Hurricanes vs. Canadiens (May 27, 2026)

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Canadiens MTL

1-2

5-5-0 in Last 10

Preview

Hurricanes

Canadiens

Notes

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Odds

CAR

MTL

-140

Open

+115

Open

-145

+118

o5.5

-120

u5.5

+100

-1.5

+170

+1.5

-210

Forward Matchup

T. Hall

CAR LW #71

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

K. Miller

CAR D #19

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

F. Andersen

CAR G #31

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

Wins

.923

Save Pct

.910

1.56

Goals Against Avg

2.50

CAR

Team Stats

MTL

3.55

Goals per Game

3.4

2.88

Goals Against per Game

3.06

32.18

Shots per Game

26.29

23.93

Shots Against per Game

27.84

24.9

Power Play Pct

23.1

80.5

Penalty Kill Pct

78.2

.880

Save Pct

.890

CAR

Injuries

MTL

Patrik Laine

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

CARMTL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46

CAR

Last 5

MTL

Mon, May 25

Mon, May 25

Sat, May 23

Sat, May 23

Thu, May 21

Thu, May 21

Sat, May 9

Mon, May 18

Thu, May 7

Sat, May 16

Game Info

May 27, 2026

TNT/truTV

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Team Leaders

L. Stankoven

T. Hall

GWG

J. Blake

SV%

.923

F. Andersen

Season

Career vs MTL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Taylor Hall T. Hall	11	4	9	13	+8	10	0	2	0	0	1	1	32	12.5	3	9	33.3	17	7	2	7	16:32
Jackson Blake J. Blake	11	4	8	12	+4	18	0	2	0	0	2	1	25	16.0	0	0	0	12	9	5	11	18:36
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	11	7	1	8	+5	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	35	20.0	59	127	46.5	17	3	3	13	17:12
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	11	0	7	7	+10	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	25	13	8	7	24:02
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	10	4	2	6	+2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	22	18.2	1	3	33.3	11	5	3	14	19:31
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	11	2	4	6	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	7.1	0	9	0.0	18	10	4	11	20:36
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	11	2	3	5	-2	20	1	1	0	0	1	1	36	5.6	0	1	0.0	46	6	5	16	18:25
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	11	3	2	5	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	21	14.3	69	150	46.0	18	6	4	10	21:21
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	11	2	3	5	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	0	3	0.0	28	3	1	7	10:17
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	11	1	3	4	+1	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	5	13	4	13	22:36
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	11	0	4	4	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	60	120	50.0	13	8	1	6	12:10
Jordan Staal J. Staal	11	1	3	4	+3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	127	246	51.6	56	4	2	8	18:12
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	11	1	2	3	-1	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	22	4.5	1	5	20.0	27	9	4	11	16:22
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	11	1	2	3	+1	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	9	5	4	10	19:19
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	2	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:55
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	8	24	7	15	23:45
William Carrier W. Carrier	11	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	3	7	42.9	63	5	2	6	10:20
Sean Walker S. Walker	11	0	2	2	+8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	35	21	4	12	22:28
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3:09
Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	9	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	9	7	2	8	15:52

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	11	11	10	1	0	247	228	.923	19	1.56	2	732

