Montreal Canadiens

East Final · Game 5 · Best of 7

Ugh, no.

Montreal Canadiens lost to the Carolina Hurricanes

48-24-10, 106 PTS 1 – 6

53-22-7, 113 PTS

Final · Fri, May 29

Series: CAR wins 4-1

Game Details

Lenovo Center (Raleigh) · 18,931 fans · TNT, truTV, HBO Max View tournament bracket →

Recap

Hurricanes roll past Canadiens 6-1 in Eastern Conference Final, earn trip to Stanley Cup Final

Rod Brind'Amour wore a big smile as he walked on the ice to join his Carolina Hurricanes for a photo behind the Prince of Wales Trophy.

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Lenovo Center · Raleigh

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	1	1
CAR	3	2	1	6

Game Leaders

Montreal Canadiens

Cole Caufield · 1Goals
Lane Hutson · 1Assists
Cole Caufield · 1Points

Carolina Hurricanes

Taylor Hall · 1Goals
Taylor Hall · 2Assists
Taylor Hall · 3Points

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Boston	2	1	0	4
Florida	1	0	2	4
Montreal	1	0	1	3
Ottawa	1	0	0	2
Buffalo	1	1	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	1	0	2
Toronto	1	2	0	2
Detroit	0	2	0	0

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 16:19

ENG Seth Jarvis Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Sebastian Aho (3), Andrei Svechnikov (4)1–6

3rd 10:50

PPG Cole Caufield Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (13)1–5

2nd 18:02

PPG Shayne Gostisbehere Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (5), Nikolaj Ehlers (5)0–5

2nd 7:19

Jackson Blake Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (11), Logan Stankoven (3)0–4

1st 16:52

Eric Robinson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: William Carrier (3)0–3

1st 15:12

Logan Stankoven Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (10), Alexander Nikishin (1)0–2

1st 9:17

Taylor Hall Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Logan Stankoven (2), Jackson Blake (10)0–1

Team Stats

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Shots & Puck

24 Shots on Goal 30

3 Blocked Shots 12

11 Hits 18

52.8 Faceoff % 47.2

3 Takeaways 7

10 Giveaways 18

Special Teams

1/5 Power Play 1/5

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

10 Penalty Minutes 10

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
J. Anderson	0	-2	3	13:42	0	3	0	0	0:00	3:45	9:57	19	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
Z. Bolduc	0	0	0	12:28	0	2	0	0	2:50	0:00	9:38	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
C. Caufield	1	-2	3	18:19	0	0	0	0	5:42	0:00	12:37	19	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
K. Dach	0	0	0	10:23	0	1	0	0	3:21	0:00	7:02	14	0	1	1	50.0	0	0
P. Danault	0	-3	2	15:46	0	0	0	1	0:02	4:47	10:57	21	0	8	4	66.7	1	0
I. Demidov	0	-2	1	18:19	0	0	0	0	6:18	0:00	12:01	18	4	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Evans	0	0	2	17:28	0	0	0	1	0:00	4:52	12:36	22	0	4	6	40.0	0	0
A. Newhook	0	-2	1	18:43	0	0	0	0	2:58	3:49	11:56	23	1	4	2	66.7	0	0
J. Slafkovsky	0	-2	1	18:05	0	1	0	0	6:03	0:00	12:02	19	2	0	1	0.0	1	0
N. Suzuki	0	-2	3	21:04	2	0	1	1	6:15	2:00	12:49	21	0	7	10	41.2	1	1
A. Texier	0	0	0	10:04	0	0	0	0	2:50	0:00	7:14	15	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Veleno	0	-1	0	6:33	0	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	6:33	11	0	4	1	80.0	0	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
A. Carrier	0	-3	1	19:13	0	1	0	0:00	4:36	14:37	25	1	0	0
N. Dobson	0	-2	2	20:37	0	0	1	2:54	4:15	13:28	25	1	1	0
K. Guhle	0	-2	0	16:39	0	2	1	0:00	5:04	11:35	21	0	0	0
L. Hutson	1	-1	2	21:59	2	0	0	6:13	0:00	15:46	25	0	0	1
M. Matheson	0	-2	2	21:41	0	0	0	0:09	5:20	16:12	26	0	1	0
J. Struble	0	0	1	11:12	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	11:12	15	1	0	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
J. Dobes	24	29	5	.828	58:22	19	4	1	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
S. Aho	0	1	2	3	18:44	0	0	0	1	3:34	3:53	11:17	23	1	4	6	40.0	1	0
J. Blake	1	1	3	2	15:53	0	0	0	1	4:01	0:09	11:43	18	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
W. Carrier	0	1	1	0	10:12	0	0	0	0	0:55	0:00	9:17	17	0	1	0	100.0	0	0
N. Ehlers	0	1	0	2	16:20	2	0	0	0	6:31	0:00	9:49	22	0	0	0	0.0	1	1
T. Hall	1	2	3	2	15:26	0	0	0	0	4:01	0:00	11:25	19	0	0	1	0.0	2	0
M. Jankowski	0	0	1	2	12:28	0	0	1	0	2:10	1:39	8:39	20	0	4	3	57.1	2	0
S. Jarvis	1	1	1	2	18:04	0	2	0	0	3:36	3:43	10:45	23	1	0	2	0.0	0	0
J. Martinook	0	0	0	4	13:33	0	1	1	0	0:52	3:25	9:16	21	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
E. Robinson	1	0	1	3	12:21	0	0	0	0	1:08	1:44	9:29	18	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
J. Staal	0	0	0	2	15:05	0	3	2	0	1:54	3:24	9:47	24	0	13	11	54.2	1	0
L. Stankoven	1	2	2	4	16:00	0	5	0	0	4:00	0:12	11:48	18	3	3	5	37.5	1	0
A. Svechnikov	0	1	1	1	14:18	4	0	0	1	3:39	0:00	10:39	20	1	0	0	0.0	1	2

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV	PN
J. Chatfield	0	0	0	1	21:26	0	3	4	0	1:07	5:12	15:07	27	0	0	0
S. Gostisbehere	1	0	3	1	16:53	2	0	0	0	4:39	0:06	12:08	22	0	2	1
K. Miller	0	0	2	0	21:55	0	1	1	2	4:00	3:52	14:03	26	0	2	0
A. Nikishin	0	1	3	1	12:14	2	0	0	0	0:58	0:06	11:10	20	0	1	1
J. Slavin	0	0	0	0	21:00	0	0	3	1	0:00	5:13	15:47	26	2	2	0
S. Walker	0	0	2	0	19:01	0	3	0	1	1:00	3:50	14:11	25	1	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
F. Andersen	23	24	1	.958	60:00	17	5	1	0

Injury Report

Carolina Hurricanes

Seth Jarvis CInjured Reserve
Alexander Nikishin DOut

Montreal Canadiens

Oliver Kapanen CDay-To-Day
Alexandre Carrier DDay-To-Day
Bryce Pickford DInjured Reserve
Lucas Condotta LWInjured Reserve
Kaiden Guhle DInjured Reserve

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