MTL @ CAR 7–5 · 2026-01-01

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MTL	2	3	2	23
CAR	3	1	1	25

Story

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Result MTL 7–5Call No lean · CAR 56%xG 3.39–3.02 · deserved MTL 56%Swing Anderson +28 2nd 16:46Method

Goals and penalties with CAR win probability
Time	Event	CAR win before	CAR win after
1st 3:10	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki	56%	38%
1st 4:06	Goal MTL · O. Kapanen	37%	21%
1st 9:58	MTL penalty · A. Texier · slashing · 2 min
1st 10:47	Goal CAR · N. Ehlers (PP)	20%	36%
1st 12:19	Goal CAR · S. Aho	36%	56%
1st 14:51	Goal CAR · A. Svechnikov	56%	75%
2nd 0:45	MTL penalty · L. Hutson · holding · 2 min
2nd 0:54	Goal CAR · A. Nikishin (PP)	76%	90%
2nd 1:47	MTL penalty · A. Xhekaj · slashing · 2 min
2nd 5:01	Goal MTL · S. Blais	91%	77%
2nd 10:12	CAR penalty · S. Aho · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 16:23	Goal MTL · C. Caufield	80%	54%
2nd 16:46	Goal MTL · J. Anderson	54%	26%
3rd 11:20	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský	14%	2%
3rd 16:58	Goal CAR · S. Aho	0%	6%
3rd 18:00	Goal MTL · L. Hutson (EN)	4%	0%

On ice · final horn

MTL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14N. SuzukiC	0:35	19:08	25	1	0	1	3	5	0	3	0	7-11
24P. DanaultC	0:35	15:45	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9-5
20J. SlafkovskýL	0:35	19:06	23	1	1	2	2	5	0	3	5	–
45A. CarrierD	0:35	23:08	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	–
48L. HutsonD	0:35	24:33	28	1	1	2	2	4	2	0	1	–
75J. DobesG		60:00	SA25GA5SV%.800xGA3.02GSAx−1.98

CAR5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
82J. KotkaniemiC	0:35	10:23	15	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	–
50E. RobinsonL	0:35	11:28	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
77M. JankowskiL	0:35	10:56	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10-2
6M. ReillyD	0:35	13:17	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
64J. NystromD	0:35	14:59	21	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–
32B. BussiG		58:20	SA22GA6SV%.727xGA2.90GSAx−3.10

Goals

1st
Nick Suzuki(1)
A. Texier (1), S. Blais (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL1st 03:10+18.762%
Oliver Kapanen(1)
I. Demidov (1), J. Slafkovský (1)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MTL1st 04:06+16.079%
Nikolaj Ehlers(1)PP
A. Nikishin (1), S. Aho (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 MTL1st 10:47+16.436%
Sebastian Aho(1)
J. Nystrom (1), A. Svechnikov (1)
xG 0.09tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied1st 12:19+20.356%
Andrei Svechnikov(1)
S. Aho (2), N. Ehlers (1)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 CAR1st 14:51+19.475%
2nd
Alexander Nikishin(1)PP
S. Aho (3), A. Svechnikov (2)
xG 0.03slapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 CAR2nd 00:54+13.690%
Sammy Blais(1)
L. Hutson (1), B. Gallagher (1)
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–4 CAR2nd 05:01+13.723%
Cole Caufield(1)
A. Texier (2)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–4 Tied2nd 16:23+25.746%
Josh Anderson(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–4 MTL2nd 16:46+28.074%
3rd
Juraj Slafkovský(1)
J. Struble (1), I. Demidov (2)
xG 0.06snapClip(opens nhl.com)
6–4 MTL3rd 11:20+12.098%
Sebastian Aho(2)6v5
N. Ehlers (2), K. Miller (1)
xG 0.25snapClip(opens nhl.com)
6–5 MTL3rd 16:58+5.66%
Lane Hutson(1)EN
Unassisted
xG 0.49wristClip(opens nhl.com)
7–5 MTL3rd 18:00+3.7100%

Shots

MTL3.39 xG35 unblocked · 10 blocked35 unblocked · 10 blocked

CAR3.02 xG38 unblocked · 16 blocked38 unblocked · 16 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLCAR7Goals53.39xG3.0223Shots2535Unblocked3845Attempts543High danger50/1Power play2/328Faceoffs3526Hits1816Blocks104Takeaways918Giveaways196PIM2

