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Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 16, 2025

Final· Centre Bell
away
CAR
2
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MTL
4
Goals123TShots123T
CAR1012CAR4141129
MTL1214MTL95822
CAR 67MTL 47
CAR 3.06MTL 2.91
PP goals
CAR 0MTL 0
Hits
CAR 34MTL 27
Blocks
CAR 14MTL 20
PIM
CAR 6MTL 2
CAR 62%MTL 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at home. Kaiden Guhle (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CAR: Hall–Kotkaniemi–Svechnikov skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Kaiden Guhle had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:39.Guhle
  2. Points
    Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:40.Suzuki
  3. New line
    New look for CAR: Hall–Kotkaniemi–Svechnikov skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HallKotkaniemiSvechnikov
  4. New line
    New look for CAR: Carrier–Brind'Amour–Stankoven skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CarrierBrind'AmourStankoven
  5. New line
    New look for CAR: Jankowski–Roslovic–Robinson skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JankowskiRoslovicRobinson
  6. New line
    New look for MTL: Armia–Evans–Heineman skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ArmiaEvansHeineman
  7. Usage
    Tyson Jost (CAR) played 15:01, +4:46 up on his 10:15 season average over 38 games.Jost
  8. Usage
    Sean Walker (CAR) played 21:18, +4:31 up on his 16:47 season average over 81 games.Walker

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, CAR at MTL: 114 attempts, 51 on goal, 6 goals, 5.97 expected goals; best chance Tyson Jost at 0.66 xG.

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

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 47 · CAR 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CAR at MTL: expected goals 2.91 to 3.06 (CAR led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 67, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdMTLCARGHSGJEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MTL
  • CAR
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLCARcontrol2nd3rdGuhle · 1st 3:50Hall · 1st 9:56Suzuki · 2nd 16:22Guhle · 2nd 18:48Jost · 3rd 14:10Evans · 3rd 18:05
  • MTL pressure
  • CAR pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 28% of the game, MTL 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CAR at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Samuel Montembeault (60:00) for MTL and Pyotr Kochetkov (59:44) for CAR, 6 goals.

MTL
CAR
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatCARMTL
7347
3.002.76
2.812.66
135
57
3028
+0.072−0.072
28%33%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Current CAR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:50
    MTLKaiden Guhle (Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki)snap0.02 xG
    CAR: Stillman, Brind'Amour, Walker, Robinson, StankovenMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Hutson, Slafkovský
    CAR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 9:56
    CARTaylor Hall (Sean Walker, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)snap0.12 xG
    CAR: Hall, Gostisbehere, Walker, Kotkaniemi, SvechnikovMTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Guhle, Hutson
    CAR 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

  1. 16:22
    MTLNick Suzuki (Alexandre Carrier)snap0.12 xG
    CAR: Burns, Orlov, Jankowski, Roslovic, RobinsonMTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
    CAR 1 – 2 MTL
  2. 18:48
    MTLKaiden Guhle (Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson)snap0.04 xG
    CAR: Gostisbehere, Brind'Amour, Walker, Robinson, NadeauMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Hutson, Slafkovský
    CAR 1 – 3 MTL

3rd period

  1. 14:10
    CARTyson Jost (Bradly Nadeau, Dmitry Orlov)snap0.66 xG
    CAR: Orlov, Jost, Robinson, Morrow, NadeauMTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Guhle, Hutson
    CAR 2 – 3 MTL
  2. 18:05
    MTLJake EvansENsnap0.21 xG
    CAR: Burns, Hall, Gostisbehere, Kotkaniemi, Svechnikov, NadeauMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Suzuki
    CAR 2 – 4 MTL

Box score

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

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Taylor Hall LL1101020.5202017:54——6752
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CL1011010.0430017:16——6652
Andrei Svechnikov RL1000000.2911017:12——7158
Logan Stankoven CL2000-100.0011017:13——5830
William Carrier LL2000010.09100015:37——5534
Skyler Brind'Amour CL2000-200.0011215:28——6035
Eric Robinson LL3000-200.0980017:59——4853
Mark Jankowski LL3000-110.2303015:35——5246
Jack Roslovic CL3000-120.0700012:34——5252
Sean Walker DD1011-140.3020021:18——6439
Shayne Gostisbehere DD1000-120.0801019:15——7063
Dmitry Orlov DD2011010.0300217:23——5558
Brent Burns DD2000-210.0000015:27——4625
Scott Morrow DD3000+120.0404017:37——6876
Domenick Fensore DD3000050.1321017:13——6841
Tyson Jost C—101+110.6710015:01——6761
Bradly Nadeau L—011-160.4610013:01——6167
Riley Stillman D—000-100.0140011:13——5225
CAR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)L21183.8572.7059:44

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brendan Gallagher RL1000-210.0113017:11——2012
Christian Dvorak CL1000-200.1101016:50——2420
Josh Anderson RL1000-210.1620014:23——2925
Nick Suzuki CL2112+430.2822021:40——4866
Juraj Slafkovský LL2011+320.2012215:57——5368
Cole Caufield RL2011+320.2810015:29——5263
Jake Evans CL3101+110.2110018:16——5054
Joel Armia RL3000+110.0301016:21——4653
Emil Heineman LL3000000.2920012:00——5258
Alex Newhook CL4000020.4032012:23——2750
Patrik Laine LL4000010.1900011:56——3563
Ivan Demidov RL4000020.4110010:29——2961
Mike Matheson DD1000+220.0212026:07——3652
Alexandre Carrier DD1011+200.0002023:09——4460
Kaiden Guhle DD2202030.1173023:39——4344
Lane Hutson DD2011010.0411021:29——3942
David Savard DD3000000.0001011:04——2139
Jayden Struble DD3000000.174009:37——3656
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)W29272.9313.0660:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kaiden Guhle (MTL) 1st 3:50 · assists Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki · Cycle · carried in · 63.4 mph shot · 6.7 s from entry to goal.

Kaiden Guhle · 1st 3:50 · MTL

Play
cycle
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
63.4 mph
Distance
34 ft
Entry to goal
6.7 s

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 16:22 · MTL

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
61.9 mph
Distance
17 ft

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