Carolina Hurricanes 6, Montreal Canadiens 4: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes 6 to Montreal Canadiens 4, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes.
NHLTuesday, October 6, 2026
DateOct 6, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Carolina HurricanesMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-1-1Record1-1-1
1st in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
8-3Road record / home record5-4
WWLWWLast 5WWLWW
W2StreakW2
Team stats
Carolina HurricanesMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 5:01 | 1:48 | 13:07 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 | 5:21 | 0:06 | 10:18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 12:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:07 | 1:12 | 0:12 | 11:43 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 | 1:07 | 2:22 | 9:08 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:53 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 6:16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:55 | 0:12 | 2:57 | 13:46 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:03 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 7:52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 1:00 | 3:20 | 12:29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:42 | 1:11 | 1:33 | 14:58 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 12:17 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:02 | 0:01 | 4:13 | 17:48 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 12:33 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 | 1:04 | 2:51 | 18:13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:17 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 17:03 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:20 | 0:13 | 2:51 | 17:16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .800 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 12:30 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 9:44 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 12:36 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:45 | 5:32 | 0:00 | 16:13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirby Dach | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:38 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 0:18 | 2:58 | 10:34 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 11:14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 | 5:13 | 0:00 | 9:17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 | 1:29 | 2:07 | 13:02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:43 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 14:16 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:49 | 5:27 | 1:25 | 14:57 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11:50 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian Xhekaj | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 8:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:11 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 14:49 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 24:17 | 1:15 | 2:45 | 20:17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29:21 | 5:54 | 0:09 | 23:18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 22:32 | 0:21 | 3:02 | 19:09 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9:05 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 8:16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 9:12 | 0:08 | 2:16 | 6:48 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .844 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 57:13 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR leads series 1-0
Jan 26, 2027CAR 0, MTL 0
Nov 19, 2026MTL 0, CAR 0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 6-4, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
What was the final score of Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens?
Carolina Hurricanes 6, Montreal Canadiens 4.
Who were the top performers?
Carolina Hurricanes: Taylor Hall (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Zack Bolduc (2 goals).
Where is Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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