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Montréal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes

Jan 1, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 7 23
Carolina Hurricanes 5 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:10 MTL Nick Suzuki (14) Alexandre Texier (5), Sammy Blais (4) 1 - 0
04:06 MTL Oliver Kapanen (12) Ivan Demidov (24), Juraj Slafkovský (16) 2 - 0
10:47 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (9) PP Alexander Nikishin (11), Sebastian Aho (22) 2 - 1
12:19 CAR Sebastian Aho (15) Joel Nystrom (8), Andrei Svechnikov (18) 2 - 2
14:51 CAR Andrei Svechnikov (11) Sebastian Aho (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (19) 2 - 3
2nd Period
00:54 CAR Alexander Nikishin (5) PP Sebastian Aho (24), Andrei Svechnikov (19) 2 - 4
05:01 MTL Sammy Blais (3) Lane Hutson (34), Brendan Gallagher (11) 3 - 4
16:23 MTL Cole Caufield (20) Alexandre Texier (6) 4 - 4
16:46 MTL Josh Anderson (9) Unassisted 5 - 4
3rd Period
11:20 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (14) Jayden Struble (6), Ivan Demidov (25) 6 - 4
16:58 CAR Sebastian Aho (16) Nikolaj Ehlers (20), K'Andre Miller (13) 6 - 5
18:00 MTL Lane Hutson (6) Unassisted 7 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:58 MTL Alexandre Texier Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:45 MTL Lane Hutson Holding 2
01:47 MTL Arber Xhekaj Slashing 2
10:12 CAR Sebastian Aho High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 46 35 23 7 3.0 48.3
Carolina Hurricanes 53 38 25 5 3.6 51.7

How the game went

420246810Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.0 expected, 7 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.6 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 3:10 of 1st, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 4:06 of 1st, a 11% chanceMTL goal, 5:01 of 2nd, a 16% chanceMTL goal, 16:23 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 16:46 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 11:20 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMTL goal, 18:00 of 3rd, a 42% chanceCAR goal, 10:47 of 1st, a 9% chanceCAR goal, 12:19 of 1st, a 7% chanceCAR goal, 14:51 of 1st, a 22% chanceCAR goal, 0:54 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCAR goal, 16:58 of 3rd, a 36% chanceCAR 3.6MTL 3.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov11:2130.445.91-0
Nick Suzuki · Alexandre Texier · Cole Caufield11:1355.059.11-0
Brendan Gallagher · Sammy Blais · Joseph Veleno7:3263.648.70-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Zachary Bolduc7:1063.649.41-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson18:0657.631.92-2
Noah Dobson · Adam Engstrom8:3347.145.01-0
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj8:2042.976.10-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 19:06 0.20 12-18 0.95-1.14
27 Sammy Blais L 1 1 2 1 0 2 7 10:05 0.24 10-6 0.54-0.78
48 Lane Hutson D 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 24:33 0.08 21-14 0.91-1.32
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 15:08 0.15 13-11 0.70-0.51
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 14:25 0.45 8-19 0.85-1.32
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:57 0.62 11-13 0.64-0.71
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 19:08 0.15 17-12 0.88-0.48
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:36 0.10 7-4 0.17-0.17
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:07 0.20 9-22 0.94-1.66
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:21 0.10 10-8 0.60-0.82
47 Jayden Struble D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:17 11-14 1.03-0.46
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:45 0.02 11-6 0.19-0.34
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:04 0.00 12-14 0.69-1.04
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:08 0.00 20-16 0.62-1.35
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:49 0.04 14-21 1.13-1.11
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 13:54 6-11 0.30-0.44
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:28 0.06 9-7 0.17-0.22
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:11 0.15 9-9 0.38-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 25 20 5 60:00 3.47 -1.53

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake13:4963.248.40-0
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · William Carrier12:0958.861.10-2
Nikolaj Ehlers · Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov11:3160.062.22-1
Mark Jankowski · Eric Robinson · Jesperi Kotkaniemi9:2235.046.50-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jalen Chatfield · K'Andre Miller19:2064.966.00-2
Sean Walker · Alexander Nikishin15:4253.856.21-1
Mike Reilly · Joel Nystrom11:1526.714.31-3

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Sebastian Aho C 2 3 5 1 2 3 2 16:50 0.56 16-10 1.23-0.74
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 16:54 0.44 15-11 1.21-0.85
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 1 2 3 1 0 5 1 17:14 0.81 16-10 1.23-0.74
21 Alexander Nikishin D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 21:08 0.10 17-14 1.46-1.05
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 25:18 0.06 24-17 1.31-0.75
64 Joel Nystrom D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 14:59 0.03 6-12 0.22-0.58
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:53 0.07 25-14 1.45-0.72
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:17 4-12 0.10-0.61
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:35 10-7 0.75-0.48
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:55 0.16 12-12 0.38-0.54
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:34 0.01 14-15 1.19-0.96
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 14:00 0.32 10-7 0.75-0.48
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:34 0.38 10-8 0.75-0.50
50 Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:28 0.03 7-15 0.51-0.59
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:36 13-8 0.40-0.40
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:19 0.17 12-10 0.38-0.54
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:56 0.16 7-13 0.51-0.59
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:23 0.30 7-15 0.51-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Brandon Bussi L 22 16 6 58:20 2.49 -3.51