MTL @ STL 2–0 · 2026-10-27

MontréalMTLCanadiens2

FinalOct 272026-10-27

Team	1	2	3	SOG
MTL	0	1	1	21
STL	0	0	0	46

Enterprise Center

St. LouisSTLBlues0

CallMTL50%mkt 51%-115Hit

Star 1J. Fowler1.000 SV%
Star 2M. Matheson0G 2A
Star 3Z. Bolduc1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-115Moneyline-105-1.5 +225Puck line+1.5 -278O +105Total 6.5U -125+140RegulationTie +295 +140-1151st period-115+1801st · 3-wayTie +176 +180

Season odds

37%43%+6.7Playoffs67%65%−1.90.6%0.7%+0.1Cup1.7%0.9%−0.8

Story

– / 8

Result MTL 2–0Call MTL 50% Market MTL 51%xG 2.66–4.24 · deserved STL 74%Swing Bolduc +21 2nd 8:37Method

Goals and penalties with STL win probability
Time	Event	STL win before	STL win after
1st 5:36	STL penalty · D. Dvorsky · interference · 2 min
1st 14:58	MTL penalty · O. Kapanen · hooking · 2 min
2nd 1:53	STL penalty · J. Berggren · closing hand on puck · 2 min
2nd 6:34	STL penalty · R. Thomas · holding · 2 min
2nd 8:37	Goal MTL · Z. Bolduc	50%	28%
2nd 13:16	MTL penalty · K. Guhle · hooking · 2 min
2nd 18:13	MTL penalty · K. Guhle · cross checking · 2 min
3rd 2:17	Goal MTL · F. Xhekaj	23%	7%

On ice · final horn

MTL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
15A. NewhookC	1:26	17:47	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	5-10
24P. DanaultC	1:09	19:21	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	10-9
71J. EvansC	0:07	15:24	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6-9
8M. MathesonD	0:07	23:25	24	0	2	2	3	7	0	1	2	–
53N. DobsonD	0:07	19:35	25	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	–
32J. FowlerG		59:57	SA46GA0SV%1.000xGA4.24GSAx+4.24

STL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
41A. KaskimakiC	0:07	8:58	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	–
13A. ToropchenkoR	0:07	10:25	15	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0-1
15D. DvorskyR	0:07	11:13	18	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	7-4
36A. JiricekD	0:07	16:21	22	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	0	–
72J. BarronD	0:07	11:14	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
50J. BinningtonG		54:06	SA21GA2SV%.905xGA2.00GSAx−0.00

Goals

2nd
Zachary Bolduc(5)
M. Matheson (2), A. Texier (3)
xG 0.04snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 MTL2nd 08:37+21.372%
3rd
Florian Xhekaj(1)
M. Matheson (3), K. Dach (3)
xG 0.09tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 MTL3rd 02:17+15.193%

Shots

Shooters

MTL2.66 xG37 unblocked · 12 blocked37 unblocked · 12 blocked

STL4.24 xG61 unblocked · 19 blocked61 unblocked · 19 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

MTLSTL2Goals02.66xG4.2421Shots4637Unblocked6149Attempts805High danger70/3Power play0/324Faceoffs3519Hits2619Blocks124Takeaways618Giveaways196PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
8M. MathesonMike MathesonD	23:25	0	2	2	3	7	0.28	−0.28	1	2	0	1	—	0	+2
21K. GuhleKaiden GuhleD	22:47	0	0	0	1	3	0.03	−0.03	3	2	0	0	—	4	+1
48L. HutsonLane HutsonD	22:04	0	0	0	1	2	0.08	−0.08	0	2	1	1	—	0	0
45A. CarrierAlexandre CarrierD	20:08	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	3	0	1	—	0	0
53N. DobsonNoah DobsonD	19:35	0	0	0	2	4	0.10	−0.10	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
24P. DanaultPhillip DanaultC	19:21	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	−0.06	2	1	0	3	53%	0	0
15A. NewhookAlex NewhookC	17:47	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	0	33%	0	+1
20J. SlafkovskýJuraj SlafkovskýL	17:29	0	0	0	2	4	0.49	−0.49	0	1	0	3	100%	0	0
17J. AndersonJosh AndersonR	17:06	0	0	0	2	4	0.54	−0.54	3	2	0	0	—	0	0
13C. CaufieldCole CaufieldR	16:21	0	0	0	3	8	0.22	−0.22	1	1	0	2	—	0	0
91O. KapanenOliver KapanenC	15:56	0	0	0	1	3	0.25	−0.25	0	0	0	1	29%	2	0
71J. EvansJake EvansC	15:24	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	40%	0	+1
77K. DachKirby DachC	13:11	0	1	1	1	1	0.04	−0.04	3	0	1	1	0%	0	+1
22C. KreiderChris KreiderL	12:49	0	0	0	1	2	0.01	−0.01	0	2	0	0	0%	0	+1
76Z. BolducZachary BolducR	12:19	1	0	1	1	2	0.15	+0.85	1	0	1	1	—	0	+1
85A. TexierAlexandre TexierL	11:58	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	−0.17	2	0	1	1	—	0	+1
42A. EngstromAdam EngstromD	10:23	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
63F. XhekajFlorian XhekajL	6:19	1	0	1	2	2	0.14	+0.86	1	0	0	1	—	0	+1
MTL total		2	4	6	21	48	2.66	−0.66	19	18	4	18	41%	6

