Montréal Canadiens 7–5 Carolina Hurricanes · Thursday, January 1, 2026

Montréal CanadiensMTL · 23 shots7

Final

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Lenovo Center, Raleigh

FDSNSO, TSN2, RDS

Carolina HurricanesCAR · 25 shots5

Scoring

1st period

03:10

Nick Suzuki (14)Alexandre Texier (5), Sammy Blais (4) · snap1–0

04:06

Oliver Kapanen (12)Ivan Demidov (24), Juraj Slafkovský (16) · snap2–0

10:47

Nikolaj Ehlers (9)ppAlexander Nikishin (11), Sebastian Aho (22) · snap2–1

12:19

Sebastian Aho (15)Joel Nystrom (8), Andrei Svechnikov (18) · tip-in2–2

14:51

Andrei Svechnikov (11)Sebastian Aho (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (19) · snap2–3

2nd period

00:54

Alexander Nikishin (5)ppSebastian Aho (24), Andrei Svechnikov (19) · slap2–4

05:01

Sammy Blais (3)Lane Hutson (34), Brendan Gallagher (11) · wrist3–4

16:23

Cole Caufield (20)Alexandre Texier (6) · snap4–4

16:46

Josh Anderson (9)Unassisted · wrist5–4

3rd period

11:20

Juraj Slafkovský (14)Jayden Struble (6), Ivan Demidov (25) · snap6–4

16:58

Sebastian Aho (16)Nikolaj Ehlers (20), K'Andre Miller (13) · snap6–5

18:00

Lane Hutson (6)empty netUnassisted · wrist7–5

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	B. Gallagher	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0	1	–	14:21	19
13	C. Caufield	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	15:57	21
14	N. Suzuki	C	1	0	1	+3	0	3	3	0	2	0	39	19:08	25
17	J. Anderson	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	–	09:36	14
20	J. Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	3	5	0	1	–	19:06	23
24	P. Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	64	15:45	23
27	S. Blais	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2	7	0	0	0	–	10:05	14
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	12:28	16
85	A. Texier	L	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	0	1	0	–	15:08	22
90	J. Veleno	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	14:11	20
91	O. Kapanen	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	37	18:07	21
93	I. Demidov	R	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	–	14:25	17
42	A. Engstrom	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	13:04	19
45	A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	–	23:08	29
47	J. Struble	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:17	23
48	L. Hutson	D	1	1	2	+3	2	2	0	1	2	0	–	24:33	28
53	N. Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	–	24:49	29
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	6	1	1	0	–	13:54	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	J. Fowler		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	W	25	20	5	.800	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	J. Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0	0	56	17:35	24
20	S. Aho	C	2	3	5	+1	2	3	2	1	0	0	38	16:50	23
22	L. Stankoven	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	3	1	50	16:55	18
27	N. Ehlers	L	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	50	16:54	23
28	W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	0	0	0	–	14:00	18
37	A. Svechnikov	R	1	2	3	+1	0	5	1	0	2	1	–	17:14	23
48	J. Martinook	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	15:34	21
50	E. Robinson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:28	16
53	J. Blake	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	–	18:36	20
71	T. Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	3	0	–	16:19	18
77	M. Jankowski	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0	83	10:56	15
82	J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	2	0	–	10:23	15
5	J. Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	3	0	2	–	21:53	29
6	M. Reilly	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	13:17	19
19	K. Miller	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	1	0	–	25:18	31
21	A. Nikishin	D	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	0	2	–	21:08	26
26	S. Walker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	–	20:34	26
64	J. Nystrom	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:59	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	F. Andersen		0	0	0	–	00:00
32	B. BussiSTART	L	22	16	6	.727	58:20

Head to head

Last 5: MTL 0 · CAR 5

Three stars

★₁JSJ. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 1 G, 1 A
★₂SAS. AhoCAR · C · 2 G, 3 A
★₃ASA. SvechnikovCAR · R · 1 G, 2 A

Team stats

MTL		CAR
23	Shots	25
26	Hits	18
15	Blocked shots	10
6	PIM	2
16	Giveaways	19
4	Takeaways	9

Penalties

1st period

09:58MTL · 2 min slashing

2nd period

00:45MTL · 2 min holding
01:47MTL · 2 min slashing
10:12CAR · 2 min high sticking