Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, December 28, 2023 · PNC Arena
TSN2 · RDS · BSSO
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 31-21.
Andrei Svechnikov scored a hat trick and Jesper Fast scored twice. Mitchell Stephens, Mike Matheson and Josh Anderson also scored.
Antti Raanta made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Svechnikov (4)Brent Burns (11), Sebastian Aho (22)0–101:35 CAR
Jesper Fast (3)Sebastian Aho (23), Brent Burns (12)0–212:40 CAR
Mitchell Stephens (2)Michael Pezzetta (4), Jayden Struble (2)1–213:51 MTL
Mike Matheson (6)Sean Monahan (12), Cayden Primeau (2)2–219:56 MTL · PPG
2nd period
- Jesper Fast (4)Stefan Noesen (12), Jack Drury (9)2–301:29 CAR
3rd period
Josh Anderson (6)Unassisted3–300:25 MTL- Andrei Svechnikov (5)Brett Pesce (4), Sebastian Aho (24)3–413:51 CAR
- Andrei Svechnikov (6)Sebastian Aho (25), Brent Burns (13)3–519:41 CAR · PPG · EN
Team stats
MTLCAR
21Shots on goal31
55%Faceoff %45%
1/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits19
26Blocked shots13
6Giveaways10
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 08:01
Brady Skjei · tripping2 min - 1st 16:14
Jayden Struble · interference2 min - 1st 19:25Andrei Svechnikov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:19Brady Skjei · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:40Michael Bunting · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:08Joel Armia · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:01Cole Caufield · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:08 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:48 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:13 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:52 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 20Sebastian AhoC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:07 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 71Jesper FastR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:09 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:53 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:53 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:37 |
| 24Seth JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:45 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 82Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 5Jalen ChatfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 7Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 22:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Antti RaantaG | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 60:00 |
| 52Pyotr KochetkovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |