Top Cheddar 2026-27

Thursday, January 1, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Canadiens 7 at Hurricanes 5

Final

Three Stars

L 87OVR Juraj Slafkovský Canadiens First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 92OVR Sebastian Aho Hurricanes Second Star 2G · 3A · 3 SOG R 89OVR Andrei Svechnikov Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:10 Nick Suzuki (14) Alexandre Texier (5), Sammy Blais (4) · Snap MTL 1 – 0 CAR
  2. 4:06 Oliver Kapanen (12) Ivan Demidov (24), Juraj Slafkovský (16) · Snap MTL 2 – 0 CAR
  3. 10:47 Nikolaj Ehlers (9) PPG Alexander Nikishin (11), Sebastian Aho (22) · Snap MTL 2 – 1 CAR
  4. 12:19 Sebastian Aho (15) Joel Nystrom (8), Andrei Svechnikov (18) · Tip-in MTL 2 – 2 CAR
  5. 14:51 Andrei Svechnikov (11) Sebastian Aho (23), Nikolaj Ehlers (19) · Snap MTL 2 – 3 CAR

2nd Period

  1. 0:54 Alexander Nikishin (5) PPG Sebastian Aho (24), Andrei Svechnikov (19) · Slap MTL 2 – 4 CAR
  2. 5:01 Sammy Blais (3) Lane Hutson (34), Brendan Gallagher (11) · Wrist MTL 3 – 4 CAR
  3. 16:23 Cole Caufield (20) Alexandre Texier (6) · Snap MTL 4 – 4 CAR
  4. 16:46 Josh Anderson (9) Unassisted · Wrist MTL 5 – 4 CAR

3rd Period

  1. 11:20 Juraj Slafkovský (14) Jayden Struble (6), Ivan Demidov (25) · Snap MTL 6 – 4 CAR
  2. 16:58 Sebastian Aho (16) Nikolaj Ehlers (20), K'Andre Miller (13) · Snap MTL 6 – 5 CAR
  3. 18:00 Lane Hutson (6) EN Unassisted · Wrist MTL 7 – 5 CAR

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 3 5 +1 19:06 1.98
Lane Hutson D 1 1 2 0 1 +3 24:33 1.78
Ivan Demidov R 0 2 2 0 0 +2 14:25 1.70
Sammy Blais L 1 1 2 7 0 +1 10:05 1.68
Alexandre Texier L 0 2 2 0 0 +2 15:08 1.50
Nick Suzuki C 1 0 3 3 0 +3 19:08 1.33
Cole Caufield R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 15:57 1.13
Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 1 3 0 18:07 0.98
Jayden Struble D 0 1 0 1 0 +2 19:17 0.93
Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 2 0 +1 14:21 0.90
Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 0 0 0 9:36 0.73
Adam Engstrom D 0 0 1 0 2 +2 13:04 0.48
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:08 0.13
Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 2 0 +1 14:11 0.10
Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 1 1 0 12:28 0.05
Phillip Danault C 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:45 0.02
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 6 1 +1 13:54 0.00
Noah Dobson D 0 0 1 0 1 0 24:49 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jakub Dobes W 25 20 5 .800 60:00 -1.75

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sebastian Aho C 2 3 3 2 1 +1 16:50 3.65
Andrei Svechnikov R 1 2 5 1 0 +1 17:14 2.48
Nikolaj Ehlers L 1 2 2 0 0 0 16:54 2.05
Alexander Nikishin D 1 1 2 0 0 -1 21:08 1.48
K'Andre Miller D 0 1 3 1 0 -1 25:18 0.65
Joel Nystrom D 0 1 0 1 0 -2 14:59 0.28
Sean Walker D 0 0 1 2 2 0 20:34 0.23
Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 3 0 3 -2 21:53 0.18
Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:36 0.00
Taylor Hall L 0 0 2 0 1 -1 16:19 -0.10
William Carrier L 0 0 2 5 0 -2 14:00 -0.15
Logan Stankoven C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16:55 -0.18
Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 2 -2 10:56 -0.20
Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 3 0 -2 17:35 -0.30
Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 15:34 -0.30
Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 1 0 -2 11:28 -0.30
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 10:23 -0.33
Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 1 0 -2 13:17 -0.40
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Brandon Bussi L 22 16 6 .727 58:20 -2.90