Montreal Canadiens 7, Carolina Hurricanes 5 - NHL Box Score for January 1st 2026

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Final

Game Summary

Final	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Score
Carolina HurricanesHurricanes	3	1	1	5
Montreal CanadiensCanadiens	2	3	2	7

Scoring Summary

1^st Period
03:10	Montreal	Nick Suzuki (Alexandre Texier, Sammy Blais)
04:06	Montreal	Oliver Kapanen (Juraj Slafkovsky, Ivan Demidov)
10:47	Carolina	PPG Nikolaj Ehlers (Alexander Nikishin, Sebastian Aho)
12:19	Carolina	Sebastian Aho (Andrei Svechnikov, Joel Nystrom)
14:51	Carolina	Andrei Svechnikov (Nikolaj Ehlers, Sebastian Aho)

2^nd Period
00:54	Carolina	PPG Alexander Nikishin (Andrei Svechnikov, Sebastian Aho)
05:01	Montreal	Sammy Blais (Lane Hutson, Brendan Gallagher)
16:23	Montreal	Cole Caufield (Alexandre Texier)
16:46	Montreal	Josh Anderson (Unassisted)

3^rd Period
11:20	Montreal	Juraj Slafkovsky (Jayden Struble, Ivan Demidov)
16:58	Carolina	Sebastian Aho (K'Andre Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers)
18:00	Montreal	Lane Hutson (Unassisted)

Penalty Summary

1^st Period
09:58	Montreal	Alexandre Texier: Slashing - 2 minutes

2^nd Period
00:45	Montreal	Lane Hutson: Holding - 2 minutes
01:47	Montreal	Arber Xhekaj: Slashing - 2 minutes
10:12	Carolina	Sebastian Aho: High sticking - 2 minutes

3^rd Period
None

Shots on Goal

Team	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Total
Carolina	10	8	7	25
Montreal	5	11	7	23

Goalie Stats

Team	Goalie	SV	SA	SV %	TOI
Carolina	Brandon Bussi	16	22	0.727	58:20
Montreal	Jakub Dobes	20	25	0.800	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Sebastian Aho	C	2	3	5	+1	2	3	14:34	02:16	00:00	16:50
Nikolaj Ehlers	LW	1	2	3	+0	0	2	14:44	02:10	00:00	16:54
Andrei Svechnikov	RW	1	2	3	+1	0	5	14:58	02:16	00:00	17:14
Alexander Nikishin	D	1	1	2	-1	0	2	18:52	02:16	00:00	21:08
K'Andre Miller	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	23:13	00:42	01:23	25:18
Joel Nystrom	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	14:04	00:00	00:55	14:59
Jackson Blake	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	0	15:44	02:52	00:00	18:36
William Carrier	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	2	13:54	00:06	00:00	14:00
Jalen Chatfield	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	20:42	00:06	01:05	21:53
Taylor Hall	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	15:43	00:36	00:00	16:19
Mark Jankowski	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10:20	00:00	00:36	10:56
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	10:23	00:00	00:00	10:23
Jordan Martinook	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	0	14:02	00:06	01:26	15:34
Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	13:17	00:00	00:00	13:17
Eric Robinson	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10:53	00:00	00:35	11:28
Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	15:23	00:48	01:24	17:35
Logan Stankoven	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	16:19	00:36	00:00	16:55
Sean Walker	D	0	0	0	+0	0	1	19:58	00:00	00:36	20:34

Montreal Canadiens

Players	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	EV	PP	SH	TOI
Sammy Blais	LW	1	1	2	+1	0	2	10:05	00:00	00:00	10:05
Lane Hutson	D	1	1	2	+3	2	2	22:19	01:05	01:09	24:33
Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	1	1	2	+1	0	2	18:04	01:02	00:00	19:06
Ivan Demidov	RW	0	2	2	+2	0	2	13:33	00:52	00:00	14:25
Alexandre Texier	LW	0	2	2	+2	2	2	14:13	00:55	00:00	15:08
Josh Anderson	RW	1	0	1	+0	0	1	07:43	00:00	01:53	09:36
Cole Caufield	RW	1	0	1	+1	0	3	15:01	00:56	00:00	15:57
Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	+0	0	1	16:05	00:58	01:04	18:07
Nick Suzuki	C	1	0	1	+3	0	3	18:05	01:03	00:00	19:08
Brendan Gallagher	RW	0	1	1	+1	0	1	13:24	00:57	00:00	14:21
Jayden Struble	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	18:35	00:00	00:42	19:17
Zachary Bolduc	RW	0	0	0	+0	0	0	11:24	01:04	00:00	12:28
Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+0	0	1	21:17	00:02	01:49	23:08
Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	+0	0	1	14:23	00:00	01:22	15:45
Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	+0	0	1	21:27	01:06	02:16	24:49
Adam Engstrom	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	13:04	00:00	00:00	13:04
Joe Veleno	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	12:34	00:00	01:37	14:11
Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	13:54	00:00	00:00	13:54

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