VISITOR 7 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS Game 40 Away Game 20 Game Summary   Thursday, January 1, 2026 Attendance 18,299 at Lenovo Center Start 7:08 EST; End 9:40 EST Game 0636 Final HOME 5 CAROLINA HURRICANES Game 40 Home Game 21

SCORING SUMMARY

G Per Time Str Team Goal Scorer Assist Assist MTL on Ice CAR on Ice 1 1 3:10 EV MTL 14 N.SUZUKI(14) 85 A.TEXIER(5) 27 S.BLAIS(4) 14, 27, 45, 48, 75, 85 5, 19, 32, 50, 77, 82 2 1 4:06 EV MTL 91 O.KAPANEN(12) 93 I.DEMIDOV(24) 20 J.SLAFKOVSKÝ(16) 20, 42, 53, 75, 91, 93 21, 22, 26, 27, 32, 71 3 1 10:47 PP CAR 27 N.EHLERS(9) 21 A.NIKISHIN(11) 20 S.AHO(22) 48, 53, 75, 90, 91 20, 21, 27, 32, 37, 53 4 1 12:19 EV CAR 20 S.AHO(15) 64 J.NYSTROM(8) 37 A.SVECHNIKOV(18) 17, 24, 45, 48, 75, 76 6, 20, 27, 32, 37, 64 5 1 14:51 EV CAR 37 A.SVECHNIKOV(11) 20 S.AHO(23) 27 N.EHLERS(19) 11, 27, 45, 48, 75, 91 20, 21, 26, 27, 32, 37 6 2 0:54 PP CAR 21 A.NIKISHIN(5) 20 S.AHO(24) 37 A.SVECHNIKOV(19) 17, 24, 45, 53, 75 11, 20, 21, 32, 37, 53 7 2 5:01 EV MTL 27 S.BLAIS(3) 48 L.HUTSON(34) 11 B.GALLAGHER(11) 11, 14, 27, 47, 48, 75 6, 32, 50, 64, 77, 82 8 2 16:23 EV MTL 13 C.CAUFIELD(20) 85 A.TEXIER(6) 13, 14, 47, 48, 75, 85 5, 11, 19, 28, 32, 48 9 2 16:46 EV MTL 17 J.ANDERSON(9) unassisted 17, 24, 45, 48, 75, 76 6, 20, 27, 32, 37, 64 10 3 11:20 EV MTL 20 J.SLAFKOVSKÝ(14) 47 J.STRUBLE(6) 93 I.DEMIDOV(25) 20, 42, 72, 75, 90, 93 6, 11, 28, 32, 48, 64 11 3 16:58 EV CAR 20 S.AHO(16) 27 N.EHLERS(20) 19 K.MILLER(13) 14, 20, 24, 45, 53, 75 11, 19, 20, 26, 27, 37 12 3 18:00 EV-EN MTL 48 L.HUTSON(6) unassisted 11, 14, 24, 45, 48, 75 11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 37

MONTRÉAL CANADIENS CAROLINA HURRICANES

PENALTY SUMMARY # Per Time Player PIM Penalty 1 1 9:58 85     A.TEXIER 2 Slashing 2 2 0:45 48     L.HUTSON 2 Holding 3 2 1:47 72     A.XHEKAJ 2 Slashing     # Per Time Player PIM Penalty 1 2 10:12 20     S.AHO 2 High-sticking TOT (PN-PIM)   3-6 Power Plays (Goals-Opp./PPTime)   0-1/02:00     TOT (PN-PIM)   1-2 Power Plays (Goals-Opp./PPTime)   2-3/02:58

BY PERIOD Per Goals Shots PN PIM 1 2 5 1 2 2 3 11 2 4 3 2 7 0 0 TOT 7 23 3 6 Per Goals Shots PN PIM 1 3 10 0 0 2 1 8 1 2 3 1 7 0 0 TOT 5 25 1 2

POWER PLAYS (Goals-Occurrences / Time) 5v4 5v3 4v3   0-1/02:00       5v4 5v3 4v3   2-3/02:58

EVEN STRENGTH (Goals-Occurrences / Time) 5v5 4v4 3v3 TOT 7-5/55:02     7-5/55:02 5v5 4v4 3v3 TOT 3-5/55:02     3-5/55:02

GOALTENDER SUMMARY

MONTRÉAL CANADIENS TOI GOALS-SHOTS AGAINST EV PP SH TOT 1 2 3 TOT 32 G FOWLER, JACOB                 75 G DOBES, JAKUB (W) 55:02 02:00 02:58 60:00 3-10 1-8 1-7 5-25 TEAM TOTALS  55:02 02:00 02:58 60:00 3-10 1-8 1-7 5-25   CAROLINA HURRICANES TOI GOALS-SHOTS AGAINST EV PP SH TOT 1 2 3 TOT 31 G ANDERSEN, FREDERIK                 32 G BUSSI, BRANDON (L) 53:22 02:58 02:00 58:20 2-5 3-11 1-6 6-22   EMPTY NET 01:40 00:00 00:00 01:40     1-1 1-1 TEAM TOTALS  55:02 02:58 02:00 60:00 2-5 3-11 2-7 7-23

OFFICIALS 3 STARS By:ZMedia Referee Linesperson #23 Corey Syvret #39 Brandon Blandina #68 CJ Murray #86 Jesse Marquis Standby  Standby  1. MTL L 20 J.SLAFKOVSKÝ 2. CAR C 20 S.AHO 3. CAR R 37 A.SVECHNIKOV

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