Rizzo
Nashville Predators scratches: Yannick Weber, Roman Josi, Matt Donovan, Matt Irwin, Colin Blackwell, Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons, Troy Grosenick, Laurent Dauphin, Frederick Gaudreau, Anthony Richard, Yakov Trenin, Alexandre Carrier, Connor Ingram, Frederic Allard, Rem Pitlick, Hardy Haman Aktell, Konstantin Volkov, Patrick Harper, Jeremy Davies, Tanner Jeannot, Mathieu Olivier, Eeli Tolvanen, Grant Mismash, David Farrance, Tomas Vomacka, Niclas Westerholm, Vladislav Yeryomenko, Jachym Kondelik, Milan Kloucek, Spencer Stastney, Zachary Magwood, Lukas Craggs, Brandon Fortunato, Josh Wilkins, Philip Tomasino, Egor Afanasyev, Alex Campbell, Juuso Parssinen, Semyon Chystyakov, Isak Walther, Marc Del Gaizo, Ethan Haider

2019-2020 season series

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 0 at Nashville Predators 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Nashville Predators 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Sep 27, 2019

Other NHL games on Sep 25

Other NHL games on Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
New Jersey Devils 0 at Boston Bruins 2	Final Preseason	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Washington Capitals 6 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Anaheim Ducks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Ottawa Senators 6 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Vancouver Canucks, Wed, Sep 25, 2019