Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Playoffs · Saturday, May 23, 2026 · Lenovo Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 26-12.
Josh Anderson scored twice and Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice. Eric Robinson also scored.
Frederik Andersen made 10 saves on 12 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Robinson (2)William Carrier (2), Mark Jankowski (2)0–102:33 CAR
Josh Anderson (4)Phillip Danault (7), Kaiden Guhle (8)1–111:11 MTL
2nd period
Nikolaj Ehlers (3)Jaccob Slavin (2), Jalen Chatfield (2)1–217:03 CAR
3rd period
- Josh Anderson (5)Alexandre Carrier (6), Phillip Danault (8)2–212:51 MTL
OT period
- Nikolaj Ehlers (4)Mark Jankowski (3), Jalen Chatfield (3)2–303:29 CAR
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–1 CAR
1st 2:33 · Robinson
Kapanen 0:27
1–1 MTL
1st 11:11 · Anderson
Hall 0:44
1–2 CAR
2nd 17:03 · Ehlers
Struble 0:31
2–2 MTL
3rd 12:51 · Anderson
Aho 0:22
2–3 CAR
OT 3:29 · Ehlers
Dach 0:58
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 08:33
Logan Stankoven · interference2 min - 1st 16:36
Jayden Struble · roughing2 min - 1st 18:16Andrei Svechnikov · boarding2 min
- 2nd 11:08Jakub Dobes · interference2 min
- 2nd 20:00Alexandre Texier · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Josh AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:52 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 63:29 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 77Mark JankowskiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 5Jalen ChatfieldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 23:22 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 20Sebastian AhoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 22Logan StankovenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 24Seth JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:29 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 53Jackson BlakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 4Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 19K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:05 |
| 21Alexander NikishinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | W | 12 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 63:29 |
| 32Brandon BussiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |