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Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 2026 · Centre Bell

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesAway

2–5

Final

SOG 43–19

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · FDSNSO

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 43-19.

Goals came from Nikolaj Ehlers, Jordan Staal, Oliver Kapanen, Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov and Jake Evans.

Jakub Dobes made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 14 of 18.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR200243
Montréal CanadiensMTL122519

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakub DobesMTL · .953 SV%
  2. ★2nd starIvan DemidovMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A

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+
1:50

1–0 · 1st 2:36 · Ehlers. Matheson was 1:50 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceMTL on ice

1–0 CAR

1st 2:36 · PP · Ehlers

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:50

2–0 CAR

1st 7:09 · Staal

Matheson 0:54

2–1 MTL

1st 12:11 · Kapanen

Hall 0:44

2–2 MTL

2nd 5:49 · Caufield

Long shift: Miller 1:14

2–3 MTL

2nd 9:19 · Slafkovský

Long shift: Aho 1:03

2–4 MTL

3rd 13:53 · Demidov

Ehlers 0:29

2–5 MTL

3rd 19:00 · EN · Evans

Ehlers 1:22

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

CARMTL
43Shots on goal19
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
11Blocked shots23
16Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 01:37Josh Anderson · interference2 min
  • 1st 19:59Sebastian Aho · interference2 min
  • 2nd 01:21K'Andre Miller · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 17:56Kaiden Guhle · holding2 min
  • 2nd 17:56Jordan Martinook · interference2 min
  • 2nd 19:02Sean Walker · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 08:17Juraj Slafkovský · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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