MTL @ TBL 4–5 · 2025-12-28

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
MTL	0	0	4	0	35
TBL	0	3	1	0	21

Story

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Result TBL 5–4 SOCall No lean · MTL 52%xG 4.29–4.16 · deserved MTL 52%Swing Slafkovský +50 3rd 19:56Method

Goals and penalties with TBL win probability
Time	Event	TBL win before	TBL win after
1st 3:50	TBL penalty · M. Crozier · holding · 2 min
1st 12:15	TBL penalty · N. Paul · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
1st 16:46	MTL penalty · A. Xhekaj · fighting · 5 min
1st 16:46	TBL penalty · S. Sabourin · fighting · 5 min
1st 18:07	TBL penalty · C. D'Astous · holding · 2 min
2nd 2:28	Goal TBL · N. Kucherov	49%	72%
2nd 3:54	MTL penalty · A. Texier · hooking · 2 min
2nd 12:11	Goal TBL · N. Kucherov	75%	91%
2nd 12:19	TBL penalty · N. Kucherov · slashing · 2 min
2nd 14:49	Goal TBL · N. Paul	92%	98%
3rd 1:06	Goal MTL · I. Demidov	99%	94%
3rd 1:40	Goal TBL · P. Holmberg	94%	99%
3rd 9:16	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský	100%	97%
3rd 12:17	Goal MTL · N. Dobson	98%	89%
3rd 19:56	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský	100%	49%

On ice · final horn

MTL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
20J. SlafkovskýL	0:15	19:31	23	2	1	3	5	9	0	0	0	–
13C. CaufieldR	1:19	22:15	22	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	1-0
48L. HutsonD	1:11	27:42	30	0	1	1	3	8	0	0	2	–
32J. FowlerG		62:47	SA21GA4SV%.810xGA3.02GSAx−0.98

TBL3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71A. CirelliC	0:12	17:17	23	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	5-10
38B. HagelL	0:58	20:48	26	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	2	0-1
51C. D'AstousD	0:14	16:50	21	0	1	1	2	4	2	1	1	–
31J. JohanssonG		64:04	SA35GA4SV%.886xGA4.29GSAx+0.29

Goals

2nd
Nikita Kucherov(1)
G. Goncalves (1)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 TBL2nd 02:28+22.872%
Nikita Kucherov(2)
B. Point (1), G. Goncalves (2)
xG 0.21snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 TBL2nd 12:11+15.991%
Nick Paul(1)
O. Bjorkstrand (1), M. Groshev (1)
xG 0.10snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–3 TBL2nd 14:49+6.198%
3rd
Ivan Demidov(1)
J. Slafkovský (1), N. Dobson (1)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 TBL3rd 01:06+4.66%
Pontus Holmberg(1)
O. Bjorkstrand (2), C. D'Astous (1)
xG 0.04tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 TBL3rd 01:40+4.599%
Juraj Slafkovský(1)
O. Kapanen (1)
xG 0.05snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 TBL3rd 09:16+2.13%
Noah Dobson(1)
C. Caufield (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.03snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 TBL3rd 12:17+10.011%
Juraj Slafkovský(2)6v5
I. Demidov (1), L. Hutson (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–4 Tied3rd 19:56+50.151%

ShootoutTBL G. Goncalves GMTL I. Demidov –TBL B. Point GMTL C. Caufield –

Shots

MTL4.29 xG60 unblocked · 26 blocked60 unblocked · 26 blocked

TBL4.16 xG34 unblocked · 13 blocked34 unblocked · 13 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLTBL4Goals44.29xG4.1635Shots2160Unblocked3486Attempts478High danger100/4Power play0/137Faceoffs2226Hits1713Blocks268Takeaways313Giveaways187PIM13

