Game

Canadiens at Hurricanes

Canadiens 7, Hurricanes 5 · first star Juraj Slafkovský (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 7 at Carolina Hurricanes 5

Canadiens MTL

7 FINAL 5

Hurricanes CAR

Thursday, January 1, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	3	2	7	23
Hurricanes	3	1	1	5	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 23, CAR 25.

MTL in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 23 shots on goal (7 goals, 12 missed, 10 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 25 shots on goal (5 goals, 13 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	5	2	13	10	3	17
2nd	11	3	15	8	1	19
3rd	7	2	17	7	1	18
Total	23	7	45	25	5	54

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	20	7	22	3
Power play	2	0	3	2
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 54.5% of the shot attempts, and 52.9% of the 87 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Hurricanes and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	56.7	59.1
2nd	55.9	48.1
3rd	51.4	50.0
Game	54.5	52.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:10 Nick Suzuki (14) Alexandre Texier (5), Sammy Blais (4) · snap 1–0
04:06 Oliver Kapanen (12) Ivan Demidov (24), Juraj Slafkovský (16) · snap 2–0
10:47 Nikolaj Ehlers (9) PP Alexander Nikishin (11), Sebastian Aho (22) · snap 2–1
12:19 Sebastian Aho (15) Joel Nystrom (8), Andrei Svechnikov (18) · tip-in 2–2
14:51 Andrei Svechnikov (11) Sebastian Aho (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (19) · snap 2–3

2nd period

00:54 Alexander Nikishin (5) PP Sebastian Aho (24), Andrei Svechnikov (19) · slap 2–4
05:01 Sammy Blais (3) Lane Hutson (34), Brendan Gallagher (11) · wrist 3–4
16:23 Cole Caufield (20) Alexandre Texier (6) · snap 4–4
16:46 Josh Anderson (9) Unassisted · wrist 5–4

3rd period

11:20 Juraj Slafkovský (14) Jayden Struble (6), Ivan Demidov (25) · snap 6–4
16:58 Sebastian Aho (16) Nikolaj Ehlers (20), K'Andre Miller (13) · snap 6–5
18:00 Lane Hutson (6) EN Unassisted · wrist 7–5

Three stars

Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 1 G, 1 A
Sebastian Aho CAR · C #20 · 2 G, 3 A
Andrei Svechnikov CAR · R #37 · 1 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:58	MTL	Alexandre Texier	slashing	2	Nikolaj Ehlers
2nd	00:45	MTL	Lane Hutson	holding	2	William Carrier
2nd	01:47	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	slashing	2	Andrei Svechnikov
2nd	10:12	CAR	Sebastian Aho	high sticking	2	Phillip Danault

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	1	1	2	+1	2	3	5	0	0.0	19:06
Sammy Blais #27	L	1	1	2	+1	2	7	0	0	0.0	10:05
Lane Hutson #48	D	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	2	0.0	24:33
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	2	0.0	15:08
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:25
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	0	1	+3	3	3	0	0	38.9	19:08
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	36.8	18:07
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:57
Josh Anderson #17	R	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	09:36
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	14:21
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0.0	19:17
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	14:11
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	64.3	15:45
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	12:28
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	13:04
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:08
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+1	0	6	1	2	0.0	13:54
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	24:49

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	25	20	5	.800	19/22	1/3	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sebastian Aho #20	C	2	3	5	+1	3	2	1	2	37.5	16:50
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	16:54
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	1	2	3	+1	5	1	0	0	0.0	17:14
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	21:08
Joel Nystrom #64	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:59
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	25:18
Jesperi Kotkaniemi #82	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:23
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	56.2	17:35
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50.0	16:55
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:28
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100.0	15:34
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	83.3	10:56
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	16:19
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0	0	0.0	14:00
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	18:36
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	-2	3	0	3	0	0.0	21:53
Mike Reilly #6	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:17
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	20:34

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	L	22	16	6	.727	13/19	2/2	58:20

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.