Montreal Canadiens 6, Carolina Hurricanes 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens 6 to Carolina Hurricanes 2, on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHL · East Final - Game 1Thursday, May 21, 2026
DateMay 21, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVTNT/truTV/HBO Max
Attendance18,723
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
48-24-10Record53-22-7
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
6-2Road record / home record6-2
LWWLWLast 5WWLWW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensCarolina Hurricanes
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Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
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Faceoffs Won
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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
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 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:56 | 13:40 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:30 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 10:38 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:19 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:39 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 9:43 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 15:01 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | 1:08 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 15:28 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 | 0:45 | 1:28 | 15:32 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 | 1:33 | 0:03 | 16:54 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19:14 | 0:13 | 1:12 | 17:49 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Dobson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:35 | 1:21 | 0:49 | 20:25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 0:02 | 0:27 | 18:19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:36 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 21:05 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:04 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 18:37 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:38 | 1:38 | 0:40 | 14:20 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jackson Blake | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 19:46 | 0:49 | 0:01 | 18:56 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 | 1:50 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 17:05 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 16:16 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 10:43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:31 | 1:38 | 0:35 | 13:18 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 12:19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 9:22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Staal | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 0:37 | 0:56 | 12:00 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 17:21 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 16:32 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 14:36 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:58 | 0:00 | 1:23 | 17:35 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:41 | 1:38 | 0:03 | 17:00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21:17 | 0:49 | 1:03 | 19:25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:25 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 17:24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 20:49 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 19:23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20:40 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 19:42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Andersen | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .762 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 57:11 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
MTL wins series 3-0
Mar 29, 2026MTL 3, CAR 1
Mar 24, 2026CAR 2, MTL 5
Jan 1, 2026MTL 7, CAR 5
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Montreal Canadiens won, 6-2, on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Montreal Canadiens 6, Carolina Hurricanes 2.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Juraj Slafkovsky (2 goals). Carolina Hurricanes: Eric Robinson (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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