Canadiens vs. Hurricanes | NHL Playoff Highlights | Game 1 | May 21, 2026

Hurricane start, Paul Svankovic and Blake with Knorr and Walker.For the Canadiens, Newhawk, Evans, Demidom, Simpson, and Dobson.Eastern Conference Final is underway.Tough attempt by Blake, and the puck played by Demidom.

And Dobish had to make one really good stop with the pad right there.

And there's that Vorchek of Carolina that we're going to get used to seeing in this series.They are relentless.

Oh, he did close the half.Sorry, Boosh.

Pacquiao did it to the line by Keandre Miller.Faced by Sebastian Ajo.Yes!

Kara Vorchek to Svechnikov.

Joe Chalmers' team leading 32 goals during the regular season.That's his second of the playoffs.A great opportunity.Seconds for the Car - Lots by the Canadians.

Much like the time for Carolina.forward, get it in deep, first to the puck, and look at Anderson, swimming, and he thought he was going to his glove, side heads over, Caulfield goes back against the grain, what a finish.

What great patience, that is the key to me, is that he gets the puck, he doesn't shoot the puck right away.for Carolina.

Caulfield for Montreal.Cooley moves the puck ahead.Play at the center.Set back by Nkechian.

What a goal by Caulfield.Just beautifully done with the patience.

Now Kirby Dock with the Allen pass and the save made on Goldhue by Anderson.Shot by Dobson blocked.Blocked up behind the Carolina net.

Get your stick down.It might hit it.And that was relatively an easy play for Slefkoski, because there was no...

Four skaters aside, Carrier from Montreal.Now moving in on Scott!Look at that!

The right part of your screen, he's gonna come over there, and then Slavin goes for the poke check, and he actually puts this puck right into the wheelhouse of Phil Deneau, and then Deneau goes in and goes to yes to the glove side on Freddie Anderson, Boosh.

Perfect shot by Deneau.Perfect finish there by Deneau.

Goals in back -to -back games for the man that has the puck right now in the Canadiens.Huge goal in Game 7 and then gets this one here.

Anderson stopped!Josh Anderson and then a second save by Freddie Anderson.Across by Nikishin, forced, that's the call.Across to Montreux, all line with a shot.Knocked down by Daudet.

To be able to make those plays out of the zone, clean plays, clean exits to the forwards of the Canadiens.Stopped by Texier, that's blown.

Nixon hangs on.Now the ice, Aho and Suzuki.Killer redirect by Aho.

Good save there by Dover.

Now Slepkovski for Suzuki, the Montreal captain.Dropping it back off, saved by Anderson.On your eyes Slepkovski.There's Texier, up the boards and down.Slavin back on it for McCain.Now Chatfield, keep it alive.

SCORE!TEXIER!3 -1!

Caden Gooley.Watch on the near side, he's going to come in, get position.He pinches in, he makes the play to Philip Deneau, and Texier makes no mistake going glove side, a one -timer, where it looks like Anderson, I don't know if he read the play quick enough there, Bush, but the aggressive pitch by Gooley kept the play alive.Collision there with Babosky and Anderson, I think Freddie Anderson.

Play made by Domesh, there's Colton, up the middle, passes in the skate to Kirby Dock.Carried back into the Montreal zone by Svetchnikov, by Dobesh on Jarvis.

You can see Svetchnikov after he moves that puck beautifully over to Jarvis, go to the front of the net and stop.He went flying by the net, there was a rebound there by Dobesh.

Jarvis cutting wide, Dobesh looks behind him, he has the puck.Svetchnikov looking to stitch it out.Gaines, Vancomber moves it back into the Montreal zone.

Is Keiondre Miller going on this play in the middle of the ice?It's the right part of your screen.There goes Miller and look at all that open ice for Demidov.

And what a passing play by the Canadiens, Bruce.What a play, what a finish by Demidov, but you're right.I think for Miller, it's one of those cases where you - 4 -1 lead for Montreal.

Just over seven minutes to play, first period.Here's Hudson.Hudson, towards the net!Sticked aside by Anderson.

Another breakdown defensively for Carolina in this 4 -on -4.

Now Blake, dropping it back for Jarvis.Jarvis.Walker's shooting!Glove by Dobes.Domski works it in deep for Suzuki.Battlety expires.

Payne's back to full strength.Now Dobson, towards the net!A save made by Anderson.Slavin works the puck out of the zone.Dan Coleman, a hole with a shot!Stopped and then gathered in.

You can practice all you want, watch video, but They don't have two players going to one, or they're there before the puck gets there.

And then a great opportunity for Suzuki.He just missed on the stick side.

Quick little play.Goes back the other way.He dropped it.He found it.

Was able to get that puck to take it out of harm's way.Now Hudson with the long out and pass.Off the post!Caulfield looking for his second of the game.Hit the post.Got a thing of snow!

After the great pass from Hudson goes far side.

And then Boucher comes to cage.Transition the other way.What a shot here by Robinson.From my angle.High blocker, short side, rips it past an aggressive Dobish, right off the crossbar and in, gonna break it one in, you get the finish.

It deeps, that's the call.Long pass up the middle, here's Jarvis, gains a step on Hudson, Jarvis, deeps and a stop by Dobish!

The time that that puck goes around there, is that without leading with the stick, I guess that's what I'm asking.Oh yeah, he's just trying to make sure it doesn't get around the wall, whoa, what a move.

Here's Slavkovski, moves in, he scores!Makes it 4 -2, Canadian!

Wow.Wow.You mentioned Slavkovsky's four goals in this playoffs all on the power play able to get it in stride the toe drag around Svechnikov that's a forward so easier to do but still a heck of a move and what a finish by Slavkovsky.

What a play by Nick Suzuki in the middle of the ice.It happens so quick he justslows it up enough.He gets a piece of that, I believe.And Slavkovski goes in.He goes around Chatfield.

Upplayed by Kostas Peres.Shot blocked.There's Suzuki.That is empty.Slavkovski already has a goal this period.He scores!

Into the empty net.The second for Slavkovski.6 -2 Montreal.

Shot blocked.Stays with it.Finds Slavkovski.And Slavkoski does the rest.What a great...

Against Carolina team that swept their first two series and the Canadiens take game one of the Eastern Conference Final by the score of 6 -2.