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Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes

First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro Preseason Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 6–5 on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Nashville Predators 5 2-2-3
at Carolina Hurricanes 6 6-1-1

Goals by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 3 2 0 5
Carolina Hurricanes 0 3 3 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 13 12 3 28
Carolina Hurricanes 10 11 10 31

Three stars

  1. F. Unger Sorum, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
  2. L. Stankoven, Carolina Hurricanes (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. T. Hall, Carolina Hurricanes (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:48 Nashville Predators Vitali Pinchuk (1) Tanner Molendyk (1) Even strength NSH 1, CAR 0
1st 07:09 Nashville Predators Cole O'Hara (1) Unassisted Power play NSH 2, CAR 0
1st 15:24 Nashville Predators Jonathan Marchessault (1) Vitali Pinchuk (1) Even strength NSH 3, CAR 0
2nd 01:19 Carolina Hurricanes Logan Stankoven (1) Taylor Hall (1), Noel Fransén (1) Even strength NSH 3, CAR 1
2nd 03:20 Nashville Predators Adam Edstrom (1) Tanner Molendyk (2) Even strength NSH 4, CAR 1
2nd 08:24 Nashville Predators Jack Drury (1) Felix Nilsson (1) Even strength NSH 5, CAR 1
2nd 12:38 Carolina Hurricanes Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) Pierre-Olivier Joseph (1) Even strength NSH 5, CAR 2
2nd 16:19 Carolina Hurricanes Juha Jaaska (1) Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) Even strength NSH 5, CAR 3
3rd 08:26 Carolina Hurricanes Juuso Välimäki (1) Taylor Hall (2), Logan Stankoven (1) Power play NSH 5, CAR 4
3rd 18:36 Carolina Hurricanes Logan Stankoven (2) Taylor Hall (3), Jackson Blake (1) Even strength NSH 5, CAR 5
3rd 19:57 Carolina Hurricanes Felix Unger Sorum (2) Bradly Nadeau (1) Even strength NSH 5, CAR 6

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

Team stats

Stat Nashville Predators Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 28 31
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
14 A. Kerfoot C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0
18 J. Drury C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0
19 C. O'Hara R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
22 M. Bourque C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0
44 B. Martin C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
49 R. Schaefer L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0
51 V. Pinchuk C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
62 F. Nilsson C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0
79 R. Colton C 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
81 J. Marchessault R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0
84 A. Edstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
2 A. Wilsby D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 R. Ufko D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
41 N. Hague D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0
46 I. Lyubushkin D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
50 T. Molendyk D 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
57 H. Skinner D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
29 J. Annunen 31 6 .806 60:00 Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
22 L. Stankoven C 2 1 3 +1 0 7 0
23 J. Slavin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 B. Nadeau L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0
36 F. Unger Sorum R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0
45 C. Cerrato C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
46 J. Robidas C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0
53 J. Blake R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
54 J. Jaaska L 1 0 1 +2 0 1 0
71 T. Hall L 0 3 3 +1 0 1 0
76 S. Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0
81 Z. Lansard R 0 0 0 +2 0 3 0
82 J. Kotkaniemi C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0
7 P. Joseph D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0
8 J. Välimäki D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1
47 A. Heimosalmi D 0 0 0 +2 2 1 0
62 C. Legault D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0
67 D. Badinka D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
75 N. Fransén D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
52 P. Kochetkov 28 5 .821 59:41 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:47 Carolina Hurricanes Skyler Brind'Amour Hooking 2
2nd 03:30 Carolina Hurricanes Aleksi Heimosalmi Delaying game 2
2nd 06:15 Nashville Predators Jack Drury Holding 2
3rd 06:49 Nashville Predators Felix Nilsson Interference 2
3rd 10:54 Nashville Predators Ilya Lyubushkin Elbowing 2
3rd 15:54 Carolina Hurricanes Charles Alexis Legault High sticking 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Referees
TJ Luxmore, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Jeremy Faucher
Nashville Predators scratches
Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly, Brady Skjei, Filip Forsberg, Juuse Saros, Jake Lucchini, Nils Hoglander, Jack Ahcan, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Justin Barron, Chase Bradley, Joakim Kemell, Matt Murray, David Edstrom, Matthew Wood, Daniel Nieminen
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Jordan Staal, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly, Mark Jankowski, Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, William Carrier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho, Jalen Chatfield, Zach Sawchenko, Cayden Primeau, Sean Walker, Eric Robinson, K'Andre Miller, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Ronan Seeley, Bryce Montgomery, Joel Nystrom, Viktor Neuchev, Gleb Trikozov, Brandon Bussi, Ivan Ryabkin

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 6 Final Preseason Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 6 at Nashville Predators 0 Final Preseason Game page

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