Taylor Hall scores twice as Hurricanes beat Canadiens 6–4

Taylor Hall scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 6–4 Tuesday at Bell Centre.

Montreal led 3–2 after the first period, with Zachary Bolduc scoring twice. Sebastian Aho tied the game on a power play at 3:56 of the second before Mark Jankowski put Carolina ahead at 13:24.

Hall’s second goal made it 5–3 at 12:21 of the third. Juraj Slafkovský brought Montreal within one with 3:03 remaining, but Andrei Svechnikov scored into an empty net with 1:16 left.

Aho finished with a goal and two assists. Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, and Brandon Bussi made 16 saves.

The Hurricanes outshot Montreal 34–20, according to the official NHL game record. Jakub Dobeš stopped 28 shots for the Canadiens, who also got a goal from Nick Suzuki in their home opener.