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	25	13	17	30	+9	10	6	6	0	1	3	0	69	18.8	137	259	52.9	20	11	23	20	18:42
Jordan Staal J. Staal	57	9	15	24	-8	12	3	5	1	1	2	0	90	10.0	526	952	55.3	124	21	15	23	17:43
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	24	9	14	23	-4	11	5	3	1	0	2	1	67	13.4	2	4	50.0	12	5	6	18	16:47
Taylor Hall T. Hall	30	10	13	23	-9	4	3	6	1	0	3	0	86	11.6	14	22	63.6	14	15	14	21	17:34
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	20	13	8	21	+8	18	2	3	0	0	3	1	53	24.5	1	3	33.3	33	5	11	20	16:44
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	26	2	18	20	+2	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0	0	11	30	10	24	20:33
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	28	2	9	11	+13	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	55	3.6	0	0	0	19	30	13	22	21:41
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	12	5	6	11	+4	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	38	13.2	3	14	21.4	9	8	7	8	17:33
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	25	0	6	6	+1	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	0.0	23	57	40.4	25	17	16	10	14:02
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	24	2	3	5	-7	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	1	0.0	96	11	1	5	10:13
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	20	0	5	5	-5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	0.0	0	0	0	19	15	5	21	18:05
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	15	0	5	5	-7	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	17	20	10	19	21:04
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	18	3	1	4	-3	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	12.0	1	3	33.3	42	5	6	5	12:11
Jesperi Kotkaniemi J. Kotkaniemi	12	2	2	4	-2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	44	77	57.1	20	2	3	5	13:26
William Carrier W. Carrier	16	1	2	3	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	2	2	100.0	64	2	5	3	10:36
Jackson Blake J. Blake	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	17:09
Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	3	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	1	6	3	2	20:03
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	15	0	1	1	-8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	0	9	12	4	5	15:20
Sean Walker S. Walker	12	0	1	1	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	26	13	4	8	17:25
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	14	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	68	118	57.6	8	8	4	5	12:20
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	7	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	19	41	46.3	5	1	2	8	16:51

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	24	23	15	7	2	694	637	.918	57	2.41	2	1421
Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	2	2	1	1	0	47	44	.936	3	1.50	1	120
Brandon Bussi B. Bussi	1	1	0	1	0	22	16	.727	6	6.17	0	58

Team Leaders

A. Newhook

N. Suzuki

GWG

A. Texier

SV%

.910

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs CAR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	17	4	12	16	-5	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	34	11.8	162	305	53.1	33	18	5	19	22:17
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	17	3	12	15	+1	10	2	8	0	0	1	1	27	11.1	0	0	0	9	34	9	27	25:55
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	17	6	6	12	-7	9	4	4	0	0	1	1	47	12.8	1	7	14.3	23	14	6	12	20:12
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	17	5	7	12	-7	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	38	13.2	0	0	0	24	3	2	10	18:20
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	17	7	3	10	+6	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	31	22.6	32	88	36.4	30	11	4	7	17:05
Jake Evans J. Evans	17	2	8	10	+12	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	18	11.1	120	211	56.9	35	17	4	7	16:48
Phillip Danault P. Danault	17	2	8	10	+7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	140	243	57.6	32	18	4	14	16:08
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	17	3	6	9	+3	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	33	9.1	0	0	0	20	9	5	18	16:52
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	17	4	4	8	+7	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	21.1	4	10	40.0	22	4	2	11	13:24
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	17	0	8	8	+2	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	46	36	7	10	20:53
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	17	3	4	7	-2	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	18.8	0	1	0.0	44	7	6	9	11:19
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	17	1	6	7	+5	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	20	45	3	13	22:06
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	17	5	2	7	+9	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	20.0	1	3	33.3	43	9	2	13	15:44
Kirby Dach K. Dach	17	4	1	5	-1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21.1	25	47	53.2	33	6	3	8	10:35
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	17	2	2	4	+1	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	10.0	0	0	0	20	45	8	28	25:09
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	13	1	1	2	+5	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	45	6	0	6	8:06
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	11	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	12	24	4	18	22:21
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	7	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	19	33	57.6	17	0	1	1	9:29
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	3	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6:25
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	7	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	13	21	61.9	1	2	0	4	8:20
Jayden Struble J. Struble	10	0	0	0	+4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	29	5	4	4	11:42

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	17	17	9	8	0	491	447	.910	44	2.50	0	1056
	Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	1	7.16	0	8

