MTL @ CHI 4–1 · 2026-10-23

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MontréalMTLCanadiens4

FinalOct 232026-10-23

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MTL	1	2	1	28
CHI	1	0	0	21

United Center

ChicagoCHIBlackhawks1

CallNo lean · 38% CHI

Star 1J. Evans2G 1A
Star 2K. Guhle1G 1A
Star 3M. Matheson1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-170Moneyline+142-1.5 +150Puck line+1.5 -180O -105Total 6.5U -115+105RegulationTie +320 +180-1501st period+115+1531st · 3-wayTie +183 +200

Season odds

31%35%+4.0Playoffs0.4%0.1%−0.30.5%0.7%+0.2Cup0.0%0.0%±0.0

Story

– / 14

Result MTL 4–1Call No lean · MTL 62%Market MTL 61%xG 2.76–1.85 · deserved MTL 67%Swing Evans +19 2nd 7:45Method

Goals and penalties with CHI win probability
Time	Event	CHI win before	CHI win after
1st 4:23	Goal CHI · C. Bedard	39%	55%
1st 4:49	CHI penalty · C. Bedard · elbowing · 2 min
1st 12:10	MTL penalty · J. Slafkovský · elbowing · 2 min
1st 17:29	Goal MTL · J. Evans	59%	40%
1st 19:44	MTL penalty · A. Newhook · tripping · 2 min
2nd 3:59	MTL penalty · Z. Bolduc · tripping · 2 min
2nd 6:36	MTL penalty · C. Kreider · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 7:45	Goal MTL · J. Evans (SH)	41%	22%
2nd 11:24	CHI penalty · P. Kane · hooking · 2 min
2nd 18:26	Goal MTL · K. Guhle	19%	6%
3rd 13:46	MTL penalty · J. Slafkovský · holding · 2 min
3rd 14:08	CHI penalty · T. Teravainen · interference · 2 min
3rd 17:22	Goal MTL · M. Matheson (EN)	1%	1%
OT 0:00	MTL penalty · P. Danault · too many men on the ice · 2 min

On ice · final horn

MTL6 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
15A. NewhookC	1:44	15:12	19	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	8-6
24P. DanaultC	0:06	18:15	26	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	0	14-5
85A. TexierL	0:33	13:36	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
76Z. BolducR	0:35	13:08	18	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0-1
48L. HutsonD	0:06	22:04	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–
72A. XhekajD	0:06	10:38	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	1	–
32J. FowlerG		60:00	SA21GA1SV%.952xGA1.85GSAx+0.85

CHI5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
16A. FrondellC	0:46	14:06	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2-12
86T. TeravainenC	0:41	15:24	24	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	–
59T. BertuzziL	0:55	16:46	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
44W. KaiserD	1:42	19:02	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
72A. VlasicD	0:39	21:40	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	–
30S. KnightG		59:26	SA27GA3SV%.889xGA2.53GSAx−0.47

Goals

1st
Connor Bedard(2)
P. Kane (5)
xG 0.06snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 CHI1st 04:23+16.655%
Jake Evans(1)
K. Dach (2), O. Beck (1)
xG 0.18wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 17:29+19.060%
2nd
Jake Evans(2)SH
K. Guhle (2)
xG 0.07wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 MTL2nd 07:45+19.378%
Kaiden Guhle(1)
J. Evans (1), A. Carrier (4)
xG 0.01wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 MTL2nd 18:26+12.794%
3rd
Mike Matheson(1)EN
P. Danault (3)
xG 0.23snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 MTL3rd 17:22+0.099%

Shots

Shooters

MTL2.76 xG45 unblocked · 8 blocked45 unblocked · 8 blocked

CHI1.85 xG28 unblocked · 12 blocked28 unblocked · 12 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLCHI4Goals12.76xG1.8528Shots2145Unblocked2853Attempts405High danger10/3Power play0/542Faceoffs2523Hits1112Blocks84Takeaways320Giveaways1112PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
21K. GuhleKaiden GuhleD	23:30	1	1	2	2	5	0.11	+0.89	3	2	0	1	—	0	+2
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	22:40	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	−0.01	1	3	1	0	—	0	+2
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	22:04	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	4	—	0	+1
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	20:15	1	0	1	3	4	0.26	+0.74	1	1	0	1	—	0	+1
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	19:48	0	0	0	2	3	0.13	−0.13	0	2	0	1	—	0	0
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	18:15	0	1	1	3	5	0.35	−0.35	0	0	0	2	74%	0	+2
71J. EvansJake EvansC	17:12	2	1	3	2	2	0.24	+1.76	0	0	1	1	58%	0	+4
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	16:11	0	0	0	4	5	0.44	−0.44	1	0	0	2	100%	0	-1
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	16:03	0	0	0	3	4	0.21	−0.21	0	1	0	0	0%	4	-1
15A. NewhookAlex NewhookC	15:12	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	−0.08	1	0	0	0	57%	2	0
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	15:04	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	1	61%	0	-1
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	13:36	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	−0.04	1	0	0	1	—	0	0
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	13:19	0	0	0	3	4	0.32	−0.32	3	0	0	0	—	0	+2
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	13:08	0	0	0	1	2	0.22	−0.22	3	0	0	2	0%	2	0
77K. DachKirby DachC	11:32	0	1	1	1	3	0.21	−0.21	1	0	0	0	—	0	+1
22C. KreiderChris KreiderL	11:19	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	—	2	+1
72A. XhekajArber XhekajD	10:38	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	3	1	0	0	—	0	0
62O. BeckOwen BeckC	10:25	0	1	1	2	2	0.10	−0.10	4	1	1	3	100%	0	+1
MTL total		4	6	10	28	53	2.76	+1.24	23	11	4	20	63%	10

