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Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Centre Bell

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6–4

Final

SOG 33–20

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Recap

Hall scores twice as Hurricanes rally past Canadiens

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-4 on Tuesday night at Centre Bell. The Canadiens led 3-2 after the first period, but Carolina pulled ahead with two goals in the second and two more in the third, outshooting Montréal 33-20 on the night.

Taylor Hall opened the scoring at 2:25 of the first, his 1st of the season. Zachary Bolduc scored twice and Nick Suzuki once as Montréal built a 3-2 lead, and Eric Robinson had the other Hurricanes goal in the opening period. Sebastian Aho tied it on the power play in the second, Mark Jankowski put Carolina ahead, and Hall's second of the night at 12:21 of the third stood as the winner. Juraj Slafkovský pulled the Canadiens within one before Andrei Svechnikov sealed it with an empty-net goal.

Hall was named the game's first star, Zachary Bolduc the second and Sebastian Aho the third. Aho finished with a goal and two assists. Brandon Bussi made 16 saves for the win, and Jakub Dobes stopped 27 for Montréal.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Carolina HurricanesCAR222633
Montréal CanadiensMTL301420

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTaylor HallCAR · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starZachary BolducMTL · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starSebastian AhoCAR · 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+
1:14

5–3 · 3rd 12:21 · Hall. MTL stayed on through an icing. Matheson was 1:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on iceMTL on ice

1–0 CAR

1st 2:25 · Hall

Dach 0:47

1–1 MTL

1st 3:23 · Bolduc

Long shift: Reilly 1:06

1–2 MTL

1st 4:27 · Suzuki

Walker 0:21

2–2 CAR

1st 9:22 · Robinson

Anderson 0:04

2–3 MTL

1st 12:54 · PP · Bolduc

Stankoven 0:46

3–3 CAR

2nd 3:56 · PP · Aho

Matheson 0:42

4–3 CAR

2nd 13:24 · Jankowski

Long shift: Matheson 1:01

5–3 CAR

3rd 12:21 · Hall

Long shift: Matheson 1:14

5–4 MTL

3rd 16:57 · Slafkovský

Aho 0:57

6–4 CAR

3rd 18:45 · EN · Svechnikov

Hutson 1:24

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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
33Shots on goal20
54%Faceoff %46%
1/5Power play1/6
16Penalty minutes14
30Hits20
9Blocked shots16
15Giveaways19
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 11:41Taylor Hall · hooking2 min
  • 1st 14:50Cole Caufield · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:50Juraj Slafkovský · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:50Sean Walker · roughing2 min
  • 1st 18:55Sebastian Aho · hooking2 min
  • 1st 19:42Logan Stankoven · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 03:14Alexandre Carrier · interference2 min
  • 2nd 04:41Arber Xhekaj · holding2 min
  • 2nd 05:16Jackson Blake · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 06:51Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 14:59Noah Dobson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 14:59Taylor Hall · holding2 min
  • 2nd 19:17Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 06:24Jordan Martinook · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 07:18Nick Suzuki · interference goalkeeper2 min

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