Hurricanes vs. Golden Knights — December 21, 2026: preview

CARCAR
15-3-2
W3 · L10: 8-1-1
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
SO
W
Tue, Dec 22
@
T-Mobile Arena
VGKVGK
13-5-2
W4 · L10: 5-3-2
W
W
W
W
SO
L
W
OT
L
L
PUCKLAB EDGECAR 76%

Matchup: Carolina Hurricanes (15-3-2) at Vegas Golden Knights (13-5-2). PuckLab Edge: Hurricanes, 76% (stronger 5v5 possession, better 5v5 expected goals, better special teams).

Head to Head

SEASON AVG
CARVGK
Scoring & Defense
4.10GF/GP3.45
2.30GA/GP2.70
+36Goal Diff+15
Analytics
59.15v5 CF%49.8
59.05v5 xGF%53.7
.900SV%.899
49.9FO %50.6
Special Teams & Discipline
22.7PP%27.9
85.5PK%76.9
7.9PIM / GP8.0
Record Splits
9-2-1Road / Home7-3-0

Season Series

First meeting of the season
No previous matchups this year
CAR

CAR Top Skaters

5v5Regular Season
PlayerGPGAPixG/60CF%
Sebastian AhoC201216280.8459.8Logan StankovenC20119201.2660.9Jackson BlakeR20515201.1362.7Andrei SvechnikovR20910190.9960.5Nikolaj EhlersL20512170.8059.9
VGK

VGK Top Skaters

5v5Regular Season
PlayerGPGAPixG/60CF%
Jack EichelC20917260.7653.2Mitch MarnerR18320230.7250.0Mark StoneR201010200.7650.3Tomas HertlC2096150.9456.9Ivan BarbashevL20411150.6055.3

Team Profile

CAR
Avg Age
28.8
Avg Height
6'1"
Avg Weight
199 lbs
VGK
Avg Age
29.0
Avg Height
6'2"
Avg Weight
201 lbs
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