The Canadiens opened 2026 with a wild 7–5 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh. After falling behind early, Montreal stormed back thanks to a barrage of offense from across the lineup. Cole Caufield scored his 20th of the season and Josh Anderson scored just 23 seconds later in the second to flip the momentum. Juraj Slafkovsky, Sammy Blais, and rookie defenseman Lane Hutson each finished with a goal and an assist, while Ivan Demidov and Alexandre Texier chipped in two assists apiece. Goalie Jakub Dobes made 20 saves to secure the victory. Notably, this was Montreal’s first win in Carolina since 2016 and extended their point streak to seven games. On the Hurricanes side, Sebastian Aho was spectacular with five points (2G, 3A), but the Canes still came up short.
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Exciting game in a completely different way from the last one – it was ALSO frustrating. Let me know what you thought of the game AND don't forget to like the video!
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Only mid season, but Hughes should be considered GM of the year for Texier and Blais alone. Add to that Bolduc trade, Dobson, Hutson, Matheson signatures, tell me who did better work since this summer
Slaf slaps man so fun to see
Good song choice
why are u watching "World deadliest horse farts" @Wiskeylung
Kapanen going to the Olympics, let's go Finland!!!!
9:40 I feel like he didn’t want to over commit to the shot as he seen it was going wide. Over committing has been a problem with the goalies this year I find.
I enjoyed Nate Thompson on the broadcast
Good win for the Habs. Not a good game for the players on their transition play in the defensive zone. They really need to work on their positioning to have an effective defense presence. Too often they give too much space in the defensive zone. As if they think more about how they are gonna get back on offense when they are in their d zone instead of controlling the zone and getting back the possession of the puck. That kind of positioning has placed their goalies in a hard spot too often. Not a good game for Dobes. For his stats and for his place in the 3 goalies situation. He didn't really make game saves on this one. At least with the win that game might be quickly pushed aside and forgotten. Also felt like the players of the 2 teams celebrated a little bit too much during the past week.
Really nice plays and goals. But please I know we are stuck with him but I can't wait to see Gallagher retire. He can't keep up . Struggles to skate from one end to other . Always on his ass and numerous mistakes blind passes to no one or other team … Shooting the puck anywhere if he actually catches a pass . It is time to retire Gallay give the chance to someone else to play in the league.
Dobes was actually good even though the stats dont show it. The shots that scored were impossible to save. Dobes has been such a great goalie this year, yet the team seems to not have faith in him. Another win for Dobes and in this instance one of the NHLs top teams
The Svechnikov's goal appears to defect off of Dobson's knee. Hockey Junkie had a a zoomed in angle.
I'm always shocked how Leafs couldnt get the most put of Blais. They are doing better now but made me wonder if couching is really the issue there
lol goaltender's name is bussy
That shot was a one timer tipped top shelf, absolutely nothing dobes could’ve done about that
It's frustrating that they can't hold 2 goals lead, ESPECIALLY when they start getting highlight goals.
Dobes played better than his stats show.
The depth of the team is crazy with all these injuries and still rolling along.
Like, comment and “hype” it up if you’re in mobile! Go Habs Go!
Would you put hage with Suzukis and caufield in March.
Love your show, but please change this… Attaquants is not pronounced Attattaquants. Go Habs Go
Anal ize. I heard you say it twice. Ha