Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 27, 2026

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 27, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	3	0	1	4		CAR	12	12	20	44
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	5	10	3	18

: CAR 95MTL 45
: CAR 6.88MTL 1.10
PP goals: CAR 1MTL 0
Hits: CAR 30MTL 30
Blocks: CAR 18MTL 23
PIM: CAR 24MTL 32
: CAR 46%MTL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Nikolaj Ehlers (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 4:14 together.

Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:05.Ehlers
Points
Shayne Gostisbehere had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.Gostisbehere
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 4:14 together.Gostisbehere Ehlers Aho Svechnikov Jarvis
New line
New look for MTL: Suzuki–Caufield–Newhook skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Suzuki Caufield Newhook
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 29.7; the loss.Dobes
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Slafkovský–Demidov skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Slafkovský Demidov
Luck
CAR scored 4 goals on 6.88 expected goals (95 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Danault–Anderson–Bolduc skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Anderson 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

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

MTL
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 140 of 140 attempts · MTL 45 · CAR 95

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 70% of the game, MTL 12%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	CAR	MTL
	97	47
	5.32	1.25
	4.74	1.21
	22	5
	10	5
	25	16
	−0.016	+0.016
	70%	12%

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

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
9:3953% CF
L2Hall – Stankoven – Blake
9:2287% CF
L3Jankowski – Carrier – Robinson
8:2958% CF
L4Staal – Martinook – Ehlers
8:1673% CF
D1Walker – Miller
16:3465% CF
D2Slavin – Chatfield
16:2665% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Nikishin
11:0873% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Ehlers – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
4:14100% CF
PP2Hall – Ehlers – Miller – Stankoven – Blake
3:29100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:52
PK2FAho – Jarvis
1:14
PK1DSlavin – Walker
1:22
PK2DMiller – Nikishin
0:33

Current CAR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook
8:0632% CF
L2Evans – Slafkovský – Demidov
6:2333% CF
L3Danault – Anderson – Bolduc
5:5240% CF
L4Texier – Veleno – Dach
2:5314% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
9:4642% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
7:0210% CF
D3Struble – Hutson
5:0245% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:3175% CF
PP2Texier – Dobson – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
0:29
PK1FEvans – Newhook
3:47
PK2FDanault – Suzuki
1:30
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:58
PK2DDobson – Guhle
1:04

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:59
CARSebastian AhoPP (Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.10 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov, JarvisMTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Newhook
CAR 1 – 0 MTL
16:07
CARJordan Staal (K'Andre Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers)tip-in0.34 xG
CAR: Staal, Martinook, Ehlers, Walker, MillerMTL: Danault, Anderson, Texier, Struble, Hutson
CAR 2 – 0 MTL
17:46
CARLogan Stankoven (Jackson Blake, Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.21 xG
CAR: Carrier, Walker, Miller, Stankoven, BlakeMTL: Evans, Struble, Bolduc, Hutson, Demidov
CAR 3 – 0 MTL

3rd period

18:06
CARAndrei SvechnikovEN (Jalen Chatfield)snap0.90 xG
CAR: Aho, Chatfield, Walker, Svechnikov, JarvisMTL: Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, Newhook, Hutson, Demidov
CAR 4 – 0 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	56	76
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.51	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	55	69
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.17	4	0	0	17:18	—	—	50	56
Jackson Blake R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.91	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	79	86
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.49	0	1	2	15:33	—	—	84	97
Logan Stankoven C	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.71	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	79	86
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.46	3	0	0	11:27	—	—	59	65
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	10	10:43	—	—	64	62
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	10	10:41	—	—	62	61
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	1.04	1	2	0	17:05	—	—	69	95
Jordan Staal C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	5	0	0	16:21	—	—	71	92
Jordan Martinook L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.39	1	2	0	15:21	—	—	66	92
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	1	4	0	24:41	—	—	65	85
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.01	4	0	0	20:40	—	—	65	86
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	64	70
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	2	2	18:44	—	—	65	73
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	2	2	0	1	0.22	1	3	0	16:08	—	—	74	76
Alexander Nikishin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	5	0	0	12:41	—	—	74	79

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	1.10	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	-1	3	0.22	2	0	0	22:59	—	—	44	26
Cole Caufield R	L1	-1	2	0.22	3	0	0	19:14	—	—	41	25
Alex Newhook C	L1	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	36	16
Ivan Demidov R	L2	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	29	14
Jake Evans C	L2	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	18:29	—	—	31	13
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:18	—	—	32	9
Phillip Danault C	L3	-1	1	0.20	1	1	2	14:16	—	—	24	20
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	-1	2	0.01	1	1	2	11:27	—	—	36	30
Josh Anderson R	L3	-1	2	0.17	0	3	4	11:09	—	—	34	35
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0.01	2	1	2	8:45	—	—	24	1
Alexandre Texier L	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:30	—	—	6	0
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:05	—	—	25	0
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	0.04	1	0	2	23:05	—	—	43	40
Noah Dobson D	D1	-1	2	0.09	4	2	0	20:05	—	—	42	41
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	7	0	23:22	—	—	23	2
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	3	10	17:27	—	—	15	2
Lane Hutson D	D3	-3	1	0.02	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	38	19
Jayden Struble D	D3	-2	0	0.00	3	2	10	11:54	—	—	29	5

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	43	40	3	.930	5.42	59:01

Goal anatomy

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

Jordan Staal (CAR) 1st 16:07 · assists K'Andre Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflection · 15.5 mph shot.

Jordan Staal · 1st 16:07 · CAR

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 15.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Sebastian Aho · 1st 14:59 · CAR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Logan Stankoven · 1st 17:46 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Andrei Svechnikov · 3rd 18:06 · CAR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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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.