Carolina Hurricanes at Edmonton Oilers

CAR controlled play at 5v5 last season, 56.5% of the expected goals to 51.0%; CAR's power play ran at 23.4% against a EDM kill at 75.9%.

In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Brandon Bussi (CAR) saved -14.9 goals above expected to Tristan Jarry's -23.1, on save percentages of 0.895 and 0.882.

None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction — confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market — publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Carolina Hurricanes over Edmonton Oilers is where it starts, not where it ends.

No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.

CAR

Brandon Bussi

SV%

0.895

GSAx

-14.9

GAA

2.47

Record

31-6-2

39 games, 2025-26

EDM

Tristan Jarry

SV%

0.882

GSAx

-23.1

GAA

3.32

Record

18-9-3

33 games, 2025-26