01/Line score
02/Scoring summary
1st
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | MTL–CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:10 | MTL | Nick Suzuki (14) | Alexandre Texier, Sammy Blais | 1–0 |
| 04:06 | MTL | Oliver Kapanen (12) | Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský | 2–0 |
| 10:47 | CAR | Nikolaj Ehlers (9) | Alexander Nikishin, Sebastian Aho | 2–1 |
| 12:19 | CAR | Sebastian Aho (15) | Joel Nystrom, Andrei Svechnikov | 2–2 |
| 14:51 | CAR | Andrei Svechnikov (11) | Sebastian Aho, Nikolaj Ehlers | 2–3 |
2nd
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | MTL–CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:54 | CAR | Alexander Nikishin (5) | Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov | 2–4 |
| 05:01 | MTL | Sammy Blais (3) | Lane Hutson, Brendan Gallagher | 3–4 |
| 16:23 | MTL | Cole Caufield (20) | Alexandre Texier | 4–4 |
| 16:46 | MTL | Josh Anderson (9) | unassisted | 5–4 |
3rd
| Time | Team | Goal | Assists | MTL–CAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:20 | MTL | Juraj Slafkovský (14) | Jayden Struble, Ivan Demidov | 6–4 |
| 16:58 | CAR | Sebastian Aho (16) | Nikolaj Ehlers, K'Andre Miller | 6–5 |
| 18:00 | MTL | Lane Hutson (6) | unassisted | 7–5 |
03/Team stats
Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.
Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.
04/Montréal Canadiens
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | H | BLK | FO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 24:33 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | 19:06 |
| Alexandre Texier | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:08 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 14:25 |
| Sammy Blais | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 10:05 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 19:17 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7-11 | 19:08 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-12 | 18:07 |
| Cole Caufield | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 15:57 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 14:21 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9:36 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 24:49 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 23:08 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9-5 | 15:45 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-4 | 14:11 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 13:54 |
| NHL 8483686 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | 13:04 |
| Zack Bolduc | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 12:28 |
| Skaters | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 15 |
Goaltending
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 60:00 |
| NHL 8484170 | – | – | – | – | — |
A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.
05/Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | H | BLK | FO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | C | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6-10 | 16:50 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 17:14 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 16:54 |
| Alexander Nikishin | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 21:08 |
| K'Andre Miller | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 25:18 |
| Joel Nystrom | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 14:59 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 21:53 |
| Sean Walker | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 20:34 |
| Jackson Blake | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 18:36 |
| Jordan Staal | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9-7 | 17:35 |
| Logan Stankoven | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-8 | 16:55 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 16:19 |
| Jordan Martinook | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 15:34 |
| William Carrier | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 14:00 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13:17 |
| Eric Robinson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11:28 |
| Mark Jankowski | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10-2 | 10:56 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10:23 |
| Skaters | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Player | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 22 | 16 | 6 | .727 | 58:20 |
| Frederik Andersen | – | – | – | – | — |
A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.
06/Penalties
| Per | Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min | Drawn by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 09:58 | MTL | Alexandre Texier | Slashing | 2 | Nikolaj Ehlers |
| 2nd | 00:45 | MTL | Lane Hutson | Holding | 2 | William Carrier |
| 2nd | 01:47 | MTL | Arber Xhekaj | Slashing | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov |
| 2nd | 10:12 | CAR | Sebastian Aho | High-sticking | 2 | Phillip Danault |
07/Game
- Date
- Fri Jan 2, 2026
- Venue
- Lenovo Center, Raleigh
- Season
- 2025-26
- Type
- Regular season
- Decision
- Final
- NHL game id
- 2025020636
Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 2 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.