Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

Canadiens

22-12-6, 50 PTS

7-5

Final

Hurricanes

24-13-3, 51 PTS

Lenovo Center

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftCAR shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	5	11	7	23
CAR	10	8	7	25

In net

Jakub Dobes20/25 SV, .800

Brandon Bussi16/22 SV, .727

Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	3	2	7
CAR	3	1	1	5

Who won: Canadiens 7-5

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. The Canadiens outscored the Hurricanes 3-1 in the 2nd period. Lane Hutson led the Canadiens in goals (1). Sebastian Aho led the Hurricanes in goals (2).

MTL

CAR

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	0	0	0	9:36	0:00	1:53	7:43	14	1	9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Sammy BlaisLW	0	7	0	1	10:05	0:00	0:00	10:05	14	1	3	1	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	1	1	0	0	12:28	1:04	0:00	11:24	16	0	10	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	0	0	1	15:57	0:56	0:00	15:01	21	1	20	0	3	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	15:45	0:00	1:22	14:23	23	0	0	0	1	0	9	5	64.3	1	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	0	0	2	14:25	0:52	0:00	13:33	17	0	10	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	2	1	1	14:21	0:57	0:00	13:24	19	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	3	1	0	0	18:07	0:58	1:04	16:05	21	1	12	0	1	1	7	12	36.8	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	5	3	1	1	19:06	1:02	0:00	18:04	23	1	14	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	0	3	0	3	19:08	1:03	0:00	18:05	25	1	14	0	3	2	7	11	38.9	2	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	0	0	0	2	15:08	0:55	0:00	14:13	22	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Joe VelenoC	0	2	0	1	14:11	0:00	1:37	12:34	20	0	2	0	0	2	4	4	50.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	1	0	1	0	23:08	0:02	1:49	21:17	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Noah DobsonD	1	0	1	0	24:49	1:06	2:16	21:27	29	0	7	0	1	1	5	0	0
Adam EngstromD	2	0	0	2	13:04	0:00	0:00	13:04	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lane HutsonD	1	0	0	3	24:33	1:05	1:09	22:19	28	1	6	1	2	0	2	1	2
Jayden StrubleD	0	1	0	2	19:17	0:00	0:42	18:35	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Arber XhekajD	1	6	0	1	13:54	0:00	0:00	13:54	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2