Canadiens vs. Hurricanes | NHL Playoff Highlights | Game 2 | May 23, 2026

Starting forward line for Montreal, up against Hall, Stankovic and Blake. Game 2, underway in Raleigh. Both teams scored in the opening minute. Down low, Robinson, up the board, Slavin steps up. Now Jankowski with it. Out for Carrier, the flick and scores! Robinson! 1-0 Canes! Robinson's second goal of the series. A harmless looking play. As this puck is just redirected to the front of the net. It's actually fanned on by Will Carrier. And then Robinson was actually skating by it and he reaches back with one hand on a stick push. And it somehow finds the back of the net. No! Now a backhand shot, Stankovic. Jankowski's hurt, he's shot. He has a blocked shot. By Nikishin a little bit earlier. Stankovic, and then Jarvis! His shot blocked in front. Excellent start for this game. Shots the clock with the attempted Michigan. Jarvis comes in. Now Sebastian Aho. Aho carries up top. Chatfield with a shot. Swings it back, carried through the neutral zone. Leading game two by a goal. Standard carrier. Around behind the stick of Evans. Anderson ties it! Canadians' first shot of the game. We are tied at one. Turnover by Hall on the wall. But really the Canes were out of their zone. And so what happened was Blake Tolpik coming out. And eventually the play went back the other way. And then the turnover by Hall. And Anderson with the finish off a Nikishin skate. To tie this thing up. Goes in off a Nikishin. As you mentioned, Boushin. You get that puck. Back out to the point. Set in deep by Slavin. Stole. Defended by Matheson. Out in front, stole! Off the post! Dobesh settles it down. Now Hudson. More confidence. Flips the clock for Carolina. And with a shot! There's Ehlers. For Jarvis. Back out to Ehlers. Ehlers shoots! And that's turned aside by Dobesh. Shot of the game. Never happened to you before. Never seen that. Save made on Caulfield by Freddie Anderson. Back into the Montreal zone. Cut it wide. It's Will Carrier. Carrier out in front. Looking for Jankowski. And new hook. And it's Bestekoff. Broke off the stick. Dobesh forced to make the stop. Boy, that puck took a crazy bounce there, Boush. Well done by Dinol. Bill Dinol with a goal in back-to-back games. Here's Anderson. Cross ice! And now the Canes must reset. Nine and a half to go. Second period. Stan Colvin waits. Moves it in to the right of Dobesh. Robinson just off the bench. Saved on the shot from a tough angle made by Dobesh. Here's Gaston Speer for Ajo. Under a minute remaining on the power play for Carolina. Now Jarvis. Ajo broke a stick on the shot attempt. Flipped by Will Carrier. Played by Evans. A couple of good back checks there by the Canadian. Jankowski comes to the squat. Save made by Dobesh. And Carrier going hard into that, but both men left the ice because they wanted to get the front players on the ice on the back end. Now here's Ehlers. Turns and shoots! He scores! This ends up being a two-on-two type of play as Ehlers walks around Caulfield. Maybe off the stick of Hudson and just slows it up enough, Moosh, and ends up going between the legs of Dobesh. Unbelievable individual effort there by Ehlers, but a little taste of Montreal's medicine by Carolina. The stretch play and the speed coming from underneath. It's Ehlers that provides the support. Saved by Dobesh. Outstretched the top. He let that go. Good idea and a big hit. Nice Fetchnikov after getting that quality chance. Hudson. Here comes Suzuki! And a save made by Anderson in the closing second. Back to Sebastian Aho. Got the spare straight away. Aho with the puck for Carolina. Takes the return pass. Aho surveys. Under a minute to go on the penalty. Aho cuts behind the net. Now across! Jarvis stopped by Dobesh. Now Jarvis over to play the puck. What a stop. What a play by Carolina. Remember that stop. Puck set up the boards by carry eight. Held in by Gostaspierre for Jarvis. Now Gostaspierre with it. There's Jarvis across. Down to 25 seconds remaining on the bad advantage. Jump from long range and then a save by Dobesh and the Canadiens clear. Puck played by Aho. Aho between the circles. Knocked down by Dobesh. And that shot deflected wide. Alexander Carrier with it. Now Cooley fires. Gets the net. Gets back across. Got a save by Freddie Anderson. Healers kicks it over to Martin. He shoots one and that's handled. He has that ability to just make that one player, that one read. There's Suzuki. Caulfield in front looking for the cutting. Dotson, another defenseman down low for Montreal. 14 on the road. Montreal controls. Hudson blocked off by Will Carrier and then the shot is spared out of the air by Anderson. Herbie Dock with that chance. Here comes Gostaspierre. Hits the red line. Into the Montreal zone. Gostaspierre shoots. Long rebound following the save by Dobesh. Now Kessier out of the puck. Here's Carrier. Into the Carolina zone. Anderson. Nice move. Lost the puck. Players searching for it. It's Anderson. Indians tie the game at two. Second goal of the night for Josh Anderson. Oh Anderson a good job to get to the middle of the ice and Jackie talked about puck battles won throughout the season and tonight. I wonder if this would be considered a puck battle won by Montreal as Anderson is able to find the loose change Terrific persistence as Anderson is able to sneak it underneath Anderson. Push Josh Anderson. Now Suzuki had it taken away by Markner. Now to Slavin. Back around behind the net. Hurricanes keep the puck alive. Here's Ehlers with a shot. And now Slavin towards the net. The puck's wide. Boldu with the outlet pass. Catfield. Goes to park ahead. An 0-2 winner. Second of the game for Ehlers. The Carolina Hurricanes win game in minutes 29 seconds into overtime. In this area here. The Canadians are thinking about going to get off the ice. This puck is not in deep. But watch Ehlers. Matheson comes over. Now it's all that open ice. And that creates the chance. Bush instead of shooting the puck from about 55 feet, he shoots it from about 30 feet. And he changes the angle too. He kind of took it in to his hands and then went back against the grain. A perfectly placed shot by Ehlers. In stride. Rolling puck. Hard for Dobrisch to pick it up. Look at how far Dobrisch is out. Yet it still beats him. All because of the drag in and then back against the grain to the outside post. A terrific shot by Ehlers. And the Hurricanes are alive in this series. It was Matheson who was the last D.