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Chicago Blackhawks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 9 — Recap
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Game Recap
The Carolina Hurricanes cruised to a 9-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, validating a SportsFBI pregame lean of 84% and improving their record to 13-3-2 while dropping Chicago to 4-12-1. Carolina outshot Chicago 32 to 20, dictating the pace from the opening period as the Hurricanes built an insurmountable lead through relentless offensive pressure.
Carolina seized control immediately in the first period. Seth Jarvis opened the scoring at 1:34 with assists from K'Andre Miller and Taylor Hall, followed by a goal from Jackson Blake at 3:21 assisted by Nikolaj Ehlers. Jordan Martinook then added a pair of goals, scoring at 10:54 and again at 19:27, with both tallies assisted by Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Robinson to push the score to 4-0 at the first intermission.
The onslaught continued in the middle frame. Andrei Svechnikov scored at 4:43 off a William Carrier assist, Sebastian Aho followed at 10:36 with help from Sean Walker and Carrier, and Alexander Nikishin capped the second-period scoring at 18:06 with assists from Shayne Gostisbehere and Aho, making it 7-0.
Chicago broke through in the third period when Roman Kantserov scored at 5:56, assisted by Connor Bedard and Alex Vlasic. Bedard added another goal at 13:41, assisted by Vlasic, to make it 7-2. However, Carolina closed out the game with Gostisbehere scoring at 16:18, assisted by Nikishin and Logan Stankoven, and Svechnikov notine his second of the game at 19:47 with an assist from Aho to finalize the 9--2 scoreline.
How the Prediction Fared
Before puck drop, DraftKings favored the Carolina Hurricanes (-440, 81% implied) over the Chicago Blackhawks.
SportsFBI's model, locked before puck drop, favored the Carolina Hurricanes (84% confidence). It gave a 52% chance of a 3+ goal margin; the game was decided by 7 goals.
💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 1:34 Seth Jarvis (K'Andre Miller, Taylor Hall) CAR · wrist shot · CHI 0, CAR 1
- P1 3:21 Jackson Blake (Nikolaj Ehlers) CAR · backhand shot · CHI 0, CAR 2
- P1 10:54 Jordan Martinook (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Eric Robinson) CAR · snap shot · CHI 0, CAR 3
- P1 19:27 Jordan Martinook (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Eric Robinson) CAR · backhand shot · CHI 0, CAR 4
- P2 4:43 Andrei Svechnikov (William Carrier) CAR · snap shot · CHI 0, CAR 5
- P2 10:36 Sebastian Aho (Sean Walker, William Carrier) CAR · snap shot · CHI 0, CAR 6
- P2 18:06 Alexander Nikishin (Shayne Gostisbehere, Sebastian Aho) CAR · slap shot · CHI 0, CAR 7
- P3 5:56 Roman Kantserov (Connor Bedard, Alex Vlasic) CHI · snap shot · CHI 1, CAR 7
- P3 13:41 Connor Bedard (Alex Vlasic) CHI · wrist shot · CHI 2, CAR 7
- P3 16:18 Shayne Gostisbehere (Alexander Nikishin, Logan Stankoven) CAR · snap shot · CHI 2, CAR 8
- P3 19:47 Andrei Svechnikov (Sebastian Aho) CAR · snap shot · CHI 2, CAR 9
Biggest Period
The Carolina Hurricanes scored 4 goals in P1 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| CAR | 14 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 2Goals7% of attempts
- 18Saved67% of attempts
- 7Missed the net26% of attempts
- 9Goals18% of attempts
- 23Saved47% of attempts
- 17Missed the net35% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bedard | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17:22 |
| Alex Vlasic | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:10 |
| Roman Kantserov | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 |
| Ian Cole | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 |
| Sam Rinzel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Artyom Levshunov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Ryan Greene | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:31 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 |
| Kevin Korchinski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| Frank Nazar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15:36 |
| Anton Frondell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| Ryan Donato | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:24 |
| Oliver Moore | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:35 |
| Cole Smith | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10:16 |
| Dillon Boucher | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | — | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 6 | 30:36 |
| Arvid Soderblom | — | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 3 | 28:43 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15:15 |
| Jordan Martinook | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 |
| Alexander Nikishin | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:08 |
| Eric Robinson | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| William Carrier | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 09:25 |
| Jackson Blake | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 |
| Seth Jarvis | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| K'Andre Miller | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:24 |
| Sean Walker | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| Jaccob Slavin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 |
| Mark Jankowski | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyotr Kochetkov | — | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 2 | 59:19 |
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