Montréal Canadiens 7 — 5 Carolina Hurricanes
2026-01-01 · Lenovo Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | CAR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | 7 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi start | CAR | L | 16 | 22 | 6 | 13/19 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 58:20 |
| Jakub Dobes start | MTL | W | 20 | 25 | 5 | 19/22 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Blais | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10:05 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24:33 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19:06 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:08 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:36 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:07 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:49 |
| Adam Engstrom | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:04 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:08 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13:54 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:28 |
CAR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | R | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:14 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | L | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Alexander Nikishin | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:08 |
| K'Andre Miller | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:18 |
| Joel Nystrom | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21:53 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| William Carrier | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:00 |
| Sean Walker | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:34 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 |
| Jackson Blake | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| Eric Robinson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| Jordan Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| Mark Jankowski | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:56 |
| Jordan Martinook | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | 2025-26 | MTL | 1 | CAR | 6 | |
| 2026-05-27 | 2025-26 | CAR | 4 | MTL | 0 | |
| 2026-05-25 | 2025-26 | CAR | 3 | MTL | 2 | OT |
| 2026-05-23 | 2025-26 | MTL | 2 | CAR | 3 | OT |
| 2026-05-21 | 2025-26 | MTL | 6 | CAR | 2 | |
| 2026-03-29 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | CAR | 1 | |
| 2026-03-24 | 2025-26 | CAR | 2 | MTL | 5 | |
| 2026-01-01 | 2025-26 | MTL | 7 | CAR | 5 | |
| 2025-04-16 | 2024-25 | CAR | 2 | MTL | 4 | |
| 2025-03-28 | 2024-25 | MTL | 1 | CAR | 4 |