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Carolina Hurricanes at Montréal Canadiens

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 3 · May 25, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 3 39
Montréal Canadiens 2 13

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:24 CAR Shayne Gostisbehere (1) Mark Jankowski (4), Eric Robinson (3) 1 - 0
15:28 MTL Mike Matheson (2) Ivan Demidov (6), Jake Evans (8) 1 - 1
16:22 CAR Taylor Hall (4) K'Andre Miller (7), Jackson Blake (8) 2 - 1
2nd Period
04:43 MTL Lane Hutson (3) PP Cole Caufield (7), Jakub Dobes (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
14:06 CAR Andrei Svechnikov (2) Seth Jarvis (4) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:46 CAR Jalen Chatfield Interference 2
19:00 MTL Kaiden Guhle Interference 2
2nd Period
04:18 CAR Jordan Martinook Slashing 2
12:42 MTL Kaiden Guhle Tripping 2
18:09 MTL Jake Evans Roughing 2
18:09 CAR Sean Walker Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
10:21 MTL Noah Dobson Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 90 57 39 3 4.7 60.4
Montréal Canadiens 48 28 13 2 1.9 39.6

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 4.7 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTCAR goal, 8:24 of 1st, a 16% chanceCAR goal, 16:22 of 1st, a 10% chanceCAR goal, 14:06 of overtime, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 15:28 of 1st, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 4:43 of 2nd, a 28% chanceCAR 4.7MTL 1.9

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

Carolina Hurricanes
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Logan Stankoven · Jackson Blake14:5462.970.71-0
Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov · Seth Jarvis14:0161.564.41-0
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · Nikolaj Ehlers12:3047.660.00-1
Mark Jankowski · William Carrier · Eric Robinson8:5261.550.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean Walker · K'Andre Miller23:2559.580.31-0
Jaccob Slavin · Jalen Chatfield19:5536.742.71-0
Shayne Gostisbehere · Alexander Nikishin13:5575.056.01-1

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
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:56 0.38 30-9 0.77-0.42
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 21:25 0.60 22-11 1.04-0.48
71 Taylor Hall L 1 0 1 1 0 7 2 20:06 1.17 23-16 1.13-0.47
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 30:07 0.38 24-15 1.57-0.34
24 Seth Jarvis R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:56 0.27 18-11 0.82-0.48
50 Eric Robinson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12:52 0.04 12-5 0.27-0.24
53 Jackson Blake R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 22:25 0.37 25-17 1.25-0.47
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:17 11-8 0.26-0.24
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 22:54 0.12 14-19 0.45-0.52
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 18:36 0.12 12-12 0.22-0.14
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:49 0.20 19-10 0.94-0.42
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:45 0.10 28-10 0.55-0.47
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:03 0.04 25-14 1.27-0.53
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 27:26 0.17 26-16 1.54-0.39
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:48 0.31 14-12 0.26-0.14
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 11:37 8-5 0.24-0.24
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 17:33 12-11 0.34-0.14
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 24:38 0.44 12-19 0.47-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen W 13 11 2 73:58 1.76 -0.24

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský16:3255.964.70-1
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov15:0142.321.41-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier11:0318.211.70-1
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc6:3545.524.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson15:1453.839.30-0
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle13:3224.213.50-2
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson13:1741.726.10-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Mike Matheson D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 29:23 0.19 18-22 0.49-0.61
48 Lane Hutson D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 28:55 0.28 14-16 0.42-0.44
13 Cole Caufield R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:33 0.17 19-16 0.50-0.30
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 21:39 0.05 11-18 0.26-0.99
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 22:23 11-16 0.26-0.99
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 25:37 0.20 21-22 0.71-0.43
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:42 0.11 12-16 0.32-1.06
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:04 0.07 6-27 0.34-1.02
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:35 0.24 19-22 0.50-0.43
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 2 22:23 0.07 14-42 0.54-1.81
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:01 0.11 7-20 0.27-0.95
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 24:59 0.00 12-28 0.44-1.53
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:28 0.01 7-10 0.14-0.34
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 25:34 0.18 24-18 0.70-0.64
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 10:44 0.22 7-6 0.21-0.29
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:03 6-6 0.12-0.29
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:01 7-22 0.34-0.94
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:26 5-8 0.09-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes L 39 36 3 74:06 4.31 +1.31