Ottawa Senators 0, Carolina Hurricanes 2: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Senators 0 to Carolina Hurricanes 2, on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Ottawa Senators.
NHL · East 1st Round - Game 1Saturday, April 18, 2026
DateApr 18, 2026
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVESPN
Attendance18,588
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Ottawa Senators
Team comparison
Ottawa SenatorsCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
44-27-11Record53-22-7
3rd in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
5-5Road record / home record6-2
LWWLWLast 5WWLWW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Ottawa SenatorsCarolina Hurricanes
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.
Ottawa Senators
Nick Cousins C · Upper Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveLinus Ullmark G · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Ottawa Senators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Amadio | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:07 | 0:02 | 2:48 | 12:17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | 5:26 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cousins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:49 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 | 6:07 | 0:00 | 12:51 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:09 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 6:37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Foegele | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:48 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 8:19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 18:15 | 3:56 | 2:22 | 11:57 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly Greig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:03 | 3:58 | 10:46 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Pinto | 2 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 16:51 | 2:31 | 2:59 | 11:21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Stutzle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:05 | 6:08 | 1:10 | 15:47 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17:41 | 6:05 | 0:00 | 11:36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:26 | 1:44 | 0:09 | 9:33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ottawa Senators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | 3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 26:39 | 2:20 | 5:47 | 18:32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Gilbert | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:26 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 8:08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:08 | 0:00 | 4:13 | 12:55 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Sanderson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27:25 | 5:39 | 4:51 | 16:55 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Spence | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:40 | 0:21 | 0:48 | 22:31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:44 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 7:38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 56:49 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:40 | 4:46 | 3:24 | 12:30 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 | 3:18 | 0:00 | 12:57 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| William Carrier | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:51 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15:06 | 2:53 | 0:04 | 12:09 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 8:35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 | 4:41 | 3:19 | 12:37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 3:30 | 11:57 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7:24 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 6:25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 | 2:05 | 3:19 | 10:56 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 | 3:13 | 0:05 | 12:21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 | 4:43 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:59 | 0:17 | 1:51 | 15:51 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:13 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 13:28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17:42 | 0:20 | 2:00 | 15:22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:31 | 2:54 | 0:40 | 13:57 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:06 | 0:07 | 5:33 | 15:26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 | 0:13 | 5:59 | 14:52 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.000 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 2-1
Apr 5, 2026CAR 3, OTT 6
Feb 3, 2026OTT 3, CAR 4
Jan 24, 2026CAR 4, OTT 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Ottawa Senators vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 2-0, on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
What was the final score of Ottawa Senators vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Ottawa Senators 0, Carolina Hurricanes 2.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Taylor Hall (1 goals).
Where is Ottawa Senators vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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