Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes on January 1st 2026

Montreal Canadiens (7)

Carolina Hurricanes (5)

Game No: 636

Started: 2026-01-01 19:08:00

Ended: 2026-01-01 21:40:00

Attendance: 18,299

Three Stars by: ZMedia

Full Recap

Period	Time	Team	Scorer	Assist	Assist
1	3:10	MTL	Nick Suzuki	Alexandre Texier	Sammy Blais
1	4:06	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	Ivan Demidov	Juraj SlafkovskÝ
1	10:47	CAR	Nikolaj Ehlers	Alexander Nikishin	Sebastian Aho
1	12:19	CAR	Sebastian Aho	Joel Nystrom	Andrei Svechnikov
1	14:51	CAR	Andrei Svechnikov	Sebastian Aho	Nikolaj Ehlers
2	0:54	CAR	Alexander Nikishin	Sebastian Aho	Andrei Svechnikov
2	5:01	MTL	Sammy Blais	Lane Hutson	Brendan Gallagher
2	16:23	MTL	Cole Caufield	Alexandre Texier
2	16:46	MTL	Josh Anderson
3	11:20	MTL	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	Jayden Struble	Ivan Demidov
3	16:58	CAR	Sebastian Aho	Nikolaj Ehlers	K'Andre Miller
3	18:00	MTL	Lane Hutson

Referees

#23 Corey Syvret

#39 Brandon Blandina

Officials

#68 CJ Murray

#86 Jesse Marquis

Period	Time	Team	Player	Penalty	PIM	Drawn By
1	9:58	MTL	Alexandre Texier	Slashing	2	Nikolaj Ehlers
2	0:45	MTL	Lane Hutson	Holding	2	William Carrier
2	1:47	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Slashing	2	Andrei Svechnikov
2	10:12	CAR	Sebastian Aho	High-sticking	2	Phillip Danault

Montreal Canadiens Roster

Coach: Martin St. Louis

#	Player	Position
11	Brendan Gallagher	R
13	Cole Caufield	R
14	Nick Suzuki	C
17	Josh Anderson	R
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	L
24	Phillip Danault	C
27	Samuel Blais	L
27	Sammy Blais	L
32	Jacob Fowler	G
42	Adam Engstrom	D
45	Alexandre Carrier	D
47	Jayden Struble	D
48	Lane Hutson	D
53	Noah Dobson	D
72	Arber Xhekaj	D
75	Jakub Dobes	G
75	Jakub DobeŠ	G
76	Zachary Bolduc	R
85	Alexandre Texier	L
90	Joe Veleno	C
91	Oliver Kapanen	C
93	Ivan Demidov	R

Carolina Hurricanes Roster

Coach: Rod Brind'amour

#	Player	Position
5	Jalen Chatfield	D
6	Mike Reilly	D
11	Jordan Staal	C
19	K'Andre Miller	D
20	Sebastian Aho	C
21	Alexander Nikishin	D
22	Logan Stankoven	C
26	Sean Walker	D
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	L
28	William Carrier	L
31	Frederik Andersen	G
32	Brandon Bussi	G
37	Andrei Svechnikov	R
48	Jordan Martinook	L
50	Eric Robinson	L
53	Jackson Blake	R
64	Joel Nystrom	D
71	Taylor Hall	L
77	Mark Jankowski	L
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C

Montreal Canadiens Scratches

#	Player	Position
8	Mike Matheson	D
35	Samuel Montembeault	G
62	Owen Beck	C

Carolina Hurricanes Scratches

#	Player	Position
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	D
15	Noah Philp	C
25	Gavin Bayreuther	D

7	Goals	5
9	Assists	10
20	Plus / Minus	-20
3	Penalties	1
6	PIM	2
34	Corsi For	39
46.58	Corsi %	53.42
22	Fenwick For	39
36.07	Fenwick %	63.93
22	Shots	26
10	Shots Blocked	16
12	Missed Shots	13
27	Hits	19
23	Giveaways	19
4	Takeaways	9
15	Blocked Shots	10
28	Faceoffs Won	35
35	Faceoffs Lost	28
44%	Faceoff Percentage	56%

Time Spent With Lead

Montreal Canadiens		Carolina Hurricanes
Lead	Time With Lead	Lead	Time With Lead
1	18:04	1	17:25
2	14:19	2	4:07

Time Each Lead Lasted

Montreal Canadiens - Carolina Hurricanes	Time With Lead
1 - 0	0:56
2 - 0	6:41
2 - 1	1:32
2 - 3	6:03
2 - 4	4:07
3 - 4	11:22
5 - 4	14:34
6 - 4	5:38
6 - 5	1:02
7 - 5	2:00

