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Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina HurricanesMay 29, 2026

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MTL
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CAR
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Goals123TShots123T
MTL0011MTL411924
CAR3216CAR159630
MTL 48CAR 47
MTL 2.42CAR 5.17
PP goals
MTL 1CAR 1
Hits
MTL 11CAR 18
Blocks
MTL 3CAR 12
PIM
MTL 4CAR 10
MTL 53%CAR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Montreal Canadiens 6–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 6–1 at home. Logan Stankoven (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:00 together.

  1. Points
    Logan Stankoven had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:00.Stankoven
  2. Points
    Taylor Hall had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:26.Hall
  3. Points
    Jackson Blake had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:53.Blake
  4. Points
    Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:04.Jarvis
  5. PP1
    MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:00 together.SuzukiCaufieldHutsonSlafkovskýDemidov
  6. Usage
    Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) played 14:18, −3:37 down on his 17:55 season average over 18 games.Svechnikov
  7. Usage
    Lane Hutson (MTL) played 21:59, −3:40 down on his 25:39 season average over 18 games.Hutson
  8. Usage
    Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 16:39, −4:03 down on his 20:42 season average over 18 games.Guhle

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.

Shot map, MTL at CAR: 95 attempts, 54 on goal, 7 goals, 7.58 expected goals; best chance Seth Jarvis at 0.65 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CAR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · CAR 47 · MTL 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at CAR: expected goals 5.17 to 2.42 (CAR led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 48, 7 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdCARMTLHSRBGCJnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CAR
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CARMTLcontrol2nd3rdHall · 1st 9:17Stankoven · 1st 15:12Robinson · 1st 16:52Blake · 2nd 7:19Gostisbehere · 2nd 18:02Caufield · 3rd 10:50Jarvis · 3rd 16:19
  • 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 23% of the game, CAR 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at CAR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Frederik Andersen (60:00) for CAR and Jakub Dobes (58:22) for MTL, 7 goals.

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

Head-to-head matrix, CAR rows versus MTL columns: 250 matchups; most common Staal vs Caufield, 7:58 at 71% xGF.

CAR ↓ · MTL →DanaultAndersonTexierSuzukiCaufieldSlafkovskýNewhookDemidovEvansBolducDachVelenoHutsonStrubleMathesonDobsonCarrierGuhleL1 StankovenL1 BlakeL1 HallL2 AhoL2 JarvisL2 SvechnikovL3 EhlersL3 StaalL3 MartinookL4 JankowskiL4 RobinsonL4 CarrierD1 ChatfieldD1 SlavinD2 MillerD2 WalkerD3 GostisbehereD3 Nikishin
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
StatMTLCAR
4038
1.903.76
1.853.53
1011
15
1814
+0.035−0.035
23%48%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:17
    CARTaylor Hall (Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake)snap0.22 xG
    MTL: Danault, Anderson, Carrier, Newhook, GuhleCAR: Hall, Gostisbehere, Nikishin, Stankoven, Blake
    MTL 0 – 1 CAR
  2. 15:12
    CARLogan Stankoven (Taylor Hall, Alexander Nikishin)snap0.07 xG
    MTL: Danault, Matheson, Anderson, Carrier, VelenoCAR: Hall, Gostisbehere, Nikishin, Stankoven, Blake
    MTL 0 – 2 CAR
  3. 16:52
    CAREric Robinson (William Carrier)snap0.17 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, SlafkovskýCAR: Jankowski, Gostisbehere, Carrier, Robinson, Nikishin
    MTL 0 – 3 CAR

2nd period

  1. 7:19
    CARJackson Blake (Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven)snap0.50 xG
    MTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Newhook, Guhle, DemidovCAR: Hall, Aho, Walker, Miller, Blake
    MTL 0 – 4 CAR
  2. 18:02
    CARShayne GostisbeherePP (Seth Jarvis, Nikolaj Ehlers)wrist0.19 xG
    MTL: Danault, Anderson, Dobson, GuhleCAR: Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis
    MTL 0 – 5 CAR

3rd period

  1. 10:50
    MTLCole CaufieldPP (Lane Hutson)wrist0.21 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovCAR: Aho, Walker, Miller, Jarvis
    MTL 1 – 5 CAR
  2. 16:19
    CARSeth JarvisEN (Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov)snap0.65 xG
    MTL: Danault, Dobson, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, DemidovCAR: Aho, Walker, Miller, Svechnikov, Jarvis
    MTL 1 – 6 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Phillip Danault CL1000-320.0300015:46——3922
Josh Anderson RL1000-230.4730013:42——5342
Alexandre Texier LL1000000.0000010:04——5656
Nick Suzuki CL2000-230.4201221:04——4428
Cole Caufield RL2101-230.3800018:19——4839
Juraj Slafkovský LL2000-210.1610018:05——4336
Alex Newhook CL3000-210.2200018:43——3220
Ivan Demidov RL3000-210.4000018:19——3829
Jake Evans CL3000020.0900017:28——6352
Zachary Bolduc RL4000000.0020012:28——7325
Kirby Dach CL4000000.0010010:23——6435
Joseph Veleno CL4000-100.000006:33——8971
Lane Hutson DD1011-120.0200221:59——5234
Jayden Struble DD1000010.0310011:12——5325
Mike Matheson DD2000-220.0800021:41——5958
Noah Dobson DD2000-220.0301020:37——5545
Alexandre Carrier DD3000-310.0910019:13——4327
Kaiden Guhle DD3000-200.0021016:39——5021
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jakub Dobes(start)L29245.8284.3158:22

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Logan Stankoven CL1123+240.7850016:00——5272
Jackson Blake RL1112+320.8500015:53——5481
Taylor Hall LL1123+320.4200015:26——5080
Sebastian Aho CL2011+230.4800018:44——4468
Seth Jarvis RL2112+120.8720018:04——4050
Andrei Svechnikov RL2011+110.1800414:18——4040
Nikolaj Ehlers LL3011020.1700216:20——6982
Jordan Staal CL3000020.2832015:05——5471
Jordan Martinook LL3000040.5711013:33——5774
Mark Jankowski LL4000+120.0401012:28——5056
Eric Robinson LL4101+130.2300012:21——4239
William Carrier LL4011+100.0000010:12——3034
Jalen Chatfield DD1000010.0034021:26——4047
Jaccob Slavin DD1000000.0503021:00——4147
K'Andre Miller DD2000+200.0011021:55——6779
Sean Walker DD2000+200.0330019:01——6777
Shayne Gostisbehere DD3101+310.1900216:53——4869
Alexander Nikishin DD3011+310.0300212:14——4368
CAR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Frederik Andersen(start)W24231.9582.4260:00

Goal anatomy

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

Taylor Hall (CAR) 1st 9:17 · assists Logan Stankoven, Jackson Blake · Rebound · carried in · 7.4 mph shot · 4.4 s from entry to goal.

Taylor Hall · 1st 9:17 · CAR

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
7.4 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
4.4 s
Type
rebound

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Eric Robinson · 1st 16:52 · CAR

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
2
Shot
19.2 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
2.5 s

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Jackson Blake · 2nd 7:19 · CAR

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
30.7 mph
Distance
12 ft
Entry to goal
4.0 s
Type
rebound

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Seth Jarvis · 3rd 16:19 · CAR EN

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
57.4 mph
Distance
47 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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