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Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 Andrei Svechnikov (37) celebrates with teammates Jaccob Slavin (74), Jalen Chatfield (5) and Jordan Martinook (48) after a goal by teammate Sebastian Aho (not shown) during overtime of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

MONTREAL \u2014 Andrei Svechnikov scored at 14:06 of overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Final.<\/p>

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Shayne Gostisbehere and Taylor Hall scored in regulation for Carolina. Frederik Andersen made 11 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re seeing that the rust is off,\u201d said Hall, whose team had 11 days off following the second round of the playoffs. \u201cWe\u2019re feeling good about playing hockey again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Matheson and Lane Hutson scored for Montreal, which got 35 stops from Jakub Dobes.<\/p>\n

Game 4 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n

After a back-and-forth overtime, Hutson turned the puck over in the neutral zone. Montreal had time to recover, but Svechnikov took a pass from Seth Jarvis up high and fired a shot through traffic for the winning goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t get it back,\u201d Hutson said. \u201cI thought we played a pretty good game. I feel like that stuff can happen and usually you can get through the shift. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis thought his team could have handled the sequence better in its own zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t love the play, but whatever,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s what\u2019s next, and we didn\u2019t do what\u2019s next. We didn\u2019t get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning a 3-2 overtime victory at home Saturday<\/a> that looked a lot more like their relentless style following a discombobulated 6-2 loss in Thursday\u2019s opener<\/a> , the Hurricanes came out flying and took the lead at 8:24 of the first period when the puck popped into the slot for Gostisbehere to fire in off the left post past a diving Dobes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s competing back there every night and giving us a chance,\u201d Montreal forward Cole Caufield said.<\/p>

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The Canadiens, who topped the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres in a pair of seven-game matchups to make the conference finals despite a combined 2-4 record at home, tied it at 15:28.<\/p>\n

Carolina, the East\u2019s top seed coming off sweeps of the Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers, pushed back less than a minute later when Hall shoveled home his own rebound from in tight past Dobes as the winger was falling to the ice at 16:22.<\/p>\n

Montreal, which registered just 12 shots on goal in Game 2, evened things up on a power play at 4:43 of the second period.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe nice to be up 2-1, but we\u2019re not because of me,\u201d Hutson said. \u201cIt\u2019s frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hutson, who became the fourth defenseman in franchise history with at least 15 points in a single postseason, has been a focus for the Hurricanes on the physical side through three games.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably their most important player and if he has the puck, I\u2019m going to try and make some contact and prevent him from getting up the ice,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens lost two in a row for the first time in these playoffs. They now have to quickly turn the page.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole experience, it\u2019s part of our learning,\u201d St. Louis said of his young group going up against the battle-tested Hurricanes. \u201cThere\u2019s always learning and failure. We lost tonight. We\u2019ll learn from it. That team over there is a good team, very mature. I don\u2019t know if we can match their maturity.<\/p>

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\u201cBut we\u2019re gonna have to elevate.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/stanley-cup<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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