MTL @ FLA 3–2 · 2025-12-30

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
MTL	0	0	2	1	29
FLA	0	0	2	0	30

Story

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Result MTL 3–2 OTCall FLA 51% xG 3.31–2.59 · deserved MTL 62%Swing Suzuki +50 OT 3:24Method

Goals and penalties with FLA win probability
Time	Event	FLA win before	FLA win after
1st 4:51	FLA penalty · U. Balinskis · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 5:01	FLA penalty · A. Ekblad · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 13:15	MTL penalty · L. Hutson · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 15:37	MTL penalty · N. Suzuki · hooking · 2 min
3rd 1:40	MTL penalty · A. Engstrom · interference · 2 min
3rd 4:17	FLA penalty · G. Forsling · tripping · 2 min
3rd 9:55	MTL penalty · J. Slafkovský · tripping · 2 min
3rd 10:18	Goal FLA · B. Marchand (PP)	50%	86%
3rd 15:01	Goal FLA · S. Reinhart	91%	99%
3rd 15:33	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	99%	92%
3rd 18:38	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki	97%	50%
OT 1:27	FLA penalty · B. Marchand · roughing · 2 min
OT 3:24	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki (PP)	50%	0%

On ice · final horn

MTL4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14N. SuzukiC	2:06	22:33	22	1	0	1	6	10	2	1	0	11-9
20J. SlafkovskýL	2:42	19:53	20	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	–
48L. HutsonD	0:18	22:29	26	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–
53N. DobsonD	0:18	24:32	29	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	5	–
35S. MontembeaultG		62:41	SA30GA2SV%.933xGA2.59GSAx+0.59

FLA3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9S. BennettC	0:18	20:59	29	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	7-13
3S. JonesD	0:18	25:03	30	0	1	1	4	7	0	1	0	–
42G. ForslingD	0:18	21:33	28	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	–
40D. TarasovG		63:19	SA28GA2SV%.929xGA3.12GSAx+1.12

Goals

3rd
Brad Marchand(1)PP
S. Bennett (1), S. Jones (1)
xG 0.05snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 FLA3rd 10:18+35.286%
Sam Reinhart(1)
E. Luostarinen (1), A. Lundell (1)
xG 0.06wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 FLA3rd 15:01+7.899%
Cole Caufield(1)
L. Hutson (1), N. Dobson (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 FLA3rd 15:33+7.28%
Nick Suzuki(1)6v5
I. Demidov (1), C. Caufield (1)
xG 0.04slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied3rd 18:38+46.950%
OT
Nick Suzuki(2)PP
L. Hutson (2), N. Dobson (2)
xG 0.20wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 MTLOT 03:24+50.4100%

Shots

MTL3.31 xG47 unblocked · 15 blocked47 unblocked · 15 blocked

FLA2.59 xG39 unblocked · 19 blocked39 unblocked · 19 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLFLA3Goals23.31xG2.5929Shots3047Unblocked3962Attempts584High danger31/4Power play1/434Faceoffs2716Hits3019Blocks157Takeaways113Giveaways98PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	27:14	0	0	0	1	2	0.01	−0.01	0	2	1	1	—	0	0
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	24:32	0	2	2	4	5	0.20	−0.20	1	5	0	2	—	0	+2
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	22:33	2	0	2	7	11	0.94	+1.06	1	0	1	2	55%	2	+1
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	22:29	0	2	2	0	2	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	2	—	2	+1
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	21:18	0	0	0	1	2	0.03	−0.03	0	4	1	0	—	0	-1
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	20:20	1	1	2	5	8	0.60	+0.40	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	19:53	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	−0.13	1	2	2	1	—	2	+1
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	18:31	0	1	1	1	4	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	1	—	0	+1
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	18:23	0	0	0	1	3	0.05	−0.05	0	1	0	0	62%	0	0
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	17:04	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	−0.09	2	1	0	0	59%	0	-1
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	16:41	0	0	0	4	5	0.37	−0.37	1	1	0	0	—	0	+1
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	14:52	0	0	0	1	2	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	2	100%	0	0
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	11:38	0	0	0	1	2	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	11:36	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	−0.31	1	2	0	0	—	0	0
42A. EngstromAdam EngstromD	11:29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	—	2	0
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	10:08	0	0	0	3	3	0.20	−0.20	0	0	2	0	40%	0	0
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	9:39	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	−0.01	4	0	0	0	—	0	0
27S. BlaisSammy BlaisL	8:09	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	—	0	0
MTL total		3	6	9	29	62	3.31	−0.31	16	18	7	12	56%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Suzuki+1.16

Caufield+0.87

Demidov+0.43

Bolduc+0.12

Texier−0.15

Blais−0.18

Veleno−0.24

Kapanen−0.33

Gallagher−0.34

Anderson−0.34

Slafkovský−0.38

Danault−0.38

Defence

Hutson+0.64

Dobson+0.63

Carrier+0.09

Xhekaj−0.07

Matheson−0.09

Engstrom−0.25

Goalie

Montembeault+0.60

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Texier·Suzuki·Caufield	11:32	17	17	7	70.8%	12	1	1	0	1.10	0.22	83.2%	+0.88	2	0	100%
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	9:48	14	9	8	52.9%	2	3	0	0	0.19	0.12	59.9%	+0.06	1	1	50%
Danault·Anderson·Bolduc	8:15	11	9	6	60.0%	0	1	0	0	0.40	0.14	74.2%	+0.26	0	1	0%
Blais·Veleno·Gallagher	6:05	10	5	4	55.6%	5	4	0	0	0.23	0.19	54.6%	+0.04	0	0	—
Occasional · 6 groups
Texier·Danault·Kapanen	1:08	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Danault·Gallagher·Anderson	0:47	2	0	5	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.09	0.0%	−0.09	0	1	0%
Blais·Kapanen·Demidov	0:47	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	0:37	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.13	0.00	100.0%	+0.13	0	0	—
Danault·Veleno·Anderson	0:33	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Blais·Suzuki·Gallagher	0:33	2	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.06	0.00	100.0%	+0.06	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	46:49		47	37	56.0%	21	18	1	1	2.18	1.30	62.6%	+0.87

Goalies

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · 62:41

Saves: 28/30
SV%: .933
xGA: 2.59
GSAx: +0.59

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/20	.950	1.46	+0.46
Power play	8/9	.889	1.11	+0.11
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.50	+0.50

Daniil Tarasov

FLA · 63:19

Saves: 26/29
SV%: .897
xGA: 3.31
GSAx: +0.31

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/22	.909	2.23	+0.23
Power play	5/6	.833	0.98	−0.02
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.10	+0.10
High danger	2/3	.667	0.94	−0.06

Lines

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

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

27:14Matheson
24:32Dobson
22:29Hutson
21:18Carrier
11:29Engstrom
9:39Xhekaj

22:33Suzuki
20:20Caufield
19:53Slafkovský
18:31Demidov
18:23Kapanen
17:04Danault
16:41Texier
14:52Anderson
11:38Gallagher
11:36Bolduc
10:08Veleno
8:09Blais

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLFLA

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

DobsonD1 O3
HutsonD1 O2
EngstromD0 O1
XhekajD0 O0
MathesonD6 O2
CarrierD5 O1
TexierD0 O3
CaufieldD1 O4
DemidovD1 O4
SuzukiD1 O2
BolducD1 O2
SlafkovskýD2 O3
GallagherD1 O1
BlaisD0 O0
VelenoD2 O0
KapanenD4 O1
DanaultD6 O2
AndersonD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period