NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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

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Carolina Hurricanes

Montreal Canadiens

Carolina Hurricanes rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Shayne Gostisbehere (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.

•Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:05.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 4:14 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Sebastian Aho for CAR @ MTL, 67.7 mph. Full game report →

Sebastian Aho (CAR @ MTL): Forecheck turnover, carried in, 3 passes, 67.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Shayne Gostisbehere CAR	at MTL	0	2	2	1	1	3	16:08	—
Nikolaj Ehlers CAR	at MTL	0	2	2	1	1	2	17:05	—
Logan Stankoven CAR	at MTL	1	0	1	7	1	0	14:16	—

Line changes

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. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs CAR	L	43	3	.930
Frederik Andersen CAR	at MTL	W	18	0	.1000

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.