Carolina now improves to 10-0 all-time when leading 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen, who will now be playing in his first Stanley Cup Final, has now given up two or fewer goals in 12 of his 13 starts this postseason, including three shutouts.
He finished Game 5 against the Habs with 23 saves, the most against them the entire series, and allowed just five goals all series.
Meanwhile, Montreal's season comes to an end after winning back-to-back Game 7s entering the Eastern Conference Final.
Carolina will now face the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, with Game 1 scheduled for Tuesday, June 2nd.
Recap & Highlights
Following an unsuccessful challenge from the Habs for goaltender interference, Taylor Hall's fifth goal of the postseason put the Canes up 1-0 almost halfway through the first period.
Logan Stankoven (2) and Jackson Blake (10) recorded the assists.
Carolina improved to 6-0 all-time in series-clinching games when they score first as the home team.
Six minutes later, the Canes doubled their lead on their 13th shot on goal for the first period - Montreal had yet to put up more than three at this point.
Stankoven scored his ninth goal of the postseason following his assist on Hall's to make it a 2-0 game.
Hall returned the favor with his 10th assist, along with Alexander Nikishin, who recorded his first.
It would take less than two minutes afterward for the Canes to put the game out of reach with their third goal before the end of the first period.
Eric Robinson scored his third goal of the postseason, with William Carrier recording his third assist.
This made it back-to-back games where the Canes scored three goals in the first period. They entered the first intermission outshooting Montreal 15-4 and outhitting them 10-5.
Coming out of the lockerooms for the second period didn't prove to be any better for the Canadiens, who were just completely outmatched on all fronts.
After assisting Hall on the first goal of the game, Blake scored his fifth of the postseason off the rebound to put the Canes up 4-0 almost halfway through the second.
Both Hall (11) and Stankoven (3) recorded the assists for the 22-year-old as the game had been all but finished at that point.
On their fourth power play of the night, the Hurricanes would rub some more salt in the wound.
This time around, it was Shayne Gostisbehere who got the Canes on the board for their fifth goal of the night with his second of the postseason.
Seth Jarvis (5) and Game 2 hero Nikolaj Ehlers (5) both picked up the assists.
Montreal finally got on the board with a late Cole Caufield goal, his sixth of the postseason, during their fifth power play of the game, but the Canes rode the big lead to victory through the third as they will now take on the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final.
Seth Jarvis scored his third of the postseason on the empty net to make it 6-1 before the game concluded.
It is the Canes' first appearance since 2006, their lone Cup win. Meanwhile, it'll be the Knights' third appearance in their young nine-year history.
Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final between the Hurricanes and Golden Knights will take place on June 2nd.
