Carolina Hurricanes 4, Nashville Predators 1: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators, Carolina Hurricanes 4 to Nashville Predators 1, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Nashville Predators vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLWednesday, December 17, 2025
DateDec 17, 2025
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
TVESPN+
Attendance17,159
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesNashville Predators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-9-2Record13-16-4
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
8-3Road record / home record6-5
WWLWWLast 5WWWWW
W2StreakW6
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesNashville Predators
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Carolina Hurricanes
Jordan Staal C · Calf
Injured ReserveNashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:20 | 4:57 | 2:06 | 13:17 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 4:02 | 0:06 | 12:20 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 12:38 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 | 2:02 | 0:04 | 13:24 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:52 | 10:27 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:41 | 4:55 | 2:03 | 14:43 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:44 | 0:01 | 0:46 | 4:57 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 12:42 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 | 2:45 | 3:06 | 11:45 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 57.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:45 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 11:56 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17:31 | 4:56 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:40 | 0:07 | 3:31 | 17:02 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:11 | 4:50 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:34 | 0:01 | 1:47 | 17:46 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 | 2:10 | 0:20 | 13:53 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16:47 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 13:42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:03 | 0:28 | 2:37 | 17:58 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyotr Kochetkov | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .962 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:35 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 11:22 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:27 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 15:13 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 | 3:30 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 14:55 | 1:35 | 3:41 | 9:39 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5:27 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 | 0:03 | 3:26 | 12:43 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:06 | 3:44 | 2:06 | 15:16 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:01 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 | 0:00 | 4:40 | 13:05 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:58 | 4:10 | 0:00 | 14:48 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 6 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:30 | 2:15 | 1:51 | 17:24 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:08 | 0:04 | 3:14 | 14:50 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 22:28 | 3:26 | 0:01 | 19:01 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:23 | 0:00 | 4:18 | 14:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 | 0:52 | 3:18 | 14:11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 15:32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .917 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 57:58 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 2-0
Dec 17, 2025CAR 4, NSH 1
Dec 6, 2025NSH 3, CAR 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 4-1, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators?
Carolina Hurricanes 4, Nashville Predators 1.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho (2 goals). Nashville Predators: Filip Forsberg (1 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators played?
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.
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