Skaters

Player

Player
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	24:49	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	0	1	1	5	—	0	0
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	24:33	1	1	2	2	4	0.56	+0.44	0	1	0	2	—	2	+3
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	23:08	0	0	0	1	1	0.09	−0.09	0	1	1	1	—	0	0
47J. StrubleJayden StrubleD	19:17	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	+2
14N. SuzukiNick SuzukiC	19:08	1	0	1	3	5	0.27	+0.73	3	0	0	2	39%	0	+3
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	19:06	1	1	2	2	5	0.21	+0.79	3	5	1	0	—	0	+1
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	18:07	1	0	1	1	2	0.23	+0.77	1	3	0	0	37%	0	0
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	15:57	1	0	1	3	7	0.60	+0.40	0	0	0	0	0%	0	+1
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	15:45	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	64%	0	0
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	15:08	0	2	2	2	3	0.16	−0.16	0	0	0	1	—	2	+2
93I. DemidovIvan DemidovR	14:25	0	2	2	2	2	0.52	−0.52	0	0	0	0	—	0	+2
11B. GallagherBrendan GallagherR	14:21	0	1	1	1	3	0.12	−0.12	2	0	1	0	—	0	+1
90J. VelenoJoseph VelenoC	14:11	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	−0.19	2	0	0	1	50%	0	+1
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	13:54	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	6	1	0	1	—	2	+1
42A. EngstromAdam EngstromD	13:04	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	0	2	0	0	—	0	+2
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	12:28	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	−0.06	1	1	0	0	100%	0	0
27S. BlaisSammy BlaisL	10:05	1	1	2	2	2	0.21	+0.79	7	0	0	0	0%	0	+1
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	9:36	1	0	1	1	2	0.07	+0.93	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
MTL total		7	9	16	23	45	3.39	+3.61	26	15	4	16	44%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Slafkovský+0.78

Texier+0.69

Blais+0.61

Kapanen+0.53

Anderson+0.53

Demidov+0.46

Caufield+0.46

Suzuki+0.43

Danault−0.09

Bolduc−0.11

Gallagher−0.17

Veleno−0.27

Defence

Struble+0.38

Engstrom+0.06

Hutson+0.04

Dobson−0.04

Carrier−0.16

Xhekaj−0.20

Goalie

Dobes−1.96

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Demidov	11:21	16	7	16	30.4%	4	4	1	0	0.90	0.75	54.6%	+0.15	1	1	50%
Texier·Suzuki·Caufield	11:13	19	11	9	55.0%	3	5	1	0	0.74	0.49	60.2%	+0.25	6	0	100%
Blais·Veleno·Gallagher	7:32	13	7	4	63.6%	3	2	0	0	0.35	0.25	58.2%	+0.10	1	2	33%
Danault·Anderson·Bolduc	7:10	11	6	5	54.5%	2	1	1	1	0.22	0.14	61.9%	+0.08	0	3	0%
Occasional · 9 groups
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Danault	1:21	2	2	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.06	0.00	100.0%	+0.06	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Danault·Bolduc	1:09	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Blais·Kapanen·Gallagher	1:00	3	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0.00	0.32	0.0%	−0.32	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Suzuki·Caufield	0:53	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Veleno·Kapanen·Gallagher	0:53	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.08	0.00	100.0%	+0.08	1	0	100%
Veleno·Gallagher·Bolduc	0:50	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Suzuki·Danault·Bolduc	0:47	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Texier·Kapanen·Caufield	0:44	5	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	1	0%
Texier·Veleno·Caufield	0:37	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.03	0.0%	−0.03	0	0	—
MTL 5v5	53:09		41	46	47.1%	19	21	6	2	2.68	2.42	52.5%	+0.26

Goalies

Jakub Dobes

MTL · 60:00

Saves: 20/25
SV%: .800
xGA: 3.02
GSAx: −1.98

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/22	.864	2.75	−0.25
Power play	1/3	.333	0.27	−1.73
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/4	.500	1.06	−0.94

Brandon Bussi

CAR · 58:20

Saves: 16/22
SV%: .727
xGA: 2.90
GSAx: −3.10

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	13/19	.684	2.68	−3.32
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.17	+0.17
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.06	+0.06
High danger	1/2	.500	0.61	−0.39

Lines

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

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

24:49Dobson
24:33Hutson
23:08A. Carrier
19:17Struble
13:54Xhekaj
13:04Engstrom

19:08Suzuki
19:06Slafkovský
18:07Kapanen
15:57Caufield
15:45Danault
15:08Texier
14:25Demidov
14:21Gallagher
14:11Veleno
12:28Bolduc
10:05Blais
9:36Anderson

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLCAR

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

EngstromD0 O1
StrubleD2 O2
XhekajD1 O1
DobsonD5 O3
HutsonD4 O1
A. CarrierD6 O1
CaufieldD0 O7
TexierD2 O7
SuzukiD2 O6
GallagherD2 O4
DemidovD1 O2
BlaisD1 O1
KapanenD2 O2
SlafkovskýD2 O2
VelenoD3 O2
BolducD3 O2
DanaultD8 O2
AndersonD6 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period