National Hockey League

FINAL
Nashville Predators 1
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Carolina Hurricanes 5
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Match Report

Geekie scores twice as Hurricanes pound Predators 5-1

— Morgan Geekie scored his first two goals of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes used a rapid-fire scoring spree in the first period to defeat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

NSH CAR
11
Blocked Shots
13
34
Hits
21
4
Takeaways
4
33
Shots
26
0
Power Play Goals
3
1
Power Play Opportunities
3
0.0
Power Play Percentage
100.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
20
Faceoffs Won
36
35.7
Faceoff Win Percent
64.3
8
Giveaways
10
3
Total Penalties
1
6
Penalty Minutes
2

Top Performers

NSH

  • Pekka Rinne G GA 5 · SA 23 · SOS 0
  • Viktor Arvidsson LW BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Mikael Granlund C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Nick Cousins C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

CAR

  • James Reimer G GA 1 · SA 33 · SOS 0
  • Martin Necas C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Morgan Geekie C BS 2 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Jordan Staal C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1

Head to Head

CAR leads series 4-0

Injuries

Carolina Hurricanes

  • Taylor Hall Out
  • Alexander Nikishin Out
  • Jordan Staal Injured Reserve

Nashville Predators

Play by Play

  1. Missed 18:09 1-5
    Ben Harpur 3rd
  2. Missed 18:00 1-5
    Ben Harpur 3rd
  3. Goal 15:28 1-5
    Nick Cousins 3rd
  4. Missed 14:13 0-5
    Warren Foegele 3rd
  5. Missed 13:04 0-5
    Colton Sissons 3rd
  6. Missed 11:04 0-5
    Filip Forsberg 3rd
  7. Missed 10:58 0-5
    Steven Lorentz 3rd
  8. Missed 10:37 0-5
    Mathieu Olivier 3rd
  9. Missed 8:20 0-5
    Brock McGinn 3rd
  10. Missed 7:23 0-5
    Yakov Trenin 3rd
  11. Missed 5:11 0-5
    Colton Sissons 3rd
  12. Goal 4:38 0-5
    Martin Necas 3rd
  13. Penalty 3:40 0-4
    Ben Harpur 3rd
  14. Missed 3:40 0-4
    Andrei Svechnikov 3rd
  15. Missed 1:51 0-4
    Martin Necas 3rd
  16. Missed 1:01 0-4
    Brett Pesce 3rd
  17. Missed 0:44 0-4
    Andrei Svechnikov 3rd
  18. Missed 17:57 0-4
    Calle Jarnkrok 2nd
  19. Missed 17:51 0-4
    Mattias Ekholm 2nd
  20. Penalty 11:32 0-4
    Dougie Hamilton 2nd
  21. Goal 8:50 0-4
    Morgan Geekie 2nd
  22. Missed 7:53 0-3
    Morgan Geekie 2nd
  23. Penalty 6:50 0-3
    Nick Cousins 2nd
  24. Missed 5:39 0-3
    Brett Pesce 2nd
  25. Missed 5:23 0-3
    Brady Skjei 2nd
  26. Missed 1:43 0-3
    Brady Skjei 2nd
  27. Missed 14:15 0-3
    Filip Forsberg 1st
  28. Goal 11:27 0-3
    Dougie Hamilton 1st
  29. Goal 11:11 0-2
    Brock McGinn 1st
  30. Goal 9:06 0-1
    Morgan Geekie 1st
  31. Penalty 7:19 0-0
    Michael McCarron 1st
  32. Missed 6:09 0-0
    Yakov Trenin 1st
  33. Missed 6:04 0-0
    Yakov Trenin 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 1-5
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 1-5
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:29 1-5
    Mathieu Olivier 3rd
  4. Face Off 19:05 1-5
    Morgan Geekie 3rd
  5. Stoppage 19:05 1-5
    3rd
  6. Shot 19:04 1-5
    Rem Pitlick 3rd
  7. Hit 18:46 1-5
    Martin Necas 3rd
  8. Takeaway 18:37 1-5
    Sebastian Aho 3rd
  9. Hit 18:21 1-5
    Filip Forsberg 3rd
  10. Missed 18:09 1-5
    Ben Harpur 3rd
  11. Missed 18:00 1-5
    Ben Harpur 3rd
  12. Hit 17:33 1-5
    Yakov Trenin 3rd
  13. Hit 17:11 1-5
    Michael McCarron 3rd
  14. Hit 16:54 1-5
    Michael McCarron 3rd
  15. Face Off 16:45 1-5
    Morgan Geekie 3rd
  16. Stoppage 16:45 1-5
    3rd
  17. Face Off 16:18 1-5
    Jordan Martinook 3rd
  18. Stoppage 16:18 1-5
    3rd
  19. Face Off 16:10 1-5
    Colton Sissons 3rd
  20. Stoppage 16:10 1-5
    3rd
  21. Shot 16:09 1-5
    Brett Pesce 3rd
  22. Hit 15:35 1-5
    Rem Pitlick 3rd
  23. Face Off 15:28 1-5
    Rem Pitlick 3rd
  24. Goal 15:28 1-5
    Nick Cousins 3rd
  25. Shot 15:07 0-5
    Jesper Fast 3rd
  26. Hit 14:53 0-5
    Jaccob Slavin 3rd
  27. Shot 14:48 0-5
    Ryan Johansen 3rd
  28. Shot 14:46 0-5
    Viktor Arvidsson 3rd
  29. Missed 14:13 0-5
    Warren Foegele 3rd
  30. Face Off 14:03 0-5
    Jordan Martinook 3rd
  31. Stoppage 14:03 0-5
    3rd
  32. Hit 13:17 0-5
    Mattias Ekholm 3rd
  33. Missed 13:04 0-5
    Colton Sissons 3rd
  34. Face Off 12:40 0-5
    Colton Sissons 3rd
  35. Stoppage 12:40 0-5
    3rd
  36. Shot 12:10 0-5
    Calle Jarnkrok 3rd
  37. Shot 11:33 0-5
    Jordan Martinook 3rd
  38. Missed 11:04 0-5
    Filip Forsberg 3rd
  39. Missed 10:58 0-5
    Steven Lorentz 3rd
  40. Hit 10:55 0-5
    Mathieu Olivier 3rd

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