Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes, East Final Game 1 NHL
Lenovo Center
TV: Sportsnet
CAR shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T MTL 13 3 6 22 CAR 14 12 2 28
Jakub Dobes 26/28 SV, .929 Frederik Andersen 16/21 SV, .762 Who won: Canadiens 6-2 The Montreal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 in East Final Game 1 on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Canadiens win the series 3-0. The Canadiens outscored the Hurricanes 4-1 in the 1st period. Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens in goals (2). Eric Robinson led the Hurricanes in goals (1).
Summary News Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Josh Anderson RW 0 1 0 2 14:36 0:00 0:56 13:40 18 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Zack Bolduc RW 1 1 0 -1 11:30 0:52 0:00 10:38 14 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 2 15:19 1:27 0:00 13:52 21 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Kirby Dach C 0 1 0 -1 10:39 0:56 0:00 9:43 14 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Phillip Danault C 4 3 0 2 15:49 0:00 0:48 15:01 18 1 2 1 2 0 0 10 9 52.6 0 0 0 Ivan Demidov RW 1 2 0 0 12:16 1:08 0:00 11:08 19 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Jake Evans C 2 1 0 1 17:06 0:00 1:38 15:28 22 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 6 50.0 0 0 0 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 8:59 0:00 0:00 8:59 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 75.0 2 0 0 Alex Newhook C 1 2 0 0 17:45 0:45 1:28 15:32 24 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 33.3 0 0 0 Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 1 0 3 16:41 1:34 0:00 15:07 21 2 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Nick Suzuki C 1 2 0 2 18:30 1:33 0:03 16:54 24 0 4 3 4 0 0 8 8 50.0 0 1 2 Alexandre Texier LW 0 0 0 1 14:23 0:53 0:00 13:30 17 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Alexandre Carrier D 3 1 1 4 19:14 0:13 1:12 17:49 26 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Noah Dobson D 3 0 1 0 22:35 1:21 0:49 20:25 28 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Kaiden Guhle D 2 1 0 1 18:48 0:02 0:27 18:19 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Lane Hutson D 5 0 1 0 22:36 1:31 0:00 21:05 24 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mike Matheson D 2 1 0 1 21:04 0:00 2:27 18:37 28 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 2 Jayden Struble D 3 1 0 2 14:10 0:00 0:00 14:10 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jakub Dobes G 2 28 0 0 26 .929 26 0 0 60:00 0 0
MTL shoots leftCAR shoots right 
Jakub Dobes26/28 SV, .929
Frederik Andersen16/21 SV, .762