NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 21, 2026

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

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Montreal Canadiens

Carolina Hurricanes

Montreal Canadiens rout Carolina Hurricanes 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–2 at CAR. Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 12:16, −5:03 down on his 17:19 season average over 18 games.

•Juraj Slafkovský had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:41.
•Nick Suzuki had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:30.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:19.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Eric Robinson for CAR vs MTL, 68.4 mph. Full game report →

Eric Robinson (CAR vs MTL): Odd-man rush, passed in, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 1 pass, 68.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Juraj Slafkovský MTL	at CAR	2	1	3	4	1	1	16:41	—
Nick Suzuki MTL	at CAR	0	3	3	4	2	1	18:30	—
Phillip Danault MTL	at CAR	1	1	2	2	3	4	15:49	—
Cole Caufield MTL	at CAR	1	1	2	1	0	0	15:19	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs MTL	0	0	0	0	8	0	13:33	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jakub Dobes MTL	at CAR	W	28	2	.929
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs MTL	L	21	5	.762

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.