Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes

24-29-10, 12-13-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	1	0	0	1
Hurricanes CAR	1	1	2	4

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Skjei scores twice, Andersen returns to Hurricanes' net in 4-1 win over Canadiens

— Brady Skjei scored two goals, Frederik Andersen made 24 saves after a four-month absence and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday night.

Mar 8, 2024, 02:14 pm - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	0	0	1
	Hurricanes	1	1	2	4

1st Period			MTL	CAR
5:53		Joshua Roy (3) Assists: Alex Newhook (11)	1	0
13:02		Brady Skjei (9) Assists: Andrei Svechnikov (25), Martin Necas (25)	1	1

2nd Period			MTL	CAR
19:35		Stefan Noesen (14) Assists: Jack Drury (19), Jalen Chatfield (11)	1	2

3rd Period			MTL	CAR
15:31		Brady Skjei (10) Assists: Brett Pesce (8), Sebastian Aho (41)	1	3
18:57		Andrei Svechnikov (14) (Empty Net) Assists: Teuvo Teravainen (22)	1	4

Teuvo Teravainen Snap Shot Off Crossbar
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Josh Anderson
Jack Drury faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Giveaway by Martin Necas
Martin Necas hit Jordan Harris
Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov
Stefan Noesen Deflected Above Crossbar
Brendan Lemieux Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Sebastian Aho Tip-In Wide Left
Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen
Seth Jarvis hit Jordan Harris
Giveaway by Stefan Noesen
Andrei Svechnikov Snap Shot Wide Right
Jordan Martinook faceoff won against Jake Evans
Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Seth Jarvis
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
Jalen Chatfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Martin Necas Interference - Goalkeeper against Sam Montembeault
Andrei Svechnikov faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Andrei Svechnikov hit Mike Matheson
Brett Pesce Hooking against Nick Suzuki
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Jordan Staal
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Brady Skjei
Josh Anderson shot blocked by Seth Jarvis
Jalen Chatfield Snap Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Andrei Svechnikov
Brady Skjei Backhand Wide Left
Brady Skjei Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Andrei Svechnikov (25), Martin Necas (25)
Giveaway by Martin Necas
Dmitry Orlov Slap Shot Short
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Jake Evans
Takeaway by Teuvo Teravainen
Martin Necas Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack Drury Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Takeaway by Teuvo Teravainen
Brendan Lemieux Backhand Wide Right
Jaccob Slavin Snap Shot Wide Left
Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Jake Evans
Seth Jarvis Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack Drury faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Stefan Noesen Snap Shot Wide Right
Brady Skjei Holding against Nick Suzuki
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Giveaway by Brent Burns
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Seth Jarvis
Jesse Ylönen shot blocked by Jordan Martinook
Takeaway by Stefan Noesen
Giveaway by Martin Necas
Sebastian Aho Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jesperi Kotkaniemi Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Brendan Lemieux hit Tanner Pearson
Brendan Lemieux hit Jesse Ylönen
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Sebastian Aho Deflected saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Teuvo Teravainen
Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack Drury faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jaccob Slavin Slap Shot Wide Right
Jack Drury faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Stefan Noesen Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Brett Pesce Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Staal Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Andrei Svechnikov hit Kaiden Guhle
Andrei Svechnikov Tip-In Wide Left
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Jaccob Slavin
Jordan Staal hit Jake Evans
Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen
Alex Newhook shot blocked by Martin Necas
Jack Drury Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Jalen Chatfield hit Tanner Pearson
Brendan Lemieux hit Jordan Harris
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Jake Evans
Jordan Martinook Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Stefan Noesen hit Arber Xhekaj
Jack Drury faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Jake Evans
Sebastian Aho High-sticking against Jake Evans
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Takeaway by Seth Jarvis
Brady Skjei Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Stefan Noesen Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack Drury Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Stefan Noesen Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Jack Drury (19), Jalen Chatfield (11)
Teuvo Teravainen Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Jordan Martinook Poke saved by Sam Montembeault
Stefan Noesen Snap Shot Wide Right
Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov
Stefan Noesen faceoff won against Josh Anderson
Brendan Lemieux Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Brendan Lemieux Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Alex Newhook shot blocked by Jalen Chatfield
Jalen Chatfield Tripping against Joel Armia
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Seth Jarvis Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Jordan Martinook
Brent Burns Slap Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Jordan Martinook
Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Teuvo Teravainen Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Giveaway by Sebastian Aho
Takeaway by Andrei Svechnikov
Andrei Svechnikov Snap Shot Wide Right
Jordan Staal hit Nick Suzuki
Jaccob Slavin Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Jake Evans
Seth Jarvis hit Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Jesperi Kotkaniemi shot blocked by Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi Tip-In Wide Left
Seth Jarvis Backhand Wide Left
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Brady Skjei Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teuvo Teravainen Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teuvo Teravainen Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jesperi Kotkaniemi Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Andrei Svechnikov Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jesperi Kotkaniemi Tip-In Wide Left
Jack Drury Tripping against Mike Matheson
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Brady Skjei Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Brett Pesce (8), Sebastian Aho (41)
Giveaway by Martin Necas
