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Montréal Canadiens at Boston Bruins

Dec 23, 2025 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 6 29
Boston Bruins 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:08 MTL Sammy Blais (2) Lane Hutson (28), Noah Dobson (15) 1 - 0
12:25 BOS Marat Khusnutdinov (5) Mason Lohrei (12) 1 - 1
19:42 BOS Alex Steeves (8) PP David Pastrnak (26), Viktor Arvidsson (8) 1 - 2
2nd Period
01:58 MTL Ivan Demidov (9) Unassisted 2 - 2
3rd Period
07:04 MTL Zachary Bolduc (10) Nick Suzuki (31), Lane Hutson (29) 3 - 2
08:43 MTL Cole Caufield (18) PP Noah Dobson (16), Ivan Demidov (21) 4 - 2
10:09 MTL Nick Suzuki (11) PP Juraj Slafkovský (14), Noah Dobson (17) 5 - 2
12:22 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (11) Lane Hutson (30) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:03 MTL Josh Anderson Fighting 5
00:03 BOS Tanner Jeannot Fighting 5
00:29 BOS Hampus Lindholm Holding 2
08:28 BOS Nikita Zadorov Fighting 5
08:28 MTL Arber Xhekaj Fighting 5
08:31 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Interference 2
13:41 MTL Brendan Gallagher Slashing 2
15:56 BOS Viktor Arvidsson Slashing 2
17:58 MTL Ivan Demidov Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:15 MTL Josh Anderson Slashing 2
14:37 BOS Alex Steeves High sticking double minor 4
19:55 BOS Nikita Zadorov Roughing 2
19:55 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Roughing 2
3rd Period
07:04 BOS Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2
08:24 BOS Tanner Jeannot Cross checking 2
08:58 BOS Hampus Lindholm Tripping 2
18:52 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Holding 2
18:52 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Misconduct 10
18:52 BOS Nikita Zadorov Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 59 43 29 6 3.2 58.2
Boston Bruins 53 35 28 2 2.8 41.8

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.2 expected, 6 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 11:08 of 1st, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 1:58 of 2nd, a 31% chanceMTL goal, 7:04 of 3rd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 8:43 of 3rd, a 25% chanceMTL goal, 10:09 of 3rd, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 12:22 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBOS goal, 12:25 of 1st, a 17% chanceBOS goal, 19:42 of 1st, a 9% chanceMTL 3.2BOS 2.8

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Boston Bruins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Zachary Bolduc9:2160.085.71-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov6:3447.159.62-1
Brendan Gallagher · Sammy Blais · Joseph Veleno5:4150.018.00-0
Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson · Alexandre Texier2:1550.045.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson10:4140.040.60-1
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson9:4075.089.02-0
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj6:2590.973.40-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
48 Lane Hutson D 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 22:44 0.18 20-11 1.22-0.26
53 Noah Dobson D 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 24:04 0.20 13-14 0.48-0.73
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 23:26 0.48 10-10 0.82-0.20
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 1 1 2 1 16 2 2 18:19 0.17 14-15 0.76-0.57
93 Ivan Demidov R 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 14:07 0.31 10-9 0.75-0.37
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 18:51 0.73 9-7 0.70-0.25
27 Sammy Blais L 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 09:10 0.15 11-5 0.27-0.41
76 Zachary Bolduc R 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:49 0.29 8-9 0.70-0.25
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 15:24 0.06 13-9 0.21-0.50
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:34 0.14 13-16 0.43-0.57
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 14:03 0.13 15-7 0.31-0.32
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:29 0.05 17-9 0.29-0.41
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 20:07 0.01 22-13 1.11-0.43
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:44 0.06 14-11 0.43-0.70
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 07:42 0.03 10-1 0.28-0.10
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 04:20 0.05 9-4 0.24-0.12
90 Joseph Veleno C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:36 0.03 12-4 0.30-0.41
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:01 0.15 10-11 0.59-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jacob Fowler W 28 26 2 59:37 2.74 +0.74

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie8:5458.357.80-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt8:0350.049.00-0
Sean Kuraly · Marat Khusnutdinov · Alex Steeves5:0230.069.41-0
Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic · Fraser Minten4:2633.355.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Hampus Lindholm · Andrew Peeke8:3160.052.00-0
Nikita Zadorov · Charlie McAvoy8:1238.932.20-1
Vladislav Kolyachonok · Mason Lohrei5:248.323.80-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
21 Alex Steeves C 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 10:44 0.19 3-11 0.27-0.24
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 10:24 0.17 3-10 0.27-0.17
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:56 0.04 7-17 0.38-0.41
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 14:34 0.16 11-12 0.65-0.85
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 20:14 0.20 15-14 0.37-0.70
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:36 0.09 10-10 0.50-0.62
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 15:17 0.13 8-10 0.50-0.93
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 20:17 0.01 15-15 0.56-0.56
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19:43 0.06 16-10 0.30-0.62
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 18:04 0.32 14-15 0.37-0.58
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:40 0.59 16-16 0.37-0.87
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:50 0.01 4-11 0.11-0.28
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41 0.32 4-13 0.27-0.23
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 26:44 0.05 14-17 0.61-1.22
74 Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:35 0.31 7-18 0.54-0.45
84 Tanner Jeannot L 0 0 0 -2 7 1 3 10:23 0.15 4-11 0.26-0.34
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -2 17 1 1 17:43 0.03 10-15 0.42-0.70
93 Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:10 0.00 7-7 0.26-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman L 29 23 6 60:00 3.10 -2.90