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Patrik Laine P. Laine	26	11	11	22	+3	10	4	4	0	0	0	51	21.6	5	7	71.4	18	18	7	24	16:59
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	34	5	11	16	+10	4	0	1	0	0	0	76	6.6	8	26	30.8	22	14	17	15	14:56
Phillip Danault P. Danault	25	4	9	13	+5	4	0	1	0	1	0	44	9.1	196	380	51.6	35	18	11	13	16:56
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	18	5	6	11	-6	6	2	2	0	0	0	41	12.2	107	284	37.7	17	18	11	22	20:27
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	20	1	9	10	-9	8	0	2	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0	0	20	35	13	24	21:05
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	27	7	1	8	-5	10	0	0	1	0	0	57	12.3	5	13	38.5	45	14	18	12	15:26
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	16	2	5	7	+1	6	0	0	0	1	0	20	10.0	11	37	29.7	9	1	7	4	14:11
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	12	3	4	7	-6	2	0	1	0	0	1	25	12.0	1	5	20.0	8	3	3	8	17:30
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	9	3	4	7	+1	4	0	1	0	0	3	17	17.6	0	2	0.0	11	17	2	9	19:03
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	6	2	4	6	+6	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	1	12	3	10	21:20
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	11	2	3	5	-1	8	0	1	0	0	1	18	11.1	34	72	47.2	9	8	3	1	13:58
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	4	1	4	5	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	13:03
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	15	0	4	4	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	10	24	6	13	19:38
Jayden Struble J. Struble	9	0	4	4	+7	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	27	12	1	2	14:57
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	24	1	2	3	-6	6	1	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	23	51	13	34	22:44
Kirby Dach K. Dach	7	0	3	3	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	14	48	29.2	4	5	5	3	16:49
Jake Evans J. Evans	13	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	87	180	48.3	20	9	9	6	15:51
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	13	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	55	127	43.3	32	11	1	3	14:02
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	6	2	0	2	-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	40.0	0	0	0	23	16	2	7	20:04
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	7	4	0	1	13:23
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	3	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	8	26	30.8	1	5	0	1	14:57
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	21	6	0	6	11:52
Owen Beck O. Beck	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	2	1	0	1	11:52
Adam Engstrom A. Engstrom	1	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	10	9	2	6	1	314	286	.911	28	2.91	1	577
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	3	3	3	0	0	103	95	.922	8	2.67	0	180

Hurricanes visit the Canadiens with 2-1 series lead

The Associated Press

May 26, 2026

Carolina Hurricanes (53-22-7, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (48-24-10, in the Atlantic Division)

Montreal, Quebec; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Hurricanes -141, Canadiens +118; over/under is 5.5

STANLEY CUP SEMIFINALS: Hurricanes lead series 2-1

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Montreal Canadiens in the third round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-1 lead in the series. The teams meet Monday for the seventh time this season. The Hurricanes won 3-2 in overtime in the last matchup.

Montreal has a 48-24-10 record overall and a 26-18-4 record on its home ice. The Canadiens are fifth in the league serving 10.4 penalty minutes per game.

Carolina has a 53-22-7 record overall and a 29-12-5 record on the road. The Hurricanes rank second in NHL play with 291 total goals (averaging 3.6 per game).

TOP PERFORMERS: Cole Caufield has 51 goals and 37 assists for the Canadiens. Alexander Newhook has six goals and two assists over the last 10 games.

Seth Jarvis has 32 goals and 34 assists for the Hurricanes. Logan Stankoven has six goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canadiens: 5-3-2, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.3 assists, 5.3 penalties and 17.4 penalty minutes while giving up three goals per game.

Hurricanes: 9-1-0, averaging three goals, 5.7 assists, 5.9 penalties and 13.4 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game.

INJURIES: Canadiens: Patrik Laine: out (abdomen).

Hurricanes: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hurricanes CAR

Canadiens MTL

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

Hurricanes visit the Canadiens with 2-1 series lead

Players Mentioned

Patrik Laine

Cole Caufield

Seth Jarvis

Logan Stankoven