Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado Avalanche

Thu, Oct 23, 2025 · Ball Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Carolina Hurricanes

5 – 4

Final/SO

Colorado Avalanche

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–4 in a shootout on Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Frederik Andersen made 44 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–48.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
CAR	4	0	0	0	1	5	31
COL	1	1	2	0	0	4	48

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:07	CAR	EV	Eric Robinson (3) · snap	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2), Mike Reilly (3)	1–0
1st	04:04	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (3) · backhand	Unassisted	1–1
1st	07:17	CAR	SH	Seth Jarvis (7) · backhand	Unassisted	2–1
1st	12:41	CAR	EV	Sebastian Aho (3) · deflected	Nikolaj Ehlers (2), Seth Jarvis (4)	3–1
1st	13:40	CAR	EV	Logan Stankoven (2) · wrist	Jackson Blake (4), Taylor Hall (3)	4–1
2nd	04:46	COL	EV	Parker Kelly (1) · deflected	Sam Malinski (3), Ross Colton (2)	4–2
3rd	04:45	COL	EV	Martin Necas (6) · snap	Artturi Lehkonen (6), Nathan MacKinnon (5)	4–3
3rd	14:09	COL	PP	Valeri Nichushkin (4) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (4), Cale Makar (6)	4–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:50	CAR	Charles Alexis Legault	roughing	2
2nd	01:58	CAR	Alexander Nikishin	slashing	2
2nd	04:46	CAR	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	08:15	CAR	Taylor Hall	slashing	2
2nd	12:33	COL	Brock Nelson	tripping	2
2nd	18:39	CAR	Charles Alexis Legault	interference	2
3rd	02:01	COL	Sam Malinski	interference	2
3rd	05:14	COL	Parker Kelly	roughing	2
3rd	05:14	CAR	Taylor Hall	roughing	2
3rd	06:59	CAR	Jalen Chatfield	holding	2
3rd	13:18	CAR	Sebastian Aho	interference	2
3rd	16:01	COL	Valeri Nichushkin	holding the stick	2
3rd	17:45	COL	Jack Drury	holding	2
3rd	17:45	CAR	Sean Walker	holding	2
3rd	18:13	COL	Brock Nelson	high sticking	2
OT	01:36	COL	Martin Necas	hooking	2
OT	03:44	CAR	Logan Stankoven	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: CAR 3.15 · COL 5.20 · xG% CAR 37.7

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	Seth Jarvis	C	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	1	100.0	23:01	28
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		23:12	34
20	Sebastian Aho	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	3	1	38.1	22:35	28
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	100.0	19:19	22
53	Jackson Blake	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:30	22
22	Logan Stankoven	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	16.7	16:16	21
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	0		15:07	21
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	77.8	10:47	17
50	Eric Robinson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		7:38	13
26	Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1		28:16	34
5	Jalen Chatfield	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2		23:05	33
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	48.1	17:50	25
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:52	25
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		16:14	22
64	Joel Nystrom	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		16:02	27
21	Alexander Nikishin	D	0	0	0	+3	2	2	1	1		14:42	23
62	Charles Alexis Legault	D	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	2		13:11	21
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1:16	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Frederik Andersen	W	48	44	4	.917	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	0	2	7	1	0		22:05	30
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1		28:30	30
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	-2	0	4	2	0	40.7	25:25	24
88	Martin Necas	C	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0		21:25	26
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	-2	0	4	1	1		19:57	26
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	0		14:45	17
17	Parker Kelly	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	100.0	14:38	21
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0		13:42	23
20	Ross Colton	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	5	0	100.0	10:04	17
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2		22:07	31
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		21:55	29
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	4		20:20	28
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	0	57.9	19:55	27
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1	60.0	14:57	24
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	13:21	19
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		11:17	15
28	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		9:13	15
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	66.7	4:24	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Trent Miner	OTL	20	20	0	1.000	51:20
41	Scott Wedgewood		11	7	4	.636	13:40