MTL@CAR: Game recap 

RALEIGH – The Canadiens’ untimely stretch of losses was pushed to five in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center on Friday.

Josh Anderson scored for Montreal 23 seconds after the puck dropped, but that was the extent of the Habs’ offense in this one.

Samuel Montembeault stood tall in net for the visitors, redirecting 22 of the 24 shots that he faced.

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

Roster

Kaiden Guhle returned to the lineup on Friday for the first time since suffering a lower-body injury on January 28.

Montreal goal

P1 00:23 [1]-0 Anderson (Gallagher, Dvorak)

Carolina goals

P1 00:41 1-[1] Blake (Unassisted) - OWN

P2 13:46 1-[2] Hall (Blake, Jarvis) – PPG

P2 16:10 1-[3] Aho (Jarvis, Blake)

P3 19:00 1-[4] Svechnikov (Martinook) – EN

What’s next

The Canadiens make their way down the coast for a Sunday showdown with the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena. Game time is 1:00 p.m. ET.