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Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes

Playoffs · Thursday, May 21, 2026 · Lenovo Center

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6–2

Final

SOG 22–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 28-22.

Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Seth Jarvis, Cole Caufield, Phillip Danault, Alexandre Texier, Ivan Demidov and Eric Robinson also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 16 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL402622
Carolina HurricanesCAR110228

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starCole CaufieldMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starPhillip DanaultMTL · 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+
1:10

5–2 · 3rd 7:05 · Slafkovský. Blake was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceCAR on ice

0–1 CAR

1st 0:33 · Jarvis

Matheson 0:33

1–1 MTL

1st 1:00 · Caufield

Aho 0:35

2–1 MTL

1st 4:04 · Danault

Jarvis 0:37

3–1 MTL

1st 8:11 · Texier

Hall 0:29

4–1 MTL

1st 11:32 · Demidov

Hall 0:37

4–2 CAR

2nd 2:46 · Robinson

Long shift: Suzuki 1:00

5–2 MTL

3rd 7:05 · Slafkovský

Long shift: Blake 1:10

6–2 MTL

3rd 17:32 · EN · Slafkovský

Gostisbehere 0:56

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
22Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/2
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits44
29Blocked shots12
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 03:55Sean Walker · interference2 min
  • 1st 03:55Nick Suzuki · embellishment2 min
  • 1st 11:39Alexandre Carrier · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 12:06Sebastian Aho · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:13Andrei Svechnikov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:13Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 03:56Jordan Martinook · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 12:06Kaiden Guhle · interference2 min

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