{"id":688898,"date":"2026-05-23T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688898\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:46:10","slug":"canadiens-look-to-head-home-with-2-0-lead-over-carolina-in-eastern-conference-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688898\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens look to head home with 2-0 lead over Carolina in Eastern Conference final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Montreal\u00a0Canadiens can go home with a commanding lead in the NHL\u2019s Eastern Conference final with a win tonight against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>The battle-tested Canadiens beat the well-rested Hurricanes 6-2 in the series opener Wednesday in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first loss of these playoffs for the Hurricanes, who returned from an 11-day layoff Wednesday after sweeping their way through the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal, meanwhile, survived a pair of tough seven-game series that saw their top forwards shut down at even strength.<\/p>\n<p>That changed in Game 1 of the conference final, when Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky combined for six even-strength points.<\/p>\n<p>After tonight, the series will shift to the raucous Bell Centre in\u00a0Montreal\u00a0for Game 3 on Monday.\u2028<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779121264_781_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Montreal\u00a0Canadiens can go home with a commanding lead in the NHL\u2019s Eastern Conference final with a win tonight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-688898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}