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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 03:10 MTL Nick Suzuki (14) — Alexandre Texier (5) , Sammy Blais (4) EV 1-0
1 04:06 MTL Oliver Kapanen (12) — Ivan Demidov (24) , Juraj Slafkovský (16) EV 2-0
1 10:47 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (9) — Alexander Nikishin (11) , Sebastian Aho (22) PP 2-1
1 12:19 CAR Sebastian Aho (15) — Joel Nystrom (8) , Andrei Svechnikov (18) EV 2-2
1 14:51 CAR Andrei Svechnikov (11) — Sebastian Aho (23) , Nikolaj Ehlers (19) EV 2-3
2 00:54 CAR Alexander Nikishin (5) — Sebastian Aho (24) , Andrei Svechnikov (19) PP 2-4
2 05:01 MTL Sammy Blais (3) — Lane Hutson (34) , Brendan Gallagher (11) EV 3-4
2 16:23 MTL Cole Caufield (20) — Alexandre Texier (6) EV 4-4
2 16:46 MTL Josh Anderson (9) EV 5-4
3 11:20 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (14) — Jayden Struble (6) , Ivan Demidov (25) EV 6-4
3 16:58 CAR Sebastian Aho (16) — Nikolaj Ehlers (20) , K'Andre Miller (13) EV 6-5
3 18:00 MTL Lane Hutson (6) EN 7-5

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 09:58 MTL Alexandre Texier Slashing 2
2 00:45 MTL Lane Hutson Holding 2
2 01:47 MTL Arber Xhekaj Slashing 2
2 10:12 CAR Sebastian Aho High Sticking 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Montréal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes
Shots 23 25
Faceoff % 44.4% 55.6%
Hits 26 18
Blocked Shots 15 10
Giveaways 16 19
Takeaways 4 9

Skaters

Montréal Canadiens

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
11 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 19 14:21
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 21 15:57
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 25 19:08
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 14 09:36
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 5 0 1 23 19:06
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 23 15:45
27 Sammy Blais L 1 1 2 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 14 10:05
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 12:28
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 22 15:08
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 20 14:11
91 Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 21 18:07
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 14:25
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 19 13:04
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 29 23:08
47 Jayden Struble D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 19:17
48 Lane Hutson D 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 28 24:33
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 29 24:49
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 18 13:54

Carolina Hurricanes

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 17:35
20 Sebastian Aho C 2 3 5 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 23 16:50
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 3 1 18 16:55
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 23 16:54
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0 0 0 18 14:00
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 1 2 3 1 0 5 1 0 2 1 23 17:14
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15:34
50 Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 11:28
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 20 18:36
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 3 0 18 16:19
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 10:56
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 10:23
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 3 0 2 29 21:53
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 2 0 19 13:17
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 1 0 31 25:18
21 Alexander Nikishin D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 0 0 2 26 21:08
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 26 20:34
64 Joel Nystrom D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 0 1 0 21 14:59

Goalies

Montréal Canadiens

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
32 Jacob Fowler 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
75 Jakub Dobes 25 20 5 .800 19/22 1/3 0/0 60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
31 Frederik Andersen 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00
32 Brandon Bussi 22 16 6 .727 13/19 2/2 1/1 58:20