Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 29, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	3	0	3		MTL	6	8	4	18
CAR	1	0	0	1		CAR	13	14	8	35

: MTL 42CAR 100
: MTL 2.74CAR 4.26
PP goals: MTL 1CAR 1
Hits: MTL 21CAR 29
Blocks: MTL 32CAR 12
PIM: MTL 4CAR 6
: MTL 46%CAR 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at CAR. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:13 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:17.Suzuki
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:45.Caufield
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:31.Hutson
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:13 together.Staal Gostisbehere Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:29 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 4.26 expected goals (100 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +7 against a season average of 27.6; the win.Dobes
New line
New look for MTL: Danault–Evans–Bolduc skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Evans Bolduc

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 142 of 142 attempts · CAR 100 · MTL 42

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 13% of the game, CAR 54%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CAR

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CAR skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CAR side.

Matchup matrix

CAR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	CAR
	26	94
	1.19	3.89
	1.16	3.52
	6	18
	4	4
	18	17
	−0.028	+0.028
	13%	54%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:5325% CF
L2Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
7:399% CF
L3Danault – Evans – Bolduc
7:2533% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
12:3212% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
11:1122% CF
D3Struble – Hutson
8:2228% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:2991% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Newhook – Bolduc – Kapanen
2:2171% CF
PK1FEvans – Veleno
2:36
PK2FDanault – Kapanen
2:05
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:45
PK2DDobson – Guhle
1:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Hall – Stankoven – Blake
11:5880% CF
L2Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
10:2076% CF
L3Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
9:1992% CF
L4Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
4:4650% CF
D1Walker – Miller
13:5775% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Nikishin
12:5876% CF
D3Slavin – Chatfield
12:4190% CF

PP1Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
3:13100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake
1:26100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Robinson
2:36
PK2FStaal – Martinook
2:16
PK1DSlavin – Chatfield
2:57
PK2DWalker – Miller
2:51

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:37
CARAndrei SvechnikovPP (Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho)slap0.07 xG
MTL: Danault, Matheson, Carrier, KapanenCAR: Staal, Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis
MTL 0 – 1 CAR

2nd period

6:18
MTLNick Suzuki (Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson)snap0.26 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, SlafkovskýCAR: Aho, Walker, Miller, Svechnikov, Jarvis
MTL 1 – 1 CAR
17:32
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýCAR: Staal, Gostisbehere, Martinook, Ehlers, Nikishin
MTL 2 – 1 CAR
19:53
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovCAR: Staal, Martinook, Slavin, Chatfield
MTL 3 – 1 CAR

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	2	1	3	+2	5	0.84	1	1	2	20:17	—	—	24	37
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.38	1	2	0	19:49	—	—	29	38
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.84	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	24	38
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:14	—	—	14	3
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	15:41	—	—	13	3
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	11	5
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	5	2	0	17:55	—	—	30	55
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:34	—	—	37	63
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	33	53
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:23	—	—	14	4
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	1	3	0	22:07	—	—	17	19
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	19:42	—	—	30	21
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:05	—	—	23	21
Lane Hutson D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.24	0	4	0	19:31	—	—	28	40
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:30	—	—	30	33
Joseph Veleno C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	12:41	—	—	12	3
Brendan Gallagher R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	20	2
Arber Xhekaj D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	5:11	—	—	15	4

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	4.26	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.56	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	80	91
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	78	88
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	79	91
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.33	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	79	61
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.69	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	70	60
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.34	3	0	2	16:56	—	—	76	61
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	2	1	2	18:08	—	—	92	72
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	4	0	0	17:37	—	—	93	84
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	92	71
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:29	—	—	42	80
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:43	—	—	54	80
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	3	0	0	5:59	—	—	55	81
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	2	3	0	19:33	—	—	76	62
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	5	2	0	19:07	—	—	72	66
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	3	0	20:25	—	—	72	73
Alexander Nikishin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	18:12	—	—	74	76
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	90	99
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	88	95

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	2.54	55:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Andrei Svechnikov (CAR PP) 1st 8:37 · assists Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · Cycle · 83.2 mph shot.

Andrei Svechnikov · 1st 8:37 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 83.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 6:18 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 4
Shot: 40.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 17:32 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 19:53 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 4.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.