MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
Final/OT
2—3
2026-05-23 · Lenovo Center
CAR
CAR
Carolina Hurricanes
52-22-6 · W3 · L10: 7-3-0
W
SO
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
CAR dominated expected goals 2.3 to 1.0 · CAR controlled 58.7% of 5v5 shot attempts · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
0121ST2ND3RDOT
MTL xG
1.03
ACTUAL
2 — 3
CAR xG
2.29

Scoring Timeline

0.08
MED xG
CAR1P 2:33Even Strength
Eric Robinson
50
Eric Robinson(2)
L · CAR · #50
William Carrier (2), Mark Jankowski (2)
MTL 0 - 1 CAR
0.20
HIGH xG
MTL1P 11:11Even Strength
Josh Anderson
17
Josh Anderson(4)
R · MTL · #17
Phillip Danault (7), Kaiden Guhle (8)
MTL 1 - 1 CAR
0.07
MED xG
CAR2P 17:03Even Strength
Nikolaj Ehlers
27
Nikolaj Ehlers(3)
L · CAR · #27
Jaccob Slavin (2), Jalen Chatfield (2)
MTL 1 - 2 CAR
0.11
HIGH xG
MTL3P 12:51Even Strength
Josh Anderson
17
Josh Anderson(5)
R · MTL · #17
Alexandre Carrier (6), Phillip Danault (8)
MTL 2 - 2 CAR
0.06
MED xG
CAROT 3:29Even Strength
Nikolaj Ehlers
27
Nikolaj Ehlers(4)
L · CAR · #27
Mark Jankowski (3), Jalen Chatfield (3)
MTL 2 - 3 CAR

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
23/26 saves, .884 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★2
Frederik Andersen
31
Frederik Andersen
G · CAR · #31
10/12 saves, .833 SV%, -1.0 GSAx
★3
Nikolaj Ehlers
27
Nikolaj Ehlers
L · CAR · #27
2G, 5 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

MTLCAR
12Shots26
0.98xGF2.20
41.3CF%58.7
52.4FO%47.6
0/2PP0/3
16Hits46
19Blocks20
16Giveaways20
4Takeaways7
6PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGCAR SOGMTL xGCAR xG
1st160.210.57
2nd370.300.81
3rd690.520.82
OT010.000.09
Total10231.032.29

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 8:33
CAR
Logan Stankoveninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
1P 16:36
MTL
Jayden Strubleroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Andrei Svechnikov
1P 18:16
CAR
Andrei Svechnikovboarding (2 min)
Drawn by Josh Anderson
2P 11:08
MTL
Jakub Dobesinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Mark Jankowski
2P 20:00
MTL
Alexandre Texierslashing (2 min)
Drawn by K'Andre Miller