Carolina Hurricanes @ Montreal Canadiens

8-19-3, 3-12-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Hurricanes CAR	0	0	1	1
Canadiens MTL	1	1	2	4

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

20-10-2, 12-3-1 Home

Galchenyuk hat trick lifts Habs vs. Canes

Alex Galchenyuk scored a career-best three goals, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

Dec 17, 2014, 12:54 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Hurricanes	0	0	1	1
	Canadiens	1	1	2	4

1st Period			CAR	MTL
9:15		Brandon Prust (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: David Desharnais (15), P.A. Parenteau (7)	0	1

2nd Period			CAR	MTL
8:33		Alex Galchenyuk (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Max Pacioretty (10), Andrei Markov (12)	0	2

3rd Period		CAR	MTL
6:47	Jeff Skinner (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Elias Lindholm (6), Andrej Sekera (10)	1	2
16:41	Alex Galchenyuk (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Max Pacioretty (11)	1	3
17:50	Alex Galchenyuk (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Max Pacioretty (12), Brendan Gallagher (9)	1	4

HURRICANES

CANADIENS

Regular Season Series

MTL leads 1-0

Hurricanes
1
Canadiens
4

Game 1

12/16

Canadiens
3
Hurricanes
1

Game 2

12/29

Hurricanes
0
Canadiens
4

Game 3

3/19

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues, will have their games produced and distributed by the NHL for the coming season as the league branches out into centralized production.

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

The Utah Mammoth have signed defenseman John Marino to an 8-year, $54M extension, the team announced Tuesday.

Bedard hoping to see a Chicago Blackhawks' reunion with Kane

On the day the Blackhawks star met with the media after signing his new contract, Chicago's Connor Bedard made his pitch to winger Patrick Kane to return to the club he began his NHL career with and chase another Stanley Cup.

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Carolina Hurricanes @ Montreal Canadiens

Alex GalchenyukC - MTL

Max PaciorettyLW - MTL

David DesharnaisC - MTL

Galchenyuk hat trick lifts Habs vs. Canes

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NHL to produce games for Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, Blues

Mammoth sign defenseman John Marino to 8-year, $54M extension

Bedard hoping to see a Chicago Blackhawks' reunion with Kane