The Carolina Hurricanes dropped their final preseason game this fall to the Nashville Predators, 3-2 in overtime late Saturday afternoon.
The Canes jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first as Jordan Martinook took a pass from Jordan Staal to open the scoring.
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The home team would tie things up shortly afterward when Jonathan Marchessault buried a shot during a powerplay opportunity.
Tyson Jost scored to open the second period. The Canes recently tried to reassign Jost to Chicago but he was claimed off the waiver wire and of course scored against his former team.
Seth Jarvis would tie the game again in the third and that’s the way it stayed until the end of regulation.
Andrei Svechnikov got rocked hard in the extra period off a high hit by Joakim Kemell. Sebatian Aho took exception and got called for unsportsmanlike conduct to give the Preds the man advantage again.
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Of course, Kemell would rip in the game-winner during the ensuing 4 on 3 advantage.
The good news is that this game didn’t count, although you might not want to tell that to Svechnikov. That hit sure “counted.“
The bad news is that Carolina’s special teams have not been special this preseason and they will need a huge improvement to start the regular season.
Notes:
Alexander Nikishin led the team with 5 hits and had 23:05 of ice time, third best on the team. He also had a team high 4 blocked shots.
Pyotr Kochetkov had a solid game for his first action this preseason. He finished making 26 saves on 29 shots and two of the three goals he allowed were during the penalty kill.
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The Canes will take Sunday off and will get back to work at practice on Monday as they prepare for their home opener against the Devils on Thursday night.
Game Summary https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS010091.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES010091.HTM