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Montréal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1 · May 21, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 6 22
Carolina Hurricanes 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:33 CAR Seth Jarvis (2) Andrei Svechnikov (3), Sebastian Aho (2) 0 - 1
01:00 MTL Cole Caufield (5) Juraj Slafkovský (6), Nick Suzuki (10) 1 - 1
04:04 MTL Phillip Danault (2) Alexandre Carrier (5) 2 - 1
08:11 MTL Alexandre Texier (4) Phillip Danault (6), Kaiden Guhle (7) 3 - 1
11:32 MTL Ivan Demidov (3) Alex Newhook (3), Jake Evans (7) 4 - 1
2nd Period
02:46 CAR Eric Robinson (1) William Carrier (1) 4 - 2
3rd Period
07:05 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (5) Nick Suzuki (11), Cole Caufield (6) 5 - 2
17:32 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (6) Nick Suzuki (12) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:55 CAR Sean Walker Interference 2
03:55 MTL Nick Suzuki Embellishment 2
11:39 MTL Alexandre Carrier High sticking 2
12:06 CAR Sebastian Aho Roughing 2
2nd Period
19:13 CAR Andrei Svechnikov Roughing 2
19:13 MTL Mike Matheson Roughing 2
3rd Period
03:56 CAR Jordan Martinook Tripping 2
12:06 MTL Kaiden Guhle Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 46 32 22 6 3.7 36.3
Carolina Hurricanes 81 51 28 2 3.4 63.7

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdCarolina 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: 3.7 expected, 6 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 1:00 of 1st, a 16% chanceMTL goal, 4:04 of 1st, a 19% chanceMTL goal, 8:11 of 1st, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 11:32 of 1st, a 27% chanceMTL goal, 7:05 of 3rd, a 26% chanceMTL goal, 17:32 of 3rd, a 65% chanceCAR goal, 0:33 of 1st, a 8% chanceCAR goal, 2:46 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMTL 3.7CAR 3.4

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
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský10:5865.574.12-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier9:3818.217.01-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov9:2323.834.91-1
Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc · Oliver Kapanen8:0338.959.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson13:0048.452.01-1
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle10:5927.852.41-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson10:5629.038.51-0

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 2 1 3 3 0 4 1 16:41 0.59 19-15 1.31-0.65
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 3 3 2 2 4 2 18:30 0.50 20-13 1.33-0.60
13 Cole Caufield R 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 15:19 0.26 20-13 1.49-0.62
24 Phillip Danault C 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 15:49 0.23 5-23 0.20-1.02
85 Alexandre Texier L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:23 0.24 4-19 0.18-0.89
93 Ivan Demidov R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 12:16 0.34 6-17 0.51-0.63
15 Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:45 5-19 0.34-0.69
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 18:48 7-19 0.60-0.69
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 19:14 7-19 1.04-0.65
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:06 0.18 6-18 0.51-0.66
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 21:04 0.08 16-19 0.68-0.81
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14:36 0.09 5-18 0.20-0.89
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:10 0.00 11-27 1.14-1.24
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:36 0.04 15-29 0.71-1.33
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:35 0.06 18-17 0.70-0.64
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:30 0.13 7-14 0.41-0.48
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:39 0.09 7-13 0.41-0.48
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:59 0.18 7-13 0.41-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 28 26 2 60:00 3.12 +1.12

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake13:2467.738.80-2
Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov · Seth Jarvis9:2758.648.31-1
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · Nikolaj Ehlers9:0692.999.80-0
Mark Jankowski · William Carrier · Eric Robinson7:4360.059.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean Walker · K'Andre Miller16:4166.760.32-1
Shayne Gostisbehere · Alexander Nikishin13:4173.759.00-0
Jaccob Slavin · Jalen Chatfield13:1152.643.10-3

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
24 Seth Jarvis R 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 15:31 0.55 17-12 0.84-0.90
50 Eric Robinson L 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 10:35 0.12 9-7 0.48-0.33
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 16:38 0.22 18-16 0.85-0.95
28 William Carrier L 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 09:37 0.09 10-7 0.48-0.32
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 0 1 1 -2 2 2 5 14:36 0.33 18-13 0.84-1.15
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:41 0.03 16-5 0.38-0.24
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 18:58 0.06 20-18 1.04-1.37
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13:33 0.31 15-1 0.73-0.00
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:17 0.01 29-14 1.29-0.83
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:25 0.00 15-5 0.34-0.24
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 17:21 0.09 23-11 0.63-1.16
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 20:40 0.12 29-14 1.26-0.83
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:46 0.26 17-3 0.79-0.05
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:46 0.18 15-5 0.74-0.05
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 -3 0 4 4 19:46 0.50 23-13 0.63-1.16
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:05 0.06 21-12 0.57-0.91
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 20:49 0.22 21-18 1.05-1.37
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:45 0.26 9-11 0.48-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen L 21 16 5 57:11 2.77 -2.23