What - Game 4 (1-1-1)
When - 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6
Where - Centre Bell; Montreal, QB
How to Watch - Hurricanes Hockey Network, TSN2, RDS

The Carolina Hurricanes will play their first 2026-27 game in Canada tonight as they visit the Montreal Canadiens.

Carolina is coming off of a 3-2 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers, a game in which they looked a lot more like the team we're accustomed to seeing.

It's been a slow start to the year for the Hurricanes' offense, as to have been expected with the absence of leading scorer Seth Jarvis, but Sebastian Aho has done his best to step up, leading the team in goals and points.

The Hurricanes seem to be going back to Brandon Bussi in net, who had a really strong opening game, but proceeded to struggle in game two against the Washington Capitals.

Montreal is coming off of a 6-5 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, after winning their season opener 3-2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Despite falling into a 5-1 hole, the Habs fought back to force overtime, which is a testament to the young groups firing power.

The Canadiens will however be without rising star Ivan Demidov, who was ruled out earlier today with a lower-body injury.

Streaks

Sebastian Aho (3g, 1a) has goals in back-to-back games.
Andrei Svechnikov (3a) and Jackson Blake (2a) have points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

Jordan Staal is one point away from 500 points as a Hurricane and two goals away from 200 as a Hurricane.
Jordan Martinook is three points shy of 200 points as a Hurricane.
Logan Stankoven is three points away from 100 career points.

Game Notes

Carolina is 85-108-20-7 all-time against Montreal.
Last season, the Canes went 0-3 against the Habs in the regular season, but defeated them in five gams in the Eastern Conference Final.
Sebastian Aho (13g, 30pts in 25gp) and Andrei Svechnikov (13g, 21pts in 20gp) are point-per-game players for their careers against Montreal.
Nicolas Deslauriers (2017-19), Mike Reilly (2017-20) and Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2018-21) all played for the Canadiens.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

Brandon Bussi: 0-1-1; 0.872 Sv%; 2.88 GAA
Jakub Dobes: 1-0-1; 0.862 Sv%; 4.04 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals - Sebastian Aho (3) / Cole Caufield (2)
Points - Sebastian Aho (4) / Nick Suzuki (4)

Power Play

Carolina - 18.8% (17th)
Montreal - 0% (0/4)

Penalty Kill

Carolina - 92.3% (7th)
Montreal - 71.4% (20th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - William Carrier
Taylor Hall - Logan Stankoven - Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers - Jordan Staal - Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson - Mark Jankowski - Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Jaccob Slavin - Jalen Chatfield
K'Andre Miller - Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere - Mike Reilly

Brandon Bussi
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: Juuso Valimaki, Nicolas Deslauriers, Seth Jarvis (IR, shoulder)

Canadiens Projected Lineup

Cole Caufield - Nick Suzuki - Chris Kreider
Juraj Slafkovsky - Alex Newhook - Kirby Dach
Zack Bolduc - Phillip Danault - Alexandre Texier
Florian Xhekaj - Jake Evans - Josh Anderson

Mike Matheson - Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson - Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble - Arber Xhekaj

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Injuries and Scratches: Adam Engstrom, Ivan Demidov (LBI), Kaiden Guhle (groin), Oliver Kapanen (LBI)

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