Skaters

Player

Player
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	28:13	0	1	1	3	8	0.07	−0.07	0	2	1	1	—	0	+1
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	27:29	1	1	2	5	11	0.15	+0.85	2	3	3	0	—	0	0
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	26:37	0	1	1	2	7	0.21	−0.21	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	22:43	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	−0.02	2	0	0	2	69%	0	+1
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	22:42	0	1	1	2	5	0.41	−0.41	1	1	1	2	100%	0	+1
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	20:27	2	1	3	5	9	0.69	+1.31	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	18:56	0	0	0	1	3	0.26	−0.26	0	1	1	0	—	0	-1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	18:26	1	1	2	3	11	0.70	+0.30	1	0	0	0	—	0	+2
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	16:52	0	0	0	1	3	0.10	−0.10	2	0	1	2	72%	0	-1
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	16:48	0	0	0	1	2	0.11	−0.11	5	1	1	0	—	0	0
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	16:20	0	1	1	5	8	0.70	−0.70	0	2	0	0	43%	0	+1
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	16:17	0	0	0	2	2	0.37	−0.37	4	0	0	0	0%	0	-2
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	14:34	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	1	0	0	1	—	2	0
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	13:42	0	0	0	3	5	0.37	−0.37	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	9:43	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	2	0	0	0	75%	0	-1
47J. StrubleJayden StrubleD	8:51	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	2	—	0	0
27S. BlaisSammy BlaisL	8:22	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	−0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	7:15	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	−0.05	3	0	0	1	—	5	-1
MTL total		4	7	11	35	86	4.29	−0.29	26	11	8	12	63%	7

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Slafkovský+1.86

Demidov+1.28

Kapanen+0.68

Caufield+0.17

Blais−0.06

Danault−0.10

Veleno−0.14

Anderson−0.14

Gallagher−0.16

Texier−0.38

Bolduc−0.48

Suzuki−0.55

Defence

Dobson+0.84

Matheson+0.30

Hutson+0.08

Carrier+0.01

Struble−0.23

Xhekaj−0.27

Goalie

Fowler−0.86

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	10:39	16	22	6	78.6%	11	2	2	1	1.66	0.37	81.7%	+1.29	7	1	88%
Suzuki·Caufield·Bolduc	7:13	8	1	10	9.1%	0	4	0	0	0.00	0.71	0.0%	−0.71	3	0	100%
Blais·Veleno·Gallagher	6:51	9	9	7	56.3%	3	2	0	0	0.30	0.14	68.1%	+0.16	3	1	75%
Texier·Suzuki·Caufield	5:13	7	5	7	41.7%	3	4	1	1	0.05	0.36	11.4%	−0.32	3	0	100%
Danault·Anderson·Bolduc	4:47	7	10	1	90.9%	1	1	0	0	0.07	0.05	58.0%	+0.02	0	3	0%
Texier·Danault·Anderson	4:40	10	6	0	100.0%	3	0	0	0	0.22	0.00	100.0%	+0.22	0	0	—
Occasional · 5 groups
Danault·Gallagher·Anderson	1:54	3	3	1	75.0%	2	0	0	0	0.15	0.11	57.1%	+0.04	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	0:54	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Danault·Veleno·Anderson	0:51	2	1	2	33.3%	0	2	0	1	0.03	0.17	13.8%	−0.15	1	0	100%
Blais·Danault·Anderson	0:48	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.17	0.00	100.0%	+0.17	0	0	—
Blais·Veleno·Anderson	0:32	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	48:43		66	38	63.5%	28	18	3	4	3.20	2.68	54.3%	+0.51

Goalies

Jacob Fowler

MTL · 63:43

Saves: 17/21
SV%: .810
xGA: 3.12
GSAx: −0.88

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	15/19	.789	2.94	−1.06
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.14	+0.14
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.04	+0.04
High danger	5/7	.714	1.53	−0.47

Jonas Johansson

TBL · 65:00

Saves: 31/35
SV%: .886
xGA: 4.29
GSAx: +0.29

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	28/32	.875	3.65	−0.35
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.64	+0.64
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	6/7	.857	1.64	+0.64

Lines

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

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

28:13Hutson
27:29Dobson
26:37Matheson
18:56Carrier
8:51Struble
7:15Xhekaj

22:43Suzuki
22:42Caufield
20:27Slafkovský
18:26Demidov
16:52Danault
16:48Bolduc
16:20Kapanen
16:17Anderson
14:34Texier
13:42Gallagher
9:43Veleno
8:22Blais

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLTBL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

StrubleD0 O2
XhekajD0 O2
HutsonD2 O4
DobsonD3 O4
CarrierD4 O1
MathesonD5 O1
SlafkovskýD1 O11
DemidovD1 O11
CaufieldD0 O9
SuzukiD1 O8
KapanenD1 O8
TexierD0 O4
GallagherD1 O4
BlaisD1 O3
VelenoD3 O4
BolducD3 O3
DanaultD4 O1
AndersonD4 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period