NHL Recaps: Monday, May 25, 2026

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Carolina Hurricanes

Montreal Canadiens

Carolina Hurricanes edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Taylor Hall (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:48 together.

•MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:48 together.
•Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 29.7; the loss.
•K'Andre Miller (CAR) played 30:07, +6:25 up on his 23:42 season average over 18 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Mike Matheson for MTL vs CAR, 70.5 mph. Full game report →

Mike Matheson (MTL vs CAR): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 70.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Taylor Hall CAR	at MTL	1	0	1	7	2	2	20:06	—
William Carrier CAR	at MTL	0	0	0	0	8	0	11:37	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs CAR	L	39	3	.923
Frederik Andersen CAR	at MTL	W	13	2	.846

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