Canadiens vs. Hurricanes (May 23, 2026)

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Hurricanes CAR

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Canadiens

Hurricanes

Notes

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Odds

MTL

CAR

+170

Open

-210

Open

+170

-210

o6.0

-105

u6.0

-115

+1.5

-145

-1.5

+118

Forward Matchup

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

T. Hall

CAR LW #71

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

K. Miller

CAR D #19

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

F. Andersen

CAR G #31

Wins

.911

Save Pct

.932

2.48

Goals Against Avg

1.51

MTL

Team Stats

CAR

3.4

Goals per Game

3.55

3.06

Goals Against per Game

2.88

26.29

Shots per Game

32.18

27.84

Shots Against per Game

23.93

23.1

Power Play Pct

24.9

78.2

Penalty Kill Pct

80.5

.890

Save Pct

.880

MTL

Injuries

CAR

Patrik Laine

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Atlantic Division

MTLCAR

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

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

MTL

Last 5

CAR

Thu, May 21

Thu, May 21

Mon, May 18

Sat, May 9

Sat, May 16

Thu, May 7

Thu, May 14

Mon, May 4

Tue, May 12

Sat, May 2

Game Info

May 23, 2026

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Lenovo Center

Raleigh, North Carolina

Team Leaders

A. Newhook

N. Suzuki

GWG

A. Texier

SV%

.911

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	15	4	12	16	-3	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	31	12.9	150	275	54.5	29	16	4	16	22:14
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	15	2	12	14	+2	10	1	8	0	0	1	1	26	7.7	0	0	0	8	26	8	24	25:47
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	15	6	6	12	-5	9	4	4	0	0	1	1	44	13.6	1	7	14.3	22	11	6	10	20:11
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	15	5	6	11	-5	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	35	14.3	0	0	0	23	2	2	10	18:17
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	15	7	3	10	+5	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	29	24.1	27	78	34.6	29	10	2	6	16:38
Jake Evans J. Evans	15	2	7	9	+10	20	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	11.8	109	188	58.0	30	14	4	6	16:17
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	15	4	4	8	+7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	18	22.2	4	10	40.0	19	2	2	8	13:15
Phillip Danault P. Danault	15	2	6	8	+6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	123	214	57.5	28	13	4	11	15:59
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	15	3	5	8	+2	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	32	9.4	0	0	0	19	8	5	12	16:34
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	15	3	4	7	+1	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	20.0	0	1	0.0	39	7	6	8	11:15
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	15	0	7	7	+2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	44	31	7	9	20:53
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	15	1	5	6	+5	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	17	38	2	12	21:54
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	15	3	2	5	+8	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	13.0	1	3	33.3	42	6	2	10	15:31
Kirby Dach K. Dach	15	4	1	5	+2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21.1	25	46	54.3	30	4	3	8	10:42
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	15	1	2	3	+2	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	19	40	7	25	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	9	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	10	21	4	14	21:45
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	6	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	14	22	63.6	15	0	1	1	9:40
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	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	9	16	56.3	1	2	0	2	8:03
Jayden Struble J. Struble	8	0	0	0	+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	22	4	3	4	11:12

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	15	15	9	6	0	427	389	.911	38	2.48	0	918
	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

Team Leaders

L. Stankoven

T. Hall

GWG

J. Blake

SV%

.932

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	9	3	9	12	+8	10	0	2	0	0	1	1	24	12.5	3	8	37.5	13	5	1	5	16:15
Jackson Blake J. Blake	9	4	7	11	+4	18	0	2	0	0	2	1	22	18.2	0	0	0	11	3	4	9	18:17
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	9	7	1	8	+5	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	33	21.2	51	110	46.4	15	2	2	9	17:00
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	9	0	6	6	+10	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	17	11	5	5	23:28
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	9	3	2	5	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	17	17.6	55	122	45.1	12	5	3	9	21:23
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	9	2	3	5	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	0	9	0.0	16	8	3	8	20:34
Jordan Staal J. Staal	9	1	3	4	+2	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	107	210	51.0	40	3	1	7	18:20
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	9	1	3	4	-2	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	1	0.0	37	5	3	13	18:09
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	8	2	2	4	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	1	3	33.3	9	5	1	13	19:13
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	9	1	2	3	-1	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	5.0	1	3	33.3	21	8	2	8	16:16
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	9	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	3	0.0	24	3	0	5	10:01
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	9	1	1	2	-3	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	5.9	0	0	0	4	9	3	10	22:28
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	9	0	2	2	+2	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	9	3	3	9	19:12
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
Sean Walker S. Walker	9	0	2	2	+8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	31	14	2	10	22:08
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	9	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	6	19	7	13	23:48
William Carrier W. Carrier	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	2	5	40.0	51	4	2	4	10:16
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	48	97	49.5	10	8	1	4	12:03
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	8	5	2	6	16:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Frederik Andersen F. Andersen	9	9	8	1	0	222	207	.932	15	1.51	2	595

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

Montreal brings 1-0 lead into game 2 against Carolina

The Associated Press

May 22, 2026

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

Raleigh, North Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

LINE: Hurricanes -211, Canadiens +175; over/under is 6

STANLEY CUP SEMIFINALS: Canadiens lead series 1-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round of the NHL Playoffs with a 1-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Thursday for the fifth time this season. The Canadiens won 6-2 in the last meeting. Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens with two goals.

Carolina is 33-11-2 at home and 53-22-7 overall. The Hurricanes are 30-6-3 when they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

Montreal has a 48-24-10 record overall and a 31-10-9 record on the road. The Canadiens have a +28 scoring differential, with 279 total goals scored and 251 conceded.

TOP PERFORMERS: Seth Jarvis has 32 goals and 34 assists for the Hurricanes. Logan Stankoven has seven goals and two assists over the past 10 games.

Cole Caufield has 51 goals and 37 assists for the Canadiens. Lane Hutson has nine assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hurricanes: 9-1-0, averaging 2.8 goals, 5.4 assists, 6.2 penalties and 14.3 penalty minutes while giving up 1.6 goals per game.

Canadiens: 6-3-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.9 assists, 5.3 penalties and 17.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

INJURIES: Hurricanes: None listed.

Canadiens: Patrik Laine: out (abdomen).

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

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