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
Sebastian AhoC	1	2	0	1	16:50	2:16	0:00	14:34	23	2	16	3	3	1	6	10	37.5	0	1	2
Jackson BlakeRW	1	1	1	0	18:36	2:52	0:00	15:44	20	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
William CarrierLW	0	5	0	-2	14:00	0:06	0:00	13:54	18	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Nikolaj EhlersLW	0	0	0	0	16:54	2:10	0:00	14:44	23	1	9	2	2	2	1	1	50.0	2	0	0
Taylor HallLW	1	0	0	-1	16:19	0:36	0:00	15:43	18	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Mark JankowskiC	2	0	0	-2	10:56	0:00	0:36	10:20	15	0	2	0	0	1	10	2	83.3	0	0	0
Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	0	0	-2	10:23	0:00	0:00	10:23	15	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Jordan MartinookRW	0	0	0	-2	15:34	0:06	1:26	14:02	21	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Eric RobinsonLW	0	1	0	-2	11:28	0:00	0:35	10:53	16	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan StaalC	0	3	0	-2	17:35	0:48	1:24	15:23	24	0	10	0	0	0	9	7	56.3	0	0	0
Logan StankovenC	0	0	1	-1	16:55	0:36	0:00	16:19	18	0	6	0	1	1	8	8	50.0	3	0	0
Andrei SvechnikovLW	0	1	1	1	17:14	2:16	0:00	14:58	23	1	11	2	5	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Jalen ChatfieldD	3	0	2	-2	21:53	0:06	1:05	20:42	29	0	0	0	3	1	0
K'Andre MillerD	0	1	0	-1	25:18	0:42	1:23	23:13	31	0	2	1	3	1	1
Alexander NikishinD	0	0	2	-1	21:08	2:16	0:00	18:52	26	1	5	1	2	0	0
Joel NystromD	0	1	0	-2	14:59	0:00	0:55	14:04	21	0	0	1	0	2	1
Mike ReillyD	0	1	0	-2	13:17	0:00	0:00	13:17	19	0	1	0	0	0	2
Sean WalkerD	2	2	2	0	20:34	0:00	0:36	19:58	26	0	4	0	1	0	1