Montreal Canadiens' Alexandre Carrier (45) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Nikita Tolopilo (60) as Canucks' Tom Willander (5) defends during second period NHL hockey action in Montreal on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
CMUMONTREAL - Alexandre Carrier is not best known for his offensive prowess on the ice.
In describing the Quebec City native鈥檚 game, you鈥檇 likely point to his defensive strengths. After all, Carrier has accumulated 100 blocked shots this season, placing him in the NHL's top 10 in that category.
However, after the 29-year-old scored two goals in a span of 20 seconds in the second period of the Montreal Canadiens鈥 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, all anybody wanted to talk about post-game was Carrier鈥檚 hot stick.
鈥淚t feels great,鈥 admitted Carrier, who was named the game's first star. 鈥淚t was two big goals during the game as well to get the lead. Great passes by Suzy (Nick Suzuki) and Slaf (Juraj Slafkovsky). I don鈥檛 get to finish a lot, but I did tonight. It was a good feeling.鈥
Carrier鈥檚 pair of goals also propelled the blueliner past the century mark in points for his career.
It marked the first time Carrier had ever scored twice in a game at the NHL level. It has been a decade since he last accomplished the feat in his professional career.
鈥淚 scored two in the minors (AHL) during my first year pro with Milwaukee (in 2016),鈥 said Carrier. 鈥淢y second one was in overtime, so it was pretty cool. It doesn鈥檛 happen often.鈥
Carrier wasn鈥檛 the only defenceman providing an offensive spark for the Canadiens on Monday. Montreal also got a power-play goal from Noah Dobson and an even-strength tally from Mike Matheson 29 seconds into the third period, a goal that held up as the game winner.
鈥淚f we look at our last game, we played really well defensively, but offensively left a lot on the table,鈥 said Dobson. 鈥(Canadiens head coach) Marty (St. Louis) says all the time, 鈥榳e don鈥檛 want to be a possession team, we want to be an attack team.鈥 Having a guy at the net front and delivering pucks there was a key tonight.鈥
The Canadiens defence has collectively accumulated 119 points on the season, second-most in the league behind only the Colorado Avalanche.
鈥淚n today鈥檚 game, you can鈥檛 just attack as a three-man unit,鈥 said St. Louis. 鈥淢aybe on the rush, but once you get set up in the offensive zone, it takes guys who are able to do things on the ice. We have defenceman who are able to do that.鈥
While it would be unrealistic to expect Carrier and the rest of the Canadiens鈥 defence corps to score four goals every night, as they did against the Canucks, the defenceman promised to savour the moment, at least for a few hours.
鈥淲e鈥檒l definitely joke around with the forwards,鈥 Carrier said. 鈥淲e had good passes from them, though, on the goals so we can鈥檛 tease them too much.鈥
St. Louis was also in the kidding mood after the game.
鈥淚 think everyone is happy for him,鈥 said Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis. 鈥淎fter the first star, I joked with him 鈥榦ne good shift and you鈥檙e the first star?鈥
"Players like that who respect the game and work hard all the time are rewarded. It鈥檚 good for the team鈥檚 enthusiasm.鈥
This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published Jan. 13, 2026.
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