Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Carolina 36-12-8=80pts, Nashville 31-23-2=64pts
Game 1 on Monday, 17 May: Nashville loses at Carolina, 5-goals-2
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 May: Nashville loses at Carolina, 3-goals-nil
Game 3 on Friday, 21 May: Carolina loses at Nashville, 5-goals-4(OT)
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 May: Carolina loses at Nashville, 4-goals-3(OT)
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 May: Nashville loses at Carolina, 3-goals-2(OT)
Game 6 on Thursday, 27 May: Carolina wins at Nashville, 4-goals-3(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and topped the Nashville Predators 4-goals-3(OT) to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1454 victory. With the series 1454 win, the Carolina Hurricanes improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 12-6 overall and 5-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1454 loss, the Nashville Predators see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 7-13 overall and 5-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Carolina Hurricanes in series 1454 was WWLLWW: Series 1454 thus becomes the 17th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 42nd NHL series (all rounds), and the 83rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Carolina Hurricanes trailed the host Nashville Predators by a goal as late as 13:58 into the third period but emerged victorious: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down a goal as late as 13:58 into the third period had a game record of only 73-650 (.101) - the Carolina Hurricanes thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback. With their series 1454 loss, the Nashville Predators see their series record fall to 0-11 in the wake of a Game 1 loss.

After Game 5: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and outscored the Nashville Predators 3-goals-2(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1454 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 6 record of 4-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 1-9 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 6 record of 3-7. The sole Nashville Predators series victory upon having trailed 3-games-2 occurred in series 1293, over the Anaheim Ducks in the 2016 NHL Preliminary round. The Carolina Hurricanes trailed the visiting Nashville Predators by a goal as late as 12:54 into the third period but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 12:54 into the third period had a game record of only 100-535 (.157) - the Carolina Hurricanes thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The Nashville Predators hosted and defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-goals-3 (2OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1454 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 6-1 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 4-3, while the Nashville Predators have a series record of 3-7 and a Game 5 record of 2-8. The Carolina Hurricanes have an active five-Game 5 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series upon entering series 1454 Game 5. The Nashville Predators have an active four-Game 5 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series upon entering series 1454 Game 5. The Nashville Predators trailed the visiting Carolina Hurricanes by a goal as late as 3:14 into the third period of series 1454 Game 4, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 3:14 into the third period had a game record of only 158-498 (.241) - the Nashville Predators thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback.

After Game 3: The Nashville Predators hosted and bested the Carolina Hurricanes 5-goals-4(2OT) to drop the Carolina Hurricanes best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1454 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 4-1 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-10 and a Game 4 record of 5-5. The Nashville Predators trailed the visiting Carolina Hurricanes by a goal as late as 14:41 into the second period of series 1454 Game 3 but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 14:41 into the second period had a game record of only 206-498 (.293) - the Nashville Predators thus achieve a grade-C in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and shut out the Nashville Predators 3-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1454 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 3 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-0.

After Game 1: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and topped the Nashville Predators 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1454 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 2 record of 0-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-10 and a Game 2 record of 5-5. The series 1454 Game 1 victory by Carolina snaps an NHL playoffs four-Game 1 losing streak by the Hurricanes; Carolina has an active four-Game 2 winning streak but is 0-2 in Game 2 when leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NHL regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes finished 16 points ahead of the Nashville Predators. From 1939 through the 2020 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 16 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-5 (.706) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1454 is the 18th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Carolina Hurricanes, and the 20th for the Nashville Predators. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Carolina Hurricanes have an all-rounds series record of 11-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-3, and a Game 1 record of 6-11, while the Nashville Predators have an all-rounds series record of 7-12, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-7, and a Game 1 record of 9-10. Series 1454 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Nashville Predators.