Senators vs Hurricanes

Final · Sat Apr 18 · 3:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center

Ottawa SenatorsSenators44-27-11

FinalApr 18, 2026

Carolina HurricanesHurricanes53-22-7

TVESPN

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

OTT+124

CAR−148

Puck line

OTT +1.5−205

CAR −1.5+170

Total O/U

Over 6.5+114

Under 6.5−135

Puck line: Hurricanes −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 6.5 (2 goals).

Recap

The Carolina Hurricanes shut out the Ottawa Senators 2-0 at Lenovo Center in Raleigh on Apr 18, 2026 to move to 53-22-7.

Carolina leads the series 1-0.

Score by period

Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	0	0	0
CAR	0	1	1	2

W: Andersen · L: Ullmark

Scoring plays

Second Period

CARGoal · 2:11Logan Stankoven Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jackson Blake (1), Taylor Hall (1)0-1

Third Period

CARGoal · 7:15Taylor Hall Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Logan Stankoven (1), Jackson Blake (2)0-2

Team stats

OTTCAR

Shots: 22; 29
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 56.4; 43.6
Hits: 39; 57
Blocked Shots: 13; 11
Penalty Minutes: 21; 15

Top performers

Ottawa SenatorsCarolina Hurricanes

Goals

–

Taylor Hall1

Assists

–

Jackson Blake2

Points

–

Taylor Hall2

Player stats

Senators · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	FO%	PIM
Michael Amadio RW	2	1	0	-1	15:07	1	0.0	0
Drake Batherson RW	0	4	0	0	17:13	3	0.0	0
Nick Cousins C	0	1	1	0	11:49	0	0.0	2
Dylan Cozens C	1	5	0	0	18:58	2	63.6	0
Lars Eller C	0	0	0	0	7:09	0	77.8	0
Warren Foegele LW	0	2	0	-1	9:48	2	0.0	0
Claude Giroux RW	0	1	1	-1	18:15	2	71.4	0
Ridly Greig C	0	1	0	0	14:47	1	40.0	0
Shane Pinto C	2	3	1	-2	16:51	2	33.3	2
Tim Stutzle C	0	1	0	0	23:05	4	66.7	0
Brady Tkachuk LW	0	5	1	0	17:41	2	20.0	7
Fabian Zetterlund LW	0	3	0	-1	11:26	0	0.0	2

Senators · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	S	PIM
Thomas Chabot D	3	1	-2	26:39	1	0
Dennis Gilbert D	1	4	0	8:26	0	4
Nikolas Matinpalo D	0	1	-1	17:08	0	0
Jake Sanderson D	3	2	0	27:25	2	2
Jordan Spence D	1	1	-1	23:40	0	0
Artem Zub D	0	3	0	7:44	0	0

Senators · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Linus Ullmark G	2	29	27	.931	56:49	0

Hurricanes · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Sebastian Aho C	2	3	0	0	20:40	0	0	1	18.2	0
Jackson Blake RW	0	0	0	2	16:15	0	2	0	0.0	2
William Carrier LW	1	3	1	0	6:51	0	0	0	0.0	0
Nikolaj Ehlers LW	0	4	0	0	18:38	0	0	1	100.0	0
Taylor Hall LW	0	2	1	2	15:06	1	1	5	100.0	0
Mark Jankowski C	0	1	0	0	9:52	0	0	0	46.2	0
Seth Jarvis C	2	3	0	0	20:37	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jordan Martinook RW	2	7	0	0	15:27	0	0	2	0.0	0
Eric Robinson LW	0	4	0	0	7:24	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jordan Staal C	0	4	0	0	16:20	0	0	2	55.6	7
Logan Stankoven C	0	6	0	2	15:39	1	1	6	40.0	0
Andrei Svechnikov LW	0	8	0	0	15:36	0	0	6	0.0	0

Hurricanes · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S	PIM
Jalen Chatfield D	1	1	1	0	17:59	2	4
Shayne Gostisbehere D	0	2	0	2	18:13	2	0
K'Andre Miller D	0	3	2	0	17:42	1	2
Alexander Nikishin D	1	1	0	2	17:31	1	0
Jaccob Slavin D	1	0	0	0	21:06	0	0
Sean Walker D	1	5	0	0	21:04	0	0

Hurricanes · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Frederik Andersen G	0	22	22	1.000	60:00	0

Three stars

Frederik Andersen (CAR)
Logan Stankoven (CAR)
Taylor Hall (CAR)

Game info

VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC

Attendance18,588

OfficialsReferee: Frederick L'Ecuyer · Referee: Wes McCauley · Linesman: Ryan Daisy · Referee: Brandon Blandina

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