Carolina Hurricanes vs Nashville Predators Final — November 3, 2026
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Goalie status from the G&W goalie tracker (Confirmed, Expected, Likely or Not confirmed); teams confirm starters close to puck drop. Season lines come from the NHL Lab goalie tables. GSAx = goals saved above expected (Gridiron & Wine expected goals). HD Sv% = save rate on high-danger shots.
2026-27 regular season to date, captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (32 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
2026-27 regular season, public NHL Lab tables; ranks out of 32 teams. Expected goals are Gridiron & Wine's own expected-goals numbers.
2026-27 regular season. Rates are per 60 minutes of power-play or penalty-kill time.
Regular-season results this season, oldest to newest (OTL = overtime or shootout loss). Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Over–under uses the consensus closing total.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from the arena of each team's previous game, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 3, 6:40 p.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Hurricanes (12-2-2) visited the Predators (5-4-5) on Tuesday, November 3 at 8:10 PM ET.
The Hurricanes score 3.94 goals per game (3rd of 32) and allow 2.25 (2nd). The Predators score 3.00 goals per game (21st of 32) and allow 3.36 (20th). The Hurricanes earn 81.2% of available standings points (1st) and the Predators 53.6% (20th).
Expected-goals share (5-on-5), the share of 5-on-5 expected goals created: Hurricanes 61.7% (1st), Predators 46.2% (25th). Shot-attempt share (5-on-5), the share of all 5-on-5 shot attempts: Hurricanes 58.8% (1st), Predators 45.9% (27th). High-danger chance share, the share of 5-on-5 high-danger chances: Hurricanes 69.5% (1st), Predators 47.9% (18th).
The total closed 6.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Hurricanes -198, Predators +165) prices the Hurricanes at 64% and the Predators at 36%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Carolina Hurricanes 1, Nashville Predators 4
Nashville Predators won by 3.
- Against the closing spread (Nashville Predators +1.5): Nashville Predators covered.
- Combined score 5 vs the closing total of 6.5: Under.
- Nashville Predators closed at +165 on the moneyline (a 36% no-vig market-implied chance).
Actual result
Nashville Predators 4
Before the game: market and G&W
From open to close the market moved 2 points toward Carolina Hurricanes.
Market numbers are the consensus moneyline with the bookmaker margin removed.
Win probability
Each team's chance of winning through the game, starting from the market's closing price (Carolina Hurricanes 64%, Nashville Predators 36%) and moving with every goal, penalty and the clock until the final.
Biggest swings
- 2nd 3:29 — Nashville Predators goal (0-2)Nashville Predators 58% → 75% (+17 pts)
- 2nd 10:28 — Carolina Hurricanes goal (1-2)Carolina Hurricanes 20% → 38% (+18 pts)
- 3rd 5:40 — Nashville Predators goal (1-3)Nashville Predators 73% → 91% (+18 pts)
Nashville Predators won after falling as low as 36% (1st 0:00).
Chance Quality Result
Based on the quality of chances each team created, Carolina Hurricanes won 64% of G&W replays (Nashville Predators 36%). The result went the other way from the chances each team created.
The Chance Quality Result describes the chances each team created. It is not the official result and never changes it or any record. Expected goals count regulation chances with both goalies in net; empty-net goals are not included. Season xG tables count every game state, empty nets included, so their totals differ.
Game DNA
The Chance Quality Result above favoured Carolina Hurricanes. Here is where that came from.
| Hurricanes | Goals | Predators |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | 5-on-5 chancesexpected goals | 1.5 |
| 1.8 | Power-play chancesexpected goals | 1.4 |
| 0.0 | Other situations4-on-4, 3-on-3, short-handed | 0.0 |
| 4.0 | Chance Quality Result chancesthe three rows above, as in the result | 2.9 |
| 0.1 | Overtime and pulled-goalie chancesnot part of the Chance Quality Result | 0.0 |
| 0.5 | Second chancesrebounds and flurries, part of the above | 0.6 |
| -3.1 | Finishinggoals vs expected on own shots | +0.1 |
| -0.1 | Goaltendingsaves vs expected · Pyotr Kochetkov 16/19 · Juuse Saros 29/30 | +3.1 |
| 0 | Empty-net goals | 1 |
How the margin was built, from Nashville Predators's side:
The first three rows add up to the Chance Quality Result's expected goals. Overtime chances and chances with a goalie pulled are listed on their own, and empty-net goals are not in expected goals. A team's finishing and the other team's goaltending are the same goals seen from each end.
Line review
Carolina Hurricanes closed as the market favourite at 64% and lost.
The line moved toward Carolina Hurricanes before puck drop, and they lost.
Market
Closing line and line movement
Hurricanes -1.5 (+140)
Hurricanes -1.5 (+120)
Predators +152 38%
Predators +165 36%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Head-to-head
The teams have met 22 times since 2018-19: the Hurricanes won 14 and the Predators 8.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2025 | Hurricanes 4, Predators 1 Hurricanes won | Hurricanes -180 favorite won | 6 under |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Predators 3, Hurricanes 6 Hurricanes won | Hurricanes -230 favorite won | 6 over |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Predators 3, Hurricanes 1 Predators won | Hurricanes -265 underdog won | 5.5 under |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Hurricanes 2, Predators 5 Predators won | Hurricanes -120 underdog won | 6 over |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Hurricanes 5, Predators 2 Hurricanes won | Hurricanes -140 favorite won | 6 over |
Regular-season meetings since 2018-19, most recent first. Line = consensus closing moneyline favorite and total where line history is available.
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