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Evans9.4

Dach7.0

Beck6.3

Danault6.1

Anderson4.6

Texier4.2

Caufield3.5

Kapanen3.4

Bolduc3.0

Kreider3.0

Newhook2.4

Slafkovský1.1

Defence

Guhle9.5

Carrier6.7

Dobson5.3

Xhekaj4.8

Matheson4.2

Hutson3.8

Goalie

Fowler6.0

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Caufield	9:52	18	9	10	47.4%	6	8	0	1	0.40	0.61	39.3%	−0.22	5	0	100%
Texier·Danault·Bolduc	8:33	14	7	4	63.6%	3	1	0	0	0.54	0.12	81.9%	+0.42	4	2	67%
Beck·Evans·Dach	6:51	13	7	2	77.8%	4	1	1	0	0.49	0.09	85.0%	+0.40	0	1	0%
Kreider·Newhook·Anderson	6:26	12	8	5	61.5%	4	2	0	0	0.18	0.15	55.6%	+0.04	3	1	75%
Occasional · 10 groups
Slafkovský·Danault·Caufield	1:26	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	1	1	50%
Newhook·Beck·Dach	1:11	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Kreider·Beck·Dach	0:55	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Bolduc	0:48	4	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	1	0	100%
Kreider·Evans·Anderson	0:43	2	4	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.07	0.00	100.0%	+0.07	0	0	—
Texier·Newhook·Bolduc	0:40	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Danault·Evans·Anderson	0:37	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Texier·Evans·Bolduc	0:33	4	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Beck·Evans·Bolduc	0:32	3	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Texier·Evans·Dach	0:32	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Other 27 brief groups	5:02		3	1	75.0%	2	1	0	0	0.07	0.01	82.4%	+0.05
MTL 5v5	44:41		41	25	62.1%	21	15	2	1	1.77	1.05	62.7%	+0.72

Goalies

Jacob Fowler

MTL · 60:00

Saves: 20/21
SV%: .952
GAA: 1.00
xGA: 1.85
GSAx: +0.85

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/15	.933	1.05	+0.05
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.67	+0.67
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.12	+0.12
High danger	1/1	1.000	0.17	+0.17

Spencer Knight

CHI · 59:26

Saves: 24/27
SV%: .889
GAA: 3.03
xGA: 2.53
GSAx: −0.47

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/21	.905	1.82	−0.18
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.35	+0.35
Shorthanded	2/3	.667	0.36	−0.64
High danger	2/3	.667	0.74	−0.26

Lines

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

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

23:30Guhle
22:40Carrier
22:04Hutson
20:15Matheson
19:48Dobson
10:38Xhekaj

18:15Danault
17:12Evans
16:11Caufield
16:03Slafkovský
15:12Newhook
15:04Kapanen
13:36Texier
13:19Anderson
13:08Bolduc
11:32Dach
11:19Kreider
10:25Beck

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareMTLCHIGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

42–2563%

D 63%12–7N 73%16–6O 54%14–12 11 won into a shot

CHI attacks127MTL DZ 63% CHI OZ

Neutral166MTL NZ 73% CHI NZ

MTL attacks1412MTL OZ 54% CHI DZ

25–4237%

D 46%12–14N 27%6–16O 37%7–12 3 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HutsonD0 O6
DobsonD1 O6
XhekajD0 O2
MathesonD4 O3
GuhleD4 O3
CarrierD9 O2
KapanenD0 O8
SlafkovskýD1 O7
CaufieldD1 O6
BolducD2 O6
TexierD2 O5
KreiderD2 O4
NewhookD2 O4
AndersonD3 O2
DachD1 O0
BeckD1 O0
DanaultD8 O5
EvansD6 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period