Canadiens vs Hurricanes

Final · Fri May 29 · 8:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center

Montreal CanadiensCanadiens48-24-10

FinalMay 29, 2026

Carolina HurricanesHurricanes53-22-7

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Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

MTL+215

CAR−265

Puck line

MTL +1.5−118

CAR −1.5−102

Total O/U

Over 5.5−115

Under 5.5−105

Puck line: Hurricanes −1.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 5.5 (7 goals).

Recap

The Carolina Hurricanes routed the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 at Lenovo Center in Raleigh on May 29, 2026, a 5-goal win to move to 53-22-7.

The Hurricanes have won 4 straight. Carolina won the series 4-1. They scored 3 unanswered goals in the first period.

Score by period

Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes, score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	1	1
CAR	3	2	1	6

W: Andersen · L: Dobes

Scoring plays

First Period

CARGoal · 9:17Taylor Hall Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Logan Stankoven (2), Jackson Blake (10)0-1
CARGoal · 15:12Logan Stankoven Goal (9) Snap Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (10), Alexander Nikishin (1)0-2
CARGoal · 16:52Eric Robinson Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: William Carrier (3)0-3

Second Period

CARGoal · 7:19Jackson Blake Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (11), Logan Stankoven (3)0-4
CARGoal · 18:02Shayne Gostisbehere Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (5), Nikolaj Ehlers (5)0-5

Third Period

MTLGoal · 10:50Cole Caufield Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (13)1-5
CARGoal · 16:19Seth Jarvis Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Sebastian Aho (3), Andrei Svechnikov (4)1-6

Team stats

MTLCAR

Shots: 24; 30
Power Play Goals: 1; 1
Faceoff Win Percent: 52.8; 47.2
Hits: 11; 18
Blocked Shots: 3; 12
Penalty Minutes: 10; 10

Top performers

Montreal CanadiensCarolina Hurricanes

Goals

Cole Caufield1

Taylor Hall1

Assists

Lane Hutson1

Taylor Hall2

Points

Cole Caufield1

Taylor Hall3

Player stats

Canadiens · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	S	FO%	PIM
Josh Anderson RW	0	3	0	-2	13:42	0	3	0.0	0
Zack Bolduc RW	0	2	0	0	12:28	0	0	0.0	0
Cole Caufield RW	0	0	0	-2	18:19	1	3	0.0	0
Kirby Dach C	0	1	0	0	10:23	0	0	50.0	0
Phillip Danault C	0	0	1	-3	15:46	0	2	66.7	0
Ivan Demidov RW	0	0	0	-2	18:19	0	1	0.0	0
Jake Evans C	0	0	1	0	17:28	0	2	40.0	0
Alex Newhook C	0	0	0	-2	18:43	0	1	66.7	0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW	0	1	0	-2	18:05	0	1	0.0	0
Nick Suzuki C	1	0	1	-2	21:04	0	3	41.2	2
Alexandre Texier LW	0	0	0	0	10:04	0	0	0.0	0
Joe Veleno C	0	0	0	-1	6:33	0	0	80.0	0

Canadiens · Defense

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Alexandre Carrier D	0	1	-3	19:13	0	1	0
Noah Dobson D	1	0	-2	20:37	0	2	0
Kaiden Guhle D	1	2	-2	16:39	0	0	0
Lane Hutson D	0	0	-1	21:59	1	2	2
Mike Matheson D	0	0	-2	21:41	0	2	0
Jayden Struble D	0	1	0	11:12	0	1	0

Canadiens · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Jakub Dobes G	5	29	24	.828	58:22	0

Hurricanes · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Sebastian Aho C	0	0	1	2	18:44	0	1	3	40.0	0
Jackson Blake RW	0	0	1	3	15:53	1	1	2	0.0	0
William Carrier LW	0	0	0	1	10:12	0	1	0	100.0	0
Nikolaj Ehlers LW	0	0	0	0	16:20	0	1	2	0.0	2
Taylor Hall LW	0	0	0	3	15:26	1	2	2	0.0	0
Mark Jankowski C	1	0	0	1	12:28	0	0	2	57.1	0
Seth Jarvis C	0	2	0	1	18:04	1	1	2	0.0	0
Jordan Martinook RW	1	1	0	0	13:33	0	0	4	0.0	0
Eric Robinson LW	0	0	0	1	12:21	1	0	3	0.0	0
Jordan Staal C	2	3	0	0	15:05	0	0	2	54.2	0
Logan Stankoven C	0	5	0	2	16:00	1	2	4	37.5	0
Andrei Svechnikov LW	0	0	1	1	14:18	0	1	1	0.0	4

Hurricanes · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	PIM
Jalen Chatfield D	4	3	0	0	21:26	0	0	1	0
Shayne Gostisbehere D	0	0	0	3	16:53	1	0	1	2
K'Andre Miller D	1	1	2	2	21:55	0	0	0	0
Alexander Nikishin D	0	0	0	3	12:14	0	1	1	2
Jaccob Slavin D	3	0	1	0	21:00	0	0	0	0
Sean Walker D	0	3	1	2	19:01	0	0	0	0

Hurricanes · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Frederik Andersen G	1	24	23	.958	60:00	0

Three stars

Frederik Andersen (CAR)
Taylor Hall (CAR)
Logan Stankoven (CAR)

Game info

VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC

Attendance18,931

OfficialsLinesman: Scott Cherrey · Referee: Kelly Sutherland · Referee: Jean Hebert · Linesman: Matt MacPherson

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Last game: W 4-0 at MTLWed May 27
Next game: L 4-5 vs VGKTue Jun 2
W 3-2 at MTLMon May 25
W 3-2 vs MTLSat May 23
L 2-6 vs MTLThu May 21

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