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Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes

Lenovo Center, Raleigh Preseason Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4–2 on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Nashville Predators 2 38-34-10
at Carolina Hurricanes 4 53-22-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 1 0 1 2
Carolina Hurricanes 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 8 5 7 20
Carolina Hurricanes 13 8 17 38

Three stars

  1. B. Nadeau, Carolina Hurricanes (2 goals)
  2. J. Blake, Carolina Hurricanes (2 assists)
  3. F. Unger Sorum, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:22 Nashville Predators Daniel Carr (1) Dylan Gambrell (1), Cole O'Hara (1) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 0
1st 07:01 Carolina Hurricanes Felix Unger Sorum (1) Eric Robinson (2), Skyler Brind'Amour (1) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 1
2nd 14:58 Carolina Hurricanes Bradly Nadeau (2) Jackson Blake (1), Tyson Jost (1) Power play NSH 1, CAR 2
3rd 15:49 Carolina Hurricanes Bradly Nadeau (3) Logan Stankoven (1), Jackson Blake (2) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 3
3rd 16:39 Nashville Predators Reid Schaefer (2) Zachary L'Heureux (1), Ozzy Wiesblatt (1) Even strength NSH 2, CAR 3
3rd 17:01 Carolina Hurricanes Charles Alexis Legault (1) Unassisted Even strength NSH 2, CAR 4

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

Team stats

Stat Nashville Predators Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 20 38
Power play 0 of 6 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 15 17
Hits 26 13
Blocked shots 13 10
Giveaways 6 4
Takeaways 1 2
Faceoffs won 27/67 (40.3%) 40/67 (59.7%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
7 D. Gambrell C 0 1 1 +1 2 5 2 0 0 33.3% 13:35
21 J. Lucchini C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 75% 10:59
26 D. Carr L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 14:06
36 C. Smith R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 18:01
40 F. Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 0 0 33.3% 22:01
49 R. Schaefer L 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 0 18:51
60 D. Edstrom C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 55.6% 13:53
65 C. O'Hara R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:51
68 Z. L'Heureux L 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 13:32
78 R. Rolston R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 10:26
89 O. Wiesblatt C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 0 0 30% 16:58
97 O. Wiesblatt C 0 0 0 -1 5 0 4 2 0 09:13
5 K. Gravel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:08
20 J. Barron D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:48
24 S. Stastney D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:42
37 N. Blankenburg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 22:28
50 T. Molendyk D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 1 0 19:24
85 R. Ufko D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 20:01
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
29 J. Annunen 38 34 4 .895 57:17 Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
11 J. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 13:52
16 R. Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 46.2% 13:19
22 L. Stankoven C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 13:55
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 09:15
29 B. Nadeau L 2 0 2 +1 0 5 1 0 1 14:10
36 F. Unger Sorum R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 13:23
43 T. Jost C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 0 0 50% 16:59
48 J. Martinook L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 14:31
50 E. Robinson L 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 1 0 19:09
53 J. Blake R 0 2 2 +1 0 4 1 0 0 14:46
61 K. Labanc R 0 0 0 -1 9 2 1 1 0 100% 11:06
76 S. Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 2 0 0 64.7% 19:40
26 S. Walker D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 19:08
47 A. Heimosalmi D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 0 17:16
62 C. Legault D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 3 0 0 19:14
67 D. Badinka D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 0 16:22
89 D. Fensore D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 3 0 22:07
91 R. Seeley D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:48
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
55 C. Primeau 20 18 2 .900 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:53 Nashville Predators Tanner Molendyk Tripping 2
1st 11:49 Carolina Hurricanes Tyson Jost Slashing 2
1st 16:21 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Robinson Tripping 2
1st 17:02 Nashville Predators Fedor Svechkov Interference 2
2nd 00:06 Carolina Hurricanes Charles Alexis Legault Interference 2
2nd 05:54 Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Martinook Tripping 2
2nd 08:19 Nashville Predators Dylan Gambrell Hooking 2
2nd 14:12 Nashville Predators Zachary L'Heureux Interference 2
3rd 00:32 Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Labanc High sticking 2
3rd 08:09 Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Labanc Roughing 2
3rd 08:09 Nashville Predators Oasiz Wiesblatt Fighting (major) 5
3rd 08:09 Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Labanc Fighting (major) 5
3rd 10:20 Nashville Predators David Edstrom Holding 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Tommy Hughes, CJ Murray
Nashville Predators scratches
Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly, Erik Haula, Scott Harrington, Jonathan Marchessault, Brady Skjei, Filip Forsberg, Juuse Saros, Michael McCarron, Jordan Oesterle, Andreas Englund, Michael Bunting, Konstantin Volkov, Nicolas Hague, Isaac Ratcliffe, Nick Perbix, Semyon Chystyakov, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Navrin Mutter, Zack Hayes, Adam Wilsby, Jack Matier, Kyle Marino, Adam Ingram, Joakim Kemell, Kasper Kulonummi, Matt Murray, Ben Strinden, Chad Nychuk, Austin Roest, Andrew Gibson, Kalan Lind, Felix Nilsson, Matthew Wood, Joey Willis, Sutter Muzzatti, Aiden Fink, Miguel Marques, Teddy Stiga, Egor Surin, Viggo Gustafsson, Jakub Milota, Viktor Norringer, Erik Påhlsson, Jacob Rombach, Cameron Reid, Jack Ivankovic, Brady Martin, Ryker Lee, T.J. Semptimphelter, Alex Huang, Daniel Nieminen, Alex Kostov, Hayden Barch
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Taylor Hall, Frederik Andersen, Mike Reilly, Mark Jankowski, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jaccob Slavin, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho, Oliver Kylington, Jalen Chatfield, Givani Smith, Gavin Bayreuther, K'Andre Miller, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Andrei Svechnikov, Josiah Slavin, Jacob Kucharski, Pyotr Kochetkov, Noel Gunler, Seth Jarvis, Alexander Nikishin, Justin Robidas, Bryce Montgomery, Yegor Naumov, Joel Nystrom, Nikita Guslistov, Alexander Perevalov, Gleb Trikozov, Simon Forsmark, Alexander Pelevin, Nils Juntorp, Jakub Vondras, Vladimir Grudinin, Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislav Yarovoi, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, Egor Velmakin, Juha Jaaska, Nikita Artamonov, Noel Fransén, Alexander Siryatsky, Oskar Vuollet, Justin Poirier, Timur Kol, Fyodor Avramov, Roman Shokhrin, Andrey Krutov, Ivan Ryabkin, Kurban Limatov, Semyon Frolov, Charlie Cerrato, Roman Bausov, Viggo Nordlund, Filip Ekberg

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Preseason Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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