Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes

22-12-6, 12-3-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	2	3	2	7
Hurricanes CAR	3	1	1	5

Carolina HurricanesHurricanesCAR

24-13-3, 13-7-1 Home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Sammy BlaisS. Blais#27
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Adam EngstromA. Engstrom#42
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	9:36	0:00	1:53	7:43	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	14	10:05	0:00	0:00	10:05	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:28	1:04	0:00	11:24	1	0	100.0
1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:57	0:56	0:00	15:01	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	15:45	0:00	1:22	14:23	9	5	64.3
0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:25	0:52	0:00	13:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	19	14:21	0:57	0:00	13:24	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	21	18:07	0:58	1:04	16:05	7	12	36.8
1	1	1	2	1	5	0	0	3	1	0	23	19:06	1:02	0:00	18:04	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	25	19:08	1:03	0:00	18:05	7	11	38.9
0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	22	15:08	0:55	0:00	14:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	14:11	0:00	1:37	12:34	4	4	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	29	23:08	0:02	1:49	21:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	29	24:49	1:06	2:16	21:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:04	0:00	0:00	13:04	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	28	24:33	1:05	1:09	22:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	19:17	0:00	0:42	18:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	18	13:54	0:00	0:00	13:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	5	20	.800	19	1	0	0	0	60:00	0

Carolina Hurricanes


forwards
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#20
Jackson BlakeJ. Blake#53
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Nikolaj EhlersN. Ehlers#27
Taylor HallT. Hall#71
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#77
Jesperi KotkaniemiJ. Kotkaniemi#82
Jordan MartinookJ. Martinook#48
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Jordan StaalJ. Staal#11
Logan StankovenL. Stankoven#22
Andrei SvechnikovA. Svechnikov#37
defensemen
Jalen ChatfieldJ. Chatfield#5
K'Andre MillerK. Miller#19
Alexander NikishinA. Nikishin#21
Joel NystromJ. Nystrom#64
Mike ReillyM. Reilly#6
Sean WalkerS. Walker#26

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
2	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	23	16:50	2:16	0:00	14:34	6	10	37.5
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	20	18:36	2:52	0:00	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	14:00	0:06	0:00	13:54	0	0	0.0
1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	16:54	2:10	0:00	14:44	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	18	16:19	0:36	0:00	15:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	10:56	0:00	0:36	10:20	10	2	83.3
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	10:23	0:00	0:00	10:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:34	0:06	1:26	14:02	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:28	0:00	0:35	10:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	17:35	0:48	1:24	15:23	9	7	56.3
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	18	16:55	0:36	0:00	16:19	8	8	50.0
1	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	23	17:14	2:16	0:00	14:58	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	29	21:53	0:06	1:05	20:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	31	25:18	0:42	1:23	23:13	0	0	0.0
1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	26	21:08	2:16	0:00	18:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	14:59	0:00	0:55	14:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	19	13:17	0:00	0:00	13:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	26	20:34	0:00	0:36	19:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Brandon BussiB. Bussi#32

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	6	16	.727	13	2	1	0	0	58:20	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	2	3	2	7
	Hurricanes	3	1	1	5

1st Period		MTL	CAR
3:10	Nick Suzuki (14) Assists: Alexandre Texier (5), Sammy Blais (4)	1	0
4:06	Oliver Kapanen (12) Assists: Ivan Demidov (24), Juraj Slafkovsky (16)	2	0
10:47	Nikolaj Ehlers (9) (Power Play) Assists: Alexander Nikishin (11), Sebastian Aho (22)	2	1
12:19	Sebastian Aho (15) Assists: Joel Nystrom (8), Andrei Svechnikov (18)	2	2
14:51	Andrei Svechnikov (11) Assists: Sebastian Aho (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (19)	2	3

2nd Period		MTL	CAR
0:54	Alexander Nikishin (5) (Power Play) Assists: Sebastian Aho (24), Andrei Svechnikov (19)	2	4
5:01	Sammy Blais (3) Assists: Lane Hutson (34), Brendan Gallagher (11)	3	4
16:23	Cole Caufield (20) Assists: Alexandre Texier (6)	4	4
16:46	Josh Anderson (9) Unassisted	5	4

3rd Period		MTL	CAR
11:20	Juraj Slafkovsky (14) Assists: Jayden Struble (6), Ivan Demidov (25)	6	4
16:58	Sebastian Aho (16) Assists: Nikolaj Ehlers (20), K'Andre Miller (13)	6	5
18:00	Lane Hutson (6) (Empty Net) Unassisted	7	5

Lane Hutson scores goal for Canadiens

0:32

Sebastian Aho nets goal for Hurricanes

0:52

Juraj Slafkovsky lights the lamp for Canadiens

0:38

Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

Canadiens
7
Hurricanes
5

Game 1

2/1

Hurricanes
Canadiens

Game 2

24/3

Canadiens
Hurricanes

Game 3

29/3

Lenovo Center

12:00 AM, 2 January 2026

Raleigh, NC

Attendance: 18,299

Referees:
Brandon Blandina
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Jesse Marquis
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	24	14	4	52
Tampa Bay	24	13	3	51
Montreal	22	12	6	50
Buffalo	21	14	4	46
Florida	21	15	3	45
Toronto	19	15	6	44
Boston	21	18	2	44
Ottawa	19	15	5	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	24	13	3	51
NY Islanders	22	15	4	48
Philadelphia	20	12	7	47
Washington	21	15	5	47
Pittsburgh	18	12	9	45
New Jersey	21	17	2	44
NY Rangers	19	18	5	43
Columbus	17	16	6	40

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Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

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