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Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensAway

7–5

Final

SOG 23–25

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

TSN2 · RDS · FDSNSO

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 25-23.

Sebastian Aho scored twice. Nick Suzuki, Oliver Kapanen, Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrei Svechnikov, Alexander Nikishin, Sammy Blais, Cole Caufield, Josh Anderson, Juraj Slafkovský and Lane Hutson also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Brandon Bussi stopped 16 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL232723
Carolina HurricanesCAR311525

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starSebastian AhoCAR · 2G 3A
  3. ★3rd starAndrei SvechnikovCAR · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:22

6–5 · 3rd 16:58 · Aho. Danault was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceCAR on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 3:10 · Suzuki

Miller 0:22

2–0 MTL

1st 4:06 · Kapanen

Ehlers 0:56

2–1 CAR

1st 10:47 · PP · Ehlers

Dobson 0:49

2–2 CAR

1st 12:19 · Aho

Danault 0:29

2–3 CAR

1st 14:51 · Svechnikov

Blais 0:50

2–4 CAR

2nd 0:54 · PP · Nikishin

Carrier 0:54

3–4 MTL

2nd 5:01 · Blais

Reilly 0:50

4–4 MTL

2nd 16:23 · Caufield

Martinook 0:42

5–4 MTL

2nd 16:46 · Anderson

Reilly 0:23

6–4 MTL

3rd 11:20 · Slafkovský

Carrier 0:17

6–5 CAR

3rd 16:58 · Aho

Long shift: Danault 1:22

7–5 MTL

3rd 18:00 · EN · Hutson

Walker 1:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLCAR
23Shots on goal25
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes2
26Hits18
15Blocked shots10
18Giveaways19
4Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 09:58Alexandre Texier · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 00:45Lane Hutson · holding2 min
  • 2nd 01:47Arber Xhekaj · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 10:12Sebastian Aho · high sticking2 min

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