Carolina Hurricanes @ Montreal Canadiens

East Final - Game 3 • CAR leads series 2-1

53-22-7, 24-12-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Hurricanes CAR	2	0	0	1	3
Canadiens MTL	1	1	0	0	2

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

48-24-10, 24-15-2 Home

Carolina Hurricanes


forwards
Sebastian AhoS. Aho#20
Jackson BlakeJ. Blake#53
William CarrierW. Carrier#28
Nikolaj EhlersN. Ehlers#27
Taylor HallT. Hall#71
Mark JankowskiM. Jankowski#77
Seth JarvisS. Jarvis#24
Jordan MartinookJ. Martinook#48
Eric RobinsonE. Robinson#50
Jordan StaalJ. Staal#11
Logan StankovenL. Stankoven#22
Andrei SvechnikovA. Svechnikov#37
defensemen
Jalen ChatfieldJ. Chatfield#5
Shayne GostisbehereS. Gostisbehere#4
K'Andre MillerK. Miller#19
Alexander NikishinA. Nikishin#21
Jaccob SlavinJ. Slavin#74
Sean WalkerS. Walker#26

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	28	21:49	3:38	0:47	17:24	10	8	55.6
0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	27	22:25	2:21	0:00	20:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	20	11:37	0:00	0:00	11:37	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	22:48	5:04	0:00	17:44	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	27	20:06	2:22	0:00	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	13:17	0:00	1:10	12:07	10	6	62.5
0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	28	20:56	3:39	0:51	16:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	28	17:33	0:00	0:29	17:04	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	21	12:52	0:00	0:41	12:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	1	30	18:36	0:40	0:53	17:03	9	9	50.0
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	25	20:03	2:18	0:00	17:45	5	7	41.7
1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	27	21:25	3:42	0:00	17:43	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	33	22:54	0:00	0:25	22:29	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	20:56	3:44	0:00	17:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	1	35	30:07	2:16	0:37	27:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	16:45	0:00	0:52	15:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	33	24:38	0:00	1:32	23:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	4	1	2	3	2	1	34	27:26	0:16	1:23	25:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Frederik AndersenF. Andersen#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
13	2	11	.846	10	1	0	0	0	73:58	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	25	20:04	0:00	3:12	16:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	13	10:44	0:37	0:00	10:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	29	19:33	1:53	0:00	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	12	8:03	0:28	0:00	7:35	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	2	27	20:01	0:03	3:51	16:07	13	8	61.9
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	25	22:23	1:48	0:00	20:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	5	0	1	29	21:39	0:00	2:33	19:06	5	8	38.5
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	30	21:42	0:00	2:25	19:17	5	2	71.4
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	21:35	1:50	0:00	19:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	29	25:37	2:12	0:00	23:25	4	10	28.6
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	16:01	0:35	0:00	15:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	8:26	0:00	0:00	8:26	5	6	45.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	33	24:59	0:00	4:05	20:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	2	33	25:34	0:32	1:13	23:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	3	5	2	4	2	0	1	28	22:23	0:00	0:41	21:42	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	31	28:55	1:54	0:10	26:51	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	33	29:23	0:13	5:50	23:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	20	15:28	0:00	0:00	15:28	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
38	3	35	.921	29	6	0	0	0	74:06	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

TNT/truTV/HBO Max		1	2	3	OT	T
	Hurricanes	2	0	0	1	3
	Canadiens	1	1	0	0	2

1st Period		CAR	MTL
8:24	Shayne Gostisbehere (1) Assists: Mark Jankowski (4), Eric Robinson (3)	1	0
15:28	Mike Matheson (2) Assists: Ivan Demidov (6), Jake Evans (8)	1	1
16:22	Taylor Hall (4) Assists: K'Andre Miller (7), Jackson Blake (8)	2	1

2nd Period			CAR	MTL
4:43		Lane Hutson (3) (Power Play) Assists: Cole Caufield (7), Jakub Dobes (1)	2	2

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			CAR	MTL
14:06		Andrei Svechnikov (2) Assists: Seth Jarvis (4)	3	2

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0:54

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1:09

Canadiens
6
Hurricanes
2

Game 1

5/21

Canadiens
2
Hurricanes
3

Game 2

5/23

Hurricanes
3
Canadiens
2

Game 3

5/25

Hurricanes
Canadiens

Game 4

5/27

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Canadiens
Hurricanes

Game 5

5/29

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Hurricanes
Canadiens

Game 6

5/31

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Canadiens
Hurricanes

Game 7

6/2

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Bell Centre

8:00 PM, May 25, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Francis Charron
Wes McCauley
Graham Skilliter

Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Trent Knorr
Ryan Daisy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Carolina Hurricanes win in OT again, take 2-1 series lead

Sebastian Aho scored 14:04 into overtime and Carolina outlasted the Montreal Canaiens 3-2 on Sunday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Bell Centre, giving the Hurricanes a 2-1 series lead on the strength of back-to-back OT victories.

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