NHL · Jan 1, 2026

Montréal Canadiens

7–5

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

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The Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 7–5 at Lenovo Center. J. Slafkovský took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	2	3	2	7	23
Hurricanes	3	1	1	5	25

★ Three Stars

1J. SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A

2S. AhoCAR · 2G 3A

3A. SvechnikovCAR · 1G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:10

Nick Suzuki (Alexandre Texier, Samuel Blais)

1-0

04:06

Oliver Kapanen (Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský)

2-0

10:47

Nikolaj Ehlers (Alexander Nikishin, Sebastian Aho)PP

2-1

12:19

Sebastian Aho (Joel Nystrom, Andrei Svechnikov)

2-2

14:51

Andrei Svechnikov (Sebastian Aho, Nikolaj Ehlers)

2-3

2nd Period

00:54

Alexander Nikishin (Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov)PP

2-4

05:01

Samuel Blais (Lane Hutson, Brendan Gallagher)

3-4

16:23

Cole Caufield (Alexandre Texier)

4-4

16:46

Josh Anderson

5-4

3rd Period

11:20

Juraj Slafkovský (Jayden Struble, Ivan Demidov)

6-4

16:58

Sebastian Aho (Nikolaj Ehlers, K'Andre Miller)

6-5

18:00

Lane HutsonEN

7-5

Boxscore

Canadiens7

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Juraj SlafkovskýL	1	1	2	+1	0	2	3	5	19:06
Lane HutsonD	1	1	2	+3	2	2	0	1	24:33
Samuel BlaisL	1	1	2	+1	0	2	7	0	10:05
Ivan DemidovR	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	0	14:25
Alexandre TexierL	0	2	2	+2	2	2	0	0	15:08
Josh AndersonR	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9:36
Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	15:57
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	18:07
Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	+3	0	3	3	0	19:08
Jayden StrubleD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	19:17
Brendan GallagherR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	14:21
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:28
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:45
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23:08
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	24:49
Adam EngstromD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2	13:04
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	6	1	13:54
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	14:11

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	25	20	5	.800	60:00
Jacob Fowler	0	0	0	-	0:00

Hurricanes5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sebastian AhoC	2	3	5	+1	2	3	2	1	16:50
Nikolaj EhlersL	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	16:54
Andrei SvechnikovR	1	2	3	+1	0	5	1	0	17:14
Alexander NikishinD	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	21:08
K'Andre MillerD	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	25:18
Joel NystromD	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	14:59
Jackson BlakeR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:36
William CarrierL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	0	14:00
Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	16:19
Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	10:56
Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	10:23
Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	15:34
Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	11:28
Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	17:35
Logan StankovenC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	16:55
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	3	21:53
Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	20:34
Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	13:17

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Brandon BussiStart	22	16	6	.727	58:20
Frederik Andersen	0	0	0	-	0:00