Pony score

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

Forwards

Xhekaj7.6

Bolduc7.1

Texier5.0

Evans4.6

Dach4.0

Anderson3.4

Slafkovský3.3

Kreider3.1

Caufield2.8

Danault2.7

Newhook1.9

Kapanen1.4

Defence

Matheson8.6

Hutson6.5

Dobson4.5

Carrier3.3

Engstrom2.3

Guhle1.7

Goalie

Fowler10.0

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Slafkovský·Kapanen·Caufield	7:53	11	10	4	71.4%	4	2	0	0	0.48	0.50	49.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Kreider·Newhook·Anderson	7:18	11	5	18	21.7%	3	11	0	0	0.21	0.97	18.2%	−0.75	1	1	50%
Texier·Danault·Bolduc	6:56	10	8	3	72.7%	1	2	0	0	0.43	0.10	81.4%	+0.33	1	1	50%
Xhekaj·Evans·Dach	5:38	7	7	1	87.5%	4	0	1	0	0.21	0.00	100.0%	+0.21	0	3	0%
Occasional · 10 groups
Slafkovský·Danault·Caufield	1:57	5	0	7	0.0%	0	4	0	0	0.00	0.48	0.0%	−0.48	0	1	0%
Danault·Dach·Anderson	1:34	1	0	6	0.0%	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.35	0.0%	−0.35	0	0	—
Evans·Dach·Anderson	1:16	2	0	4	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	0.0%	−0.07	0	2	0%
Danault·Dach·Bolduc	1:06	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.03	0.00	100.0%	+0.03	0	0	—
Texier·Dach·Caufield	0:50	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.10	0.0%	−0.10	0	0	—
Danault·Evans·Dach	0:47	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	2	0%
Kreider·Evans·Dach	0:40	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	100.0%	+0.00	0	1	0%
Texier·Dach·Bolduc	0:35	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Texier·Kapanen·Bolduc	0:32	1	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.12	0.0%	−0.12	0	0	—
Slafkovský·Newhook·Caufield	0:31	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Other 36 brief groups	4:11		3	9	25.0%	1	6	1	0	0.20	0.50	28.5%	−0.30
MTL 5v5	41:44		36	55	39.6%	14	30	2	0	1.57	3.19	33.0%	−1.62

Goalies

Jacob Fowler

MTL · 59:57

Saves: 46/46
SV%: 1.000
GAA: 0.00
xGA: 4.24
GSAx: +4.24

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	42/42	1.000	3.97	+3.97
Power play	2/2	1.000	0.24	+0.24
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.03	+0.03
High danger	4/4	1.000	1.61	+1.61

Jordan Binnington

STL · 54:06

Saves: 19/21
SV%: .905
GAA: 2.22
xGA: 2.00
GSAx: −0.00

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/16	.875	1.89	−0.11
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.10	+0.10
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.63	+0.63

Lines

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

Montréal Canadiens

Minutes

23:25Matheson
22:47Guhle
22:04Hutson
20:08Carrier
19:35Dobson
10:23Engstrom

19:21Danault
17:47Newhook
17:29Slafkovský
17:06Anderson
16:21Caufield
15:56Kapanen
15:24Evans
13:11Dach
12:49Kreider
12:19Bolduc
11:58Texier
6:19Xhekaj

Matchups

Full game

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

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

24–3541%

D 38%12–20N 47%7–8O 42%5–7 6 won into a shot

STL attacks1220MTