{"id":386459,"date":"2026-01-02T12:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/386459\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:17:53","slug":"canadiens-drub-hurricanes-team-canada-snubs-seth-jarvis-to-open-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/386459\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens drub Hurricanes, Team Canada snubs Seth Jarvis to open 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Carolina Hurricanes, the new year began Thursday with forward Seth Jarvis back on the ice \u2014 and then a wild loss to the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n

Talk about taking the good with the bad.<\/p>\n

Jarvis, sidelined since Dec. 19, was at the Canes\u2019 morning skate at Lenovo Center, wearing a yellow, no-contact jersey and anxious to get back in the lineup.<\/p>\n

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The Canes could have used him Thursday night against the quick, aggressive Canadiens, who wiped out a two-goal Carolina lead and skated off with a 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho tied his career high with a five-point night (two goals, three assists), and Andrei Svechnikov and Nikolaj Ehlers each had a goal and two assists as the three were reunited on the top line. But a combination of poor puck management by Carolina and an opportunistic transition game by the Canadiens proved to be the difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we\u2019re missing a lot of important pieces,\u201d Canes coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour said after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s obvious we have deficiencies, and they\u2019re starting to show. \u201c<\/p>\n

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After falling behind 2-0, the Canes (24-13-3) regrouped to take a 4-2 lead in the second period, but the Habs (22-12-6) surged in front before the period ended, scoring their fourth and fifth goals 23 seconds apart late in the frame. The Canes made a push in the third, but Juraj Slafkovsky gave the Habs a 6-4 lead.<\/p>\n

Goalie Brandon Bussi has been difference-maker for the Canes since they claimed him off waivers, and a big story in the league. But Bussi struggled Thursday, allowing six goals on 22 shots \u2014 the Habs\u2019 final score was an empty-netter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a tough night tonight, but he\u2019s been great all year,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I\u2019ve got to live with that\u2019<\/p>\n

Jarvis, injured in the road game against the Florida Panthers, said being out the past few weeks has been \u201cpainful,\u201d both in not being able to play and in learning he had been left off Hockey Canada\u2019s Olympic team roster for the 2026 Winter Games, set next month in Italy.<\/p>\n

Jarvis, 23, was a member of Canada\u2019s gold medal-winning team in the 4 Nations Face-Off international event last season. His numbers with the Canes this season until the injury seemed promising enough to be included on the Olympic roster: 19 goals and 29 points in 34 games, with two shorthanded goals and four game-winning goals, two in overtime.<\/p>\n

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Jarvis said Thursday that he was not sure the injury and missed time kept him off the Hockey Canada roster.<\/p>\n

\"Seth<\/p>\n

Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes reacts after scoring a goal during the third period of the game against the New Jersey Devils at Lenovo Center on October 09, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jarvis went down injured Thursday against the Islanders after taking two pucks off the left foot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think so, though it definitely didn\u2019t help,\u201d he said. \u201cBut at the end of the day I had played enough games where I thought I gave a good sample size. I guess I didn\u2019t play good enough, and I\u2019ve got to live with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucks. It\u2019s a big blow. It\u2019s something I really worked for and wanted to achieve, but there\u2019s nothing you can do about it now. I gave myself a couple of days to take it in, feel emotions, and now it\u2019s just moving past it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Canes now are 2-4-0 in the six games he has been out as the injuries are taking a toll. Defenseman Jaccob Slavin has missed all but five games this season, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere missed a third game with a lower-body issue and goalie Pyotr Kochetov has been lost for the season with a hip ailment that will require surgery.<\/p>\n

Jarvis was hurt early in overtime against the Panthers. On the move and taking the puck to the net, he was tripped by Florida\u2019s Evan Rodrigues, fell and crashed into the near post, appearing to injure his ribs. No penalty was called on the play, and the Canes lost in a shootout.<\/p>\n

\"Seth<\/p>\n

Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes skates with the puck against the Los Angeles Kings during the third period at Crypto.com Arena on October 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Jarvis went down injured Thursday against the Islanders after taking two pucks off the left foot.<\/p>\n

Placed on NHL injured reserve Dec. 20, Jarvis\u2019 status has been listed as \u201cweek to week.\u201d The same for Slavin.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo go out like that, and not know what your recovery time period is, is tough,\u201d Jarvis said. \u201cI tried to take it day by day, but that\u2019s easier said than done when you see your friends all skating and I\u2019m sitting on the bench watching practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not much you can really do other than taking your time and trying not to stress it too much, which is tough. Now that I\u2019m pretty much pain free day to day, I\u2019m better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slavin, a standout in the 4 Nations event for the U.S. and arguably the best player in the competition, is expected to be on the Team USA Olympic roster \u2014 to be announced Friday \u2014 despite his nearly season-long absence because of lower-body issues.<\/p>\n

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Jarvis said he has been placed on a \u201cstandby\u201d reserve list for Team Canada and could be added if there is an injury. That\u2019s not a great option for the Winnipeg native, but it is an option.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me not to book any trips or anything,\u201d Jarvis said. \u201cIt\u2019s still a waiting game, but obviously I\u2019m hoping nobody gets hurt. Obviously, if they call my name I\u2019ll be more than ready to come and contribute, but I\u2019m not wishing ill will on anybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I do get picked, and it just so happens that I go, awesome. But I\u2019ve already dealt with the emotions of it and moved past it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jarvis said the snub could be used as added motivation the rest of the season and Brind\u2019Amour liked the sound of that, noting, \u201cHe\u2019s got to use it however he needs to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Jarvis wants to get back in the Canes lineup. Asked when he might take off the yellow jersey and replace it with a game jersey, Jarvis said the doctors and trainer Doug Bennett will make that call.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can take it off right now and probably fight \u2018Svechy,\u2019\u201d he joked, looking over at forward Andrei Svechnikov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the Carolina Hurricanes, the new year began Thursday with forward Seth Jarvis back on the ice \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[1742,19349,194,29,5176,247,57,5,2752,195,976,21,4,794,1174,1177,2823,2865],"class_list":{"0":"post-386459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-andrei-svechnikov","9":"tag-brandon-bussi","10":"tag-carolina","11":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","12":"tag-carolinahurricanes","13":"tag-evan-rodrigues","14":"tag-florida-panthers","15":"tag-hockey","16":"tag-hockey-canada","17":"tag-hurricanes","18":"tag-juraj-slafkovsky","19":"tag-montreal-canadiens","20":"tag-nhl","21":"tag-nikolaj-ehlers","22":"tag-sebastian-aho","23":"tag-seth-jarvis","24":"tag-shayne-gostisbehere","25":"tag-the-canes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115825469789282592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}