Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators

Thu, May 27, 2021 · Bridgestone Arena · 2020–21 Playoffs

Carolina Hurricanes

4 – 3

Final/OT

Nashville Predators

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 4–3 in overtime on Thu, May 27, 2021 at Bridgestone Arena. Sebastian Aho scored twice. Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	1	1	1	1	4	31
NSH	1	2	0	0	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:44	NSH	EV	Nick Cousins (2) · deflected	Erik Haula (3), Ben Harpur (1)	0–1
1st	04:21	CAR	EV	Brock McGinn (3) · wrap-around	Martin Necas (3)	1–1
2nd	01:13	NSH	EV	Mikael Granlund (2) · wrist	Ryan Ellis (4)	1–2
2nd	07:32	NSH	PP	Ryan Johansen (3) · deflected	Roman Josi (4), Mikael Granlund (3)	1–3
2nd	13:34	CAR	PP	Sebastian Aho (4) · deflected	Dougie Hamilton (3)	2–3
3rd	13:59	CAR	EV	Dougie Hamilton (1) · wrist	Jaccob Slavin (2), Brock McGinn (1)	3–3
OT	01:06	CAR	EV	Sebastian Aho (5) · deflected	Jaccob Slavin (3)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:52	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	tripping	2
2nd	04:42	NSH	Mikael Granlund	tripping	2
2nd	05:37	CAR	Dougie Hamilton	interference	2
2nd	07:18	CAR	Sebastian Aho	slashing	2
2nd	11:49	NSH	Matt Benning	interference	2
2nd	18:38	CAR	Brady Skjei	cross checking	2
3rd	03:02	NSH	Ryan Ellis	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CAR 2.45 · NSH 2.32 · xG% CAR 51.4

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	2	2	+3	0	2	1	2		25:42	31
19	Dougie Hamilton	D	1	1	2	+3	2	1	1	1		22:00	25
20	Sebastian Aho	C	2	0	2	+2	2	4	1	0	40.0	19:49	26
23	Brock McGinn	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	5	0		15:03	24
88	Martin Necas	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	20:04	25
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	2		22:36	28
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	1		21:55	29
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	47.1	17:37	23
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	100.0	17:20	25
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	53.3	17:13	27
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		16:48	25
58	Jani Hakanpää	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3		15:30	22
13	Warren Foegele	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	15:20	24
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		12:29	20
24	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:14	13
71	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:48	16
21	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		9:16	14
78	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	11.1	8:51	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	W	27	24	3	.889	61:06

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
64	Mikael Granlund	C	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	0	60.0	19:43	26
4	Ryan Ellis	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	2		19:46	28
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1		17:49	25
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	30.8	17:22	28
17	Ben Harpur	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		17:18	27
92	Ryan Johansen	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	60.0	16:20	22
21	Nick Cousins	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		12:51	21
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	6		24:59	32
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		23:27	33
5	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		17:18	26
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	75.0	16:40	23
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		16:35	22
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:52	26
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		13:35	18
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	33.3	13:32	21
11	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		13:23	20
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		13:10	17
15	Brad Richardson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	10:05	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	31	27	4	.871	61:06