What Hurricanes fans did to the Canadiens is something you're going to want to see
Nick Suzuki and Martin St-Louis watched the Canadiens lose the game and the building as Hurricanes fans turned "Ole! Ole! Ole!" against Montreal.
That was the real twist Friday night in Raleigh.
The score was already lopsided through 40 minutes, and the mood inside Lenovo Center had fully changed.
Carolina had taken control early, pushed the pace, and left Montreal chasing the play.
The Hurricanes struck for 3 goals in the first period, then added 2 more in the second. By then, the Canadiens weren't just fighting the scoreboard.
They were skating through a road atmosphere that had become open season.
That's when the chant started coming back the other way.
Montreal fans know "Ole! Ole! Ole!" as their own.
On this night, Carolina's crowd grabbed it, repeated it, and made sure the Canadiens heard every word, only in the second period and down 4-0.
The Hurricanes crowd found the soft spot and stayed on it in Game 5
It wasn't a one-off moment either. The chant broke out multiple times in the second period as the Hurricanes kept rolling and the Canadiens had no answer.
That made the scene sting a little more for Montreal. It wasn't only that Carolina was
in command. It was that the crowd had enough room to start playing with the game.
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You could feel where this was heading before the third even began. The Hurricanes looked loose, fast, and in full control, while the Canadiens looked stuck in their own end for long stretches.
Then Carolina's fans went right back to it near the end of the period, again using "Ole! Ole! Ole!" like a jab instead of a celebration.
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That's the part Montreal will wear out of this one. A rough playoff night is one thing. Letting the other team's crowd turn your signature chant into a taunt is something else.
For St-Louis, that's the kind of scene that sticks in the locker room after puck drop is long gone. It speaks to how badly the game tilted and how little pushback the Canadiens showed once Carolina grabbed the bench and the pace.
The Hurricanes didn't just drive Game 5. They owned the ice, the noise, and the message by the second intermission.
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YESTERDAY
MAY 29, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Taylor Hall | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexander Nikishin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Phillip Danault | - | - | - | |
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