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
11	Brendan Gallagher	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Cole Caufield	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	Nick Suzuki	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	0	0	7	11	39
17	Josh Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	5	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	5	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	5	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	5	0	0	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	5	0	0	0
24	Phillip Danault	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	5	64
27	Samuel Blais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Sammy Blais	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Adam Engstrom	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	Alexandre Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
47	Jayden Struble	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
48	Lane Hutson	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
53	Noah Dobson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	0
72	Arber Xhekaj	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
75	Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	Jakub DobeŠ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Zachary Bolduc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100
85	Alexandre Texier	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
90	Joe Veleno	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	4	50
91	Oliver Kapanen	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	12	37
93	Ivan Demidov	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	P	PIM	S	SB	MS	H	GV	TK	B Shots	FW	FL	F%
5	Jalen Chatfield	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0
6	Mike Reilly	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jordan Staal	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	7	56
19	K'Andre Miller	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Sebastian Aho	2	3	5	1	1	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	1	6	10	38
21	Alexander Nikishin	1	1	2	-1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
22	Logan Stankoven	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	8	8	50
26	Sean Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	0
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	1	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	50
28	William Carrier	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Frederik Andersen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Brandon Bussi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Andrei Svechnikov	1	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
48	Jordan Martinook	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	100
50	Eric Robinson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	Jackson Blake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
64	Joel Nystrom	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
71	Taylor Hall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
77	Mark Jankowski	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	2	83
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Canadiens

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
11	Brendan Gallagher	19	00:45	14:22	00:57	00:00	13:25
13	Cole Caufield	21	00:45	15:57	00:56	00:00	15:01
14	Nick Suzuki	25	00:45	19:08	01:03	00:00	18:05
17	Josh Anderson	14	00:41	09:36	00:00	01:53	07:43
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	0
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	1	00:48	00:48	00:00	00:00	00:48
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	2	01:08	02:17	00:00	00:00	02:17
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	3	01:06	03:19	00:00	00:00	03:19
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	5	00:50	04:11	00:00	00:00	04:11
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:50	05:52	00:00	00:00	05:52
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:50	05:52	00:00	00:00	05:52
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:50	05:52	00:00	00:00	05:52
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	7	00:50	06:09	00:00	00:00	06:09
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	8	00:50	06:45	00:00	00:00	06:45
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	9	00:51	07:46	00:00	00:00	07:46
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	10	00:51	09:01	01:02	00:00	07:59
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	12	00:54	10:52	01:02	00:00	09:50
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:54	11:44	01:02	00:00	10:42
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:54	11:44	01:02	00:00	10:42
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	13	00:54	11:44	01:02	00:00	10:42
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	15	00:51	12:55	01:02	00:00	11:53
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	17	00:52	14:44	01:02	00:00	13:42
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	20	00:50	16:48	01:02	00:00	15:46
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	21	00:50	17:42	01:02	00:00	16:40
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	23	00:49	19:05	01:02	00:00	18:03
20	Juraj SlafkovskÝ	23	00:49	19:05	01:02	00:00	18:03
24	Phillip Danault	23	00:41	15:45	00:00	01:22	14:23
27	Samuel Blais	0
27	Sammy Blais	14	00:43	10:05	00:00	00:00	10:05
42	Adam Engstrom	19	00:41	13:04	00:00	00:00	13:04
45	Alexandre Carrier	29	00:47	23:08	00:02	01:49	21:17
47	Jayden Struble	23	00:50	19:17	00:00	00:42	18:35
48	Lane Hutson	28	00:52	24:33	01:05	01:09	22:19
53	Noah Dobson	29	00:51	24:49	01:06	02:16	21:27
72	Arber Xhekaj	18	00:46	13:54	00:00	00:00	13:54
76	Zachary Bolduc	16	00:46	12:28	01:04	00:00	11:24
85	Alexandre Texier	22	00:41	15:08	00:55	00:00	14:13
90	Joe Veleno	20	00:42	14:11	00:00	01:37	12:34
91	Oliver Kapanen	21	00:51	18:07	00:58	01:04	16:05
93	Ivan Demidov	17	00:50	14:25	00:52	00:00	13:33

Carolina Hurricanes

				TOI
#	Player	Shifts	Avg Shift	Total	Power Play	Shorthanded	Even Strength
5	Jalen Chatfield	29	00:45	21:53	00:06	01:05	20:42
6	Mike Reilly	19	00:41	13:04	00:00	00:00	13:04
11	Jordan Staal	24	00:43	17:35	00:48	01:24	15:23
19	K'Andre Miller	31	00:48	25:18	00:42	01:23	23:13
20	Sebastian Aho	23	00:43	16:50	02:16	00:00	14:34
21	Alexander Nikishin	26	00:48	21:08	02:16	00:00	18:52
22	Logan Stankoven	18	00:56	16:55	00:36	00:00	16:19
26	Sean Walker	26	00:47	20:34	00:00	00:36	19:58
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	23	00:44	16:54	02:10	00:00	14:44
28	William Carrier	18	00:46	14:00	00:06	00:00	13:54
37	Andrei Svechnikov	23	00:44	17:14	02:16	00:00	14:58
48	Jordan Martinook	21	00:44	15:34	00:06	01:26	14:02
50	Eric Robinson	16	00:43	11:28	00:00	00:35	10:53
53	Jackson Blake	20	00:55	18:36	02:52	00:00	15:44
64	Joel Nystrom	21	00:42	14:59	00:00	00:55	14:04
71	Taylor Hall	18	00:54	16:19	00:36	00:00	15:43
77	Mark Jankowski	15	00:43	10:56	00:00	00:36	10:20
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	15	00:41	10:23	00:00	00:00	10:23

Montreal Canadiens

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
75	Jakub DobeŠ	1	3	10	0.7
		2	1	8	0.875
		3	1	8	0.875

Carolina Hurricanes

#	Player	Period	Goals Against	Shots Against	Save Percentage
32	Brandon Bussi	1	2	5	0.6
		2	3	11	0.727
		3	1	5	0.8