MTL @ VGK 4–1 · 2025-11-28

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MTL	1	1	2	19
VGK	0	0	1	31

Story

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Result MTL 4–1Call No lean · VGK 71%xG 3.99–3.19 · deserved MTL 63%Swing Caufield +19 2nd 2:04Method

Goals and penalties with VGK win probability
Time	Event	VGK win before	VGK win after
1st 8:45	MTL penalty · M. Matheson · slashing · 2 min
1st 14:30	Goal MTL · Z. Bolduc	69%	51%
2nd 2:04	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	48%	29%
2nd 12:41	MTL penalty · A. Xhekaj · roughing · 2 min
2nd 12:41	VGK penalty · K. Kolesar · roughing · 2 min
2nd 19:12	VGK penalty · B. Hutton · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
3rd 3:36	Goal MTL · J. Evans	13%	4%
3rd 15:16	Goal VGK · M. Stone	0%	2%
3rd 18:03	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský (EN)	0%	0%

On ice · final horn

MTL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71J. EvansC	0:33	17:03	17	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	2	5-8
85A. TexierL	0:33	13:41	17	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0-1
17J. AndersonR	0:33	15:55	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–
47J. StrubleD	0:52	17:09	20	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	–
72A. XhekajD	0:33	11:15	18	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	–
35S. MontembeaultG		59:28	SA31GA1SV%.968xGA3.19GSAx+2.19

VGK5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10C. SissonsC	0:33	12:30	17	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	9-5
19R. SmithR	0:33	11:24	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
55K. KolesarR	0:33	11:07	17	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	–
6K. KorczakD	0:34	17:16	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–
17B. HuttonD	0:33	14:31	19	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	–
40A. SchmidG		58:48	SA18GA3SV%.833xGA3.05GSAx+0.05

Goals

1st
Zachary Bolduc(1)6v5
J. Slafkovský (1), C. Caufield (1)
xG 0.17wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL1st 14:30+17.749%
2nd
Cole Caufield(1)
Z. Bolduc (1), A. Carrier (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MTL2nd 02:04+18.671%
3rd
Jake Evans(1)
A. Texier (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.20wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 MTL3rd 03:36+8.996%
Mark Stone(1)
M. Marner (1), B. Hutton (1)
xG 0.18wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 MTL3rd 15:16+1.52%
Juraj Slafkovský(1)EN
N. Suzuki (1)
xG 0.46wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 MTL3rd 18:03+0.0100%

Shots

MTL3.99 xG33 unblocked · 8 blocked33 unblocked · 8 blocked

VGK3.19 xG50 unblocked · 25 blocked50 unblocked · 25 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLVGK4Goals13.99xG3.1919Shots3133Unblocked5041Attempts757High danger50/1Power play0/122Faceoffs3220Hits1525Blocks89Takeaways211Giveaways174PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	25:13	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	−0.06	0	2	0	2	—	0	+2
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	25:01	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	2	6	1	3	—	0	+1
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	23:54	0	1	1	1	1	0.08	−0.08	1	3	1	2	—	2	+1
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	19:29	0	1	1	0	4	0.89	−0.89	0	0	1	0	64%	0	+3
47J. StrubleJayden StrubleD	17:09	0	0	0	1	3	0.15	−0.15	2	1	1	0	—	0	0
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	17:04	1	1	2	2	6	0.52	+0.48	0	1	2	0	0%	0	+2
71J. EvansJake EvansC	17:03	1	0	1	3	4	0.47	+0.53	2	2	0	0	38%	0	0
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	16:59	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	0	—	0	+2
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	15:55	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	1	—	0	0
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	15:28	1	1	2	1	1	0.46	+0.54	2	0	0	1	0%	0	+2
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	15:01	1	1	2	3	4	0.27	+0.73	0	0	1	0	—	0	+2
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	13:56	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	−0.20	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	13:41	0	1	1	1	1	0.01	−0.01	1	0	1	1	0%	0	0
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	13:23	0	0	0	2	3	0.45	−0.45	1	1	0	0	33%	0	0
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	12:52	0	0	0	1	2	0.11	−0.11	5	0	0	0	40%	0	+1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	12:07	0	0	0	1	1	0.09	−0.09	0	1	1	0	—	0	0
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	11:15	0	0	0	1	2	0.08	−0.08	1	1	0	0	—	2	0
63F. XhekajFlorian XhekajL	11:02	0	0	0	1	2	0.06	−0.06	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
MTL total		4	7	11	19	41	3.99	+0.01	20	24	9	11	41%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Bolduc+1.03

Caufield+0.70

Evans+0.46

Suzuki+0.34

Slafkovský+0.24

Texier+0.19

Demidov−0.06

Xhekaj−0.20

Gallagher−0.21

Kapanen−0.25

Anderson−0.37

Veleno−0.40

Defence

Dobson+0.18

Carrier+0.11

Xhekaj+0.07

Struble+0.05

Hutson−0.04

Matheson−0.23

Goalie

Montembeault+2.22

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Texier·Evans·Anderson	11:19	15	6	19	24.0%	3	7	1	1	0.43	0.79	35.0%	−0.36	0	2	0%
Suzuki·Caufield·Bolduc	11:19	15	10	12	45.5%	5	5	1	0	0.61	0.33	65.0%	+0.28	0	2	0%
Xhekaj·Veleno·Gallagher	9:13	13	3	13	18.8%	1	5	0	0	0.11	0.28	27.7%	−0.17	3	0	100%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	9:06	14	6	9	40.0%	3	4	0	0	0.53	0.33	61.5%	+0.20	3	2	60%
Occasional · 6 groups
Evans·Gallagher·Anderson	0:53	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Gallagher	0:53	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Demidov	0:52	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	0:41	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Bolduc	0:40	5	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Xhekaj·Suzuki·Veleno	0:39	1	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.13	0.00	100.0%	+0.13	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	52:16		36	62	36.7%	17	25	2	1	2.61	2.37	52.4%	+0.24

Goalies

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · 59:28

Saves: 30/31
SV%: .968
xGA: 3.19
GSAx: +2.19

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	25/26	.962	2.45	+1.45
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.74	+0.74
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/3	.667	0.99	−0.01

Akira Schmid

VGK · 58:48

Saves: 15/18
SV%: .833
xGA: 3.05
GSAx: +0.05

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	15/18	.833	3.05	+0.05
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/4	.500	1.12	−0.88

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

25:13Hutson
25:01Dobson
23:54Matheson
17:09Struble
16:59Carrier
11:15A. Xhekaj

19:29Suzuki
17:04Caufield
17:03Evans
15:55Anderson
15:28Slafkovský
15:01Bolduc
13:56Gallagher
13:41Texier
13:23Kapanen
12:52Veleno
12:07Demidov
11:02F. Xhekaj

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLVGK

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

StrubleD1 O2
A. XhekajD2 O0
MathesonD4 O1
CarrierD5 O2
DobsonD4 O1
HutsonD5 O2
SlafkovskýD2 O5
F. XhekajD0 O3
GallagherD1 O2
VelenoD1 O2
KapanenD3 O4
DemidovD2 O3
BolducD2 O1
SuzukiD3 O1
TexierD2 O0
CaufieldD3 O1
AndersonD3 O0
EvansD3 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period