Sebastian Aho, Taylor Hall power Hurricanes to 6–4 win over Canadiens

Sebastian Aho and Taylor Hall stole the spotlight at the Bell Centre on Tuesday, combining to drive the Carolina Hurricanes’ 6–4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The win completed a perfect two-game road swing for Carolina and pushed the club above .500 after a winless opening homestand.

Aho’s hot start continues with another multi-point effort

Expected to build on last season’s Stanley Cup run, Aho is wasting no time. He entered the game in Montreal with three goals and four points through three outings, including two power-play markers, already tracking toward one of the best starts of his NHL career. Against the Canadiens he added another power-play goal and two assists, giving him four goals and seven points in his first four games, with three of those goals coming with the man advantage.

On Tuesday, Aho scored on the power play, picked up a secondary assist on Hall’s second goal, and set up Andrei Svechnikov’s empty-netter that sealed the 6–4 result. He also highlighted the work of Carolina’s penalty killers after the game, pointing to a crucial five-on-three kill as a turning point on a night when special teams once again played a major role.

Hall scores twice in ‘weird’ special-teams-heavy game

Hall delivered his first breakout performance of the season, scoring twice and being named the game’s first star. Coming off a debut campaign in Raleigh in which he recorded 18 goals and 48 points in 80 games, the veteran winger is looking to build on that foundation. His two goals in Montreal provided a timely spark for a Hurricanes offence that has leaned heavily on Aho early on.

With penalties piling up on both sides, Hall described the contest as “a weird game. A lot of power plays, a lot of four-on-fours, or five-on-threes, stuff like that,” but he emphasized that coming away with two points in a building where Carolina tends to play well was what mattered most.

Special teams and late drama as Hurricanes head home

The numbers underscored how much special teams shaped the night. Carolina’s power play went 1-for-5, while the penalty kill held Montreal to one goal in six opportunities. It was a rare outing where the Hurricanes leaned more on their special-teams units than their usual five-on-five structure, but the approach proved effective enough to secure the win.

The finish was tense after the Canadiens pulled their goalie and cut the deficit to 5–4 with an extra attacker, but Svechnikov’s empty-net goal restored the two-goal cushion and closed out the scoring. After starting the season 0-1-1 at the Lenovo Center, head coach Rod Brind’Amour’s team responded by taking all four available points from back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Flyers and Canadiens. The Hurricanes now sit at 2-1-1 with five points through four games and will look to carry that momentum into Thursday’s home date against the 2-2-0 Vancouver Canucks as they chase their first win on home ice this season.