Game

Canadiens at Hurricanes

Canadiens 6, Hurricanes 2 · first star Juraj Slafkovský (2 G, 1 A).

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

Montreal Canadiens 6 at Carolina Hurricanes 2

Canadiens MTL

6 FINAL 2

Hurricanes CAR

Playoffs Thursday, May 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	4	0	2	6	22
Hurricanes	1	1	0	2	28

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 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt 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 22, CAR 28.

MTL in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 22 shots on goal (6 goals, 10 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 28 shots on goal (2 goals, 23 missed, 31 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	13	4	25	14	1	28
2nd	3	0	13	12	1	36
3rd	6	2	7	2	0	18
Total	22	6	45	28	2	82

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	21	6	28	2
Power play	1	0	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 64.6% of the shot attempts, and 64.7% of the 102 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	52.8	52.6
2nd	73.5	72.4
3rd	72.0	62.5
Game	64.6	61.5

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:33 Seth Jarvis (2) Andrei Svechnikov (3), Sebastian Aho (2) · snap 0–1
01:00 Cole Caufield (5) Juraj Slafkovský (6), Nick Suzuki (10) · wrist 1–1
04:04 Phillip Danault (2) Alexandre Carrier (5) · snap 2–1
08:11 Alexandre Texier (4) Phillip Danault (6), Kaiden Guhle (7) · snap 3–1
11:32 Ivan Demidov (3) Alex Newhook (3), Jake Evans (7) · wrist 4–1

2nd period

02:46 Eric Robinson (1) William Carrier (1) · snap 4–2

3rd period

07:05 Juraj Slafkovský (5) Nick Suzuki (11), Cole Caufield (6) · wrist 5–2
17:32 Juraj Slafkovský (6) EN Nick Suzuki (12) · wrist 6–2

Three stars

Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 2 G, 1 A
Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 1 G, 1 A
Phillip Danault MTL · C #24 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:55	CAR	Sean Walker	interference	2	Nick Suzuki
1st	03:55	MTL	Nick Suzuki	embellishment	2	—
1st	11:39	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	high sticking	2	Andrei Svechnikov
1st	12:06	CAR	Sebastian Aho	roughing	2	Jake Evans
2nd	19:13	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	roughing	2	Mike Matheson
2nd	19:13	MTL	Mike Matheson	roughing	2	Andrei Svechnikov
3rd	03:56	CAR	Jordan Martinook	tripping	2	Kaiden Guhle
3rd	12:06	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	interference	2	Jackson Blake

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	2	1	3	+3	4	1	1	0	0.0	16:41
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	3	3	+2	4	2	1	2	50.0	18:30
Phillip Danault #24	C	1	1	2	+2	2	3	4	0	52.6	15:49
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:19
Alexandre Texier #85	L	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:23
Ivan Demidov #93	R	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0.0	12:16
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	17:45
Jake Evans #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	50.0	17:06
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	1	1	+4	0	1	3	2	0.0	19:14
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	2	0.0	18:48
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	10:39
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75.0	08:59
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:36
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:30
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	+2	1	1	3	0	0.0	14:10
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.0	22:36
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	0.0	21:04
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	22:35

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	28	26	2	.929	26/28	0/0	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Eric Robinson #50	L	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	10:35
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	0	1	-1	5	2	0	0	0.0	15:31
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	2	50.0	16:38
William Carrier #28	L	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	0.0	09:37
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	1	1	-2	2	5	1	2	0.0	14:36
Jordan Staal #11	C	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	66.7	13:33
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	57.1	17:21
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	0.0	12:46
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	44.4	11:45
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	17:46
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	0	0	-2	1	3	1	0	0.0	17:05
Jackson Blake #53	R	0	0	0	-3	4	4	0	0	0.0	19:46
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	17:25
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	-4	0	2	3	0	0.0	20:49
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	0.0	18:58
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	0.0	21:17
Sean Walker #26	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	2	0.0	20:40
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:41

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Frederik Andersen #31	L	21	16	5	.762	15/20	1/1	57:11

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.