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Montréal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 2 · May 23, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 12
Carolina Hurricanes 3 26

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:33 CAR Eric Robinson (2) William Carrier (2), Mark Jankowski (2) 0 - 1
11:11 MTL Josh Anderson (4) Phillip Danault (7), Kaiden Guhle (8) 1 - 1
2nd Period
17:03 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (3) Jaccob Slavin (2), Jalen Chatfield (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
12:51 MTL Josh Anderson (5) Alexandre Carrier (6), Phillip Danault (8) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:29 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (4) Mark Jankowski (3), Jalen Chatfield (3) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:33 CAR Logan Stankoven Interference 2
16:36 MTL Jayden Struble Roughing 2
18:16 CAR Andrei Svechnikov Boarding 2
2nd Period
11:08 MTL Jakub Dobes Interference 2
20:00 MTL Alexandre Texier Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 40 18 12 2 1.6 41.3
Carolina Hurricanes 66 47 26 3 2.9 58.7

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTCarolina 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: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 2.9 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 11:11 of 1st, a 21% chanceMTL goal, 12:51 of 3rd, a 8% chanceCAR goal, 2:33 of 1st, a 7% chanceCAR goal, 17:03 of 2nd, a 14% chanceCAR goal, 3:29 of overtime, a 9% chanceCAR 2.9MTL 1.6

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 Slafkovský13:3650.036.30-1
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov11:5339.135.60-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier9:1338.955.41-0
Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc · Oliver Kapanen8:3128.615.90-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle14:0946.764.52-0
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson12:2623.512.00-2
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson10:1936.448.10-1

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
17 Josh Anderson R 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 14:33 0.29 11-16 0.89-0.54
24 Phillip Danault C 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 14:33 0.16 9-19 0.77-0.63
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19:23 21-16 0.85-0.36
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 22:14 0.20 14-19 0.66-0.44
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 20:50 0.05 7-21 0.10-0.93
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:53 0.02 10-9 0.30-0.50
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:45 0.17 11-11 0.41-0.59
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:15 0.05 12-15 0.37-0.35
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:51 0.02 10-13 0.30-0.69
38 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 11:56 6-9 0.27-0.31
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:52 11-20 0.69-0.78
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 24:34 0.18 16-23 0.69-1.12
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:47 0.14 14-14 0.43-0.35
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:53 0.18 7-14 0.25-0.49
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:22 0.08 5-10 0.08-0.40
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 13:01 0.12 9-15 0.68-0.54
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:01 7-11 0.25-0.49
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:42 0.00 10-15 0.21-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes L 26 23 3 63:29 2.64 -0.36

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov · Seth Jarvis11:0070.858.50-1
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake10:3635.728.30-1
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · Nikolaj Ehlers8:3446.266.51-0
Mark Jankowski · William Carrier · Eric Robinson6:2566.755.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jaccob Slavin · Jalen Chatfield19:0961.376.93-0
Sean Walker · K'Andre Miller16:4957.144.60-1
Shayne Gostisbehere · Alexander Nikishin12:3753.835.80-1

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
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 18:39 0.31 14-14 0.76-0.29
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 23:22 0.01 19-13 0.96-0.29
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 12:08 0.22 15-8 0.40-0.36
50 Eric Robinson L 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 10:12 0.19 15-6 0.50-0.27
28 William Carrier L 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 09:39 0.02 14-7 0.30-0.35
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 22:21 21-12 1.02-0.29
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:45 0.16 16-13 0.36-0.62
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 16:39 0.47 10-10 0.75-0.28
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 23:05 19-14 0.65-0.73
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 20:35 0.14 20-9 0.59-0.34
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:36 0.14 15-12 0.34-0.62
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:11 0.06 9-11 0.23-0.65
24 Seth Jarvis R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:29 0.43 18-11 0.48-0.47
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:32 0.01 18-12 0.61-0.73
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 6 17:57 0.39 21-8 0.61-0.47
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:10 0.18 11-9 0.50-0.25
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:32 10-12 0.49-0.65
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:33 0.15 6-11 0.39-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen W 12 10 2 63:29 1.50 -0.50