Takeaway by Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Staal faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Seth Jarvis Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Staal Tip-In Wide Right
Jordan Staal hit Mike Matheson
Sebastian Aho faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Andrei Svechnikov Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Teuvo Teravainen (22)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi faceoff won against Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Puck in Netting
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Jack Drury shot blocked by David Savard
Puck in Netting
Arber Xhekaj hit Jordan Martinook
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
High Stick
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Jack Drury
Joel Armia Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Goalie Stopped
Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Joel Armia
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
David Savard hit Brendan Lemieux
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Jordan Harris
Joshua Roy Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Newhook (11)
Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Cole Caufield Backhand saved by Frederik Andersen
Giveaway by Cole Caufield
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jordan Staal
Jaccob Slavin shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
Jayden Struble hit Jack Drury
Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Joel Armia
Takeaway by Joshua Roy
Jesse Ylönen Hooking against Martin Necas
Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Frederik Andersen
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jordan Staal
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Nick Suzuki Tip-In Hit Left Post
Icing
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Joshua Roy Snap Shot Hit Right Post
Giveaway by Josh Anderson
Seth Jarvis shot blocked by Jayden Struble
Josh Anderson Slashing against Dmitry Orlov
On-Ice Official
Sebastian Aho shot blocked by David Savard
Puck in Netting
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Drury
Martin Necas shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Off Crossbar
Arber Xhekaj hit Stefan Noesen
Martin Necas shot blocked by Jake Evans
Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Joshua Roy Backhand saved by Frederik Andersen
Alex Newhook Holding the stick against Jesper Fast
Goalie Stopped
Jake Evans faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Joel Armia Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Brent Burns shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Puck in Netting
Cole Caufield Slap Shot Wide Left
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Cole Caufield Between Legs saved by Frederik Andersen
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Arber Xhekaj hit Brady Skjei
Puck in Benches
Puck in Crowd
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Brett Pesce shot blocked by Jake Evans
Goalie Stopped
Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Jayden Struble hit Jesper Fast
Off-side
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Stefan Noesen
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jordan Staal
Jaccob Slavin shot blocked by David Savard
Puck in Netting
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jordan Staal
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Juraj Slafkovsky hit Teuvo Teravainen
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Left
Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Alex Newhook Snap Shot Wide Left
Icing
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Joel Armia Tip-In Above Crossbar
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit Jesper Fast
Jesse Ylönen Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
Josh Anderson hit Jordan Staal
Brent Burns shot blocked by David Savard
Jack Drury shot blocked by David Savard
Off-side
Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Puck in Netting
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Drury
Off-side
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Puck in Crowd
Jayden Struble hit Teuvo Teravainen
Puck in Crowd
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jordan Martinook
Mike Matheson Snap Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by David Savard
Brent Burns shot blocked by Joshua Roy
Takeaway by Joshua Roy
Joshua Roy Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
On-Ice Official
Goalie Stopped
Martin Necas shot blocked by Jayden Struble
Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Josh Anderson
Brendan Gallagher Backhand saved by Frederik Andersen
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Giveaway by Jake Evans
Takeaway by Tanner Pearson
Jayden Struble hit Jesper Fast
Icing
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Jalen Chatfield shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Brett Pesce shot blocked by Jake Evans
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Kaiden Guhle hit Jordan Martinook
Juraj Slafkovsky Poke saved by Frederik Andersen
Goalie Stopped
Brendan Gallagher Tripping against Martin Necas
Jake Evans faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Giveaway by Joel Armia
Puck in Netting
Icing
Rafael Harvey-Pinard faceoff won against Seth Jarvis
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen
Jesperi Kotkaniemi shot blocked by David Savard
Brent Burns shot blocked by Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Icing
Juraj Slafkovsky hit Brady Skjei
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Jayden Struble hit Martin Necas
Alex Newhook Holding against Dmitry Orlov
On-Ice Official
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Drury
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Goalie Stopped
Mike Matheson hit Seth Jarvis
Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Puck in Netting
Jake Evans faceoff won against Sebastian Aho
Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
Alex Newhook Tip-In Wide Right
Icing
On-Ice Official
Icing
Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Jordan Harris
Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Frederik Andersen

CANADIENS

HURRICANES

Regular Season Series

CAR leads 2-0

Canadiens
3
Hurricanes
5

Game 1

29/12

Canadiens
1
Hurricanes
4

Game 2

8/3

Hurricanes
3
Canadiens
0

Game 3

31/3

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

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

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Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes

Stars of the Game

Frederik AndersenG - CAR

Brady SkjeiD - CAR

Stefan NoesenRW - CAR

Game Information

Skjei scores twice, Andersen returns to Hurricanes' net in 4-1 win over Canadiens

Shot Chart

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CAR leads 2-0

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