Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes — March 29, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on March 29, 2026. Despite the result, the Carolina Hurricanes held the edge in expected goals (3.79 to 1.09) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Carolina Hurricanes created 15 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Nick Suzuki scored 2 goals. Seth Jarvis was the most dangerous skater with 0.51 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Carolina Hurricanes outshot the Montreal Canadiens 35-18 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes progressed on Mar 29, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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MTL3 - 1CAR

Mar 29, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
CAR	P1	34	17	66.7	22	10	68.8	13	6	68.4	22	12	64.7	5	4	55.6	1.46	0.77	65.3	1	0	100.0
	P2	30	17	63.8	23	14	62.2	14	8	63.6	23	13	63.9	7	4	63.6	1.84	1.40	56.8	0	3	0.0
	P3	36	8	81.8	22	5	81.5	8	4	66.7	25	6	80.6	7	1	87.5	1.40	0.50	73.8	0	0	—
	Total	100	42	70.4	67	29	69.8	35	18	66.0	70	31	69.3	19	9	67.9	4.70	2.67	63.8	1	3	25.0
MTL	P1	17	34	33.3	10	22	31.3	6	13	31.6	12	22	35.3	4	5	44.4	0.77	1.46	34.7	0	1	0.0
	P2	17	30	36.2	14	23	37.8	8	14	36.4	13	23	36.1	4	7	36.4	1.40	1.84	43.2	3	0	100.0
	P3	8	36	18.2	5	22	18.5	4	8	33.3	6	25	19.4	1	7	12.5	0.50	1.40	26.2	0	0	—
	Total	42	100	29.6	29	67	30.2	18	35	34.0	31	70	30.7	9	19	32.1	2.67	4.70	36.2	3	1	75.0

Win Probability

CAR Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

CAR Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (CAR) performed against every skater on the away team (MTL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = CAR players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the CAR player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

CAR ↓ / MTL →	Newhook	Kapanen	Suzuki	Danault	Veleno	Evans	Slafkovský	Demidov	Caufield	Gallagher	Bolduc	Dobson	Matheson	Hutson	Guhle	Carrier	Struble	Xhekaj
Staal	100	100	22	78	78	86	22	50	22	82	83	93	93	20	100	90	0	86
Jarvis	20	50	75	67	100	25	72	50	75	25	20	75	78	43	60	67	0	—
Stankoven	75	76	67	33	100	—	58	81	75	0	0	71	50	80	33	80	70	100
Aho	50	67	75	75	100	60	76	75	75	33	43	81	83	63	80	71	67	—
Martinook	100	100	13	71	75	83	13	57	13	75	83	91	89	27	100	86	67	86
Hall	75	80	67	33	100	—	64	75	75	75	0	80	80	80	25	75	70	100
Ehlers	100	100	0	83	88	83	0	100	0	86	83	100	100	0	100	88	0	88
Jankowski	29	40	0	0	60	0	0	17	0	40	13	33	33	0	33	33	0	75
Robinson	33	50	0	17	60	17	0	20	0	40	22	40	43	0	33	33	—	75
Carrier	100	100	0	17	60	20	0	50	0	60	20	60	60	0	33	33	—	75
Blake	75	80	67	33	100	—	64	76	75	75	0	80	80	80	40	80	70	100
Svechnikov	75	71	75	67	100	33	72	75	75	—	0	92	81	56	60	67	50	—
Walker	65	68	33	60	50	100	38	65	44	40	30	50	67	64	64	67	65	50
Miller	72	72	25	60	100	100	33	74	38	50	33	58	100	68	69	83	68	100
Slavin	50	83	63	75	0	50	63	36	61	25	67	80	71	43	100	80	67	—
Chatfield	60	83	64	67	0	33	65	36	64	33	67	85	72	43	67	80	75	—
Gostisbehere	83	88	50	50	80	44	50	100	50	75	38	85	87	50	50	58	50	78
Nikishin	67	67	0	33	91	33	0	83	0	82	33	91	83	0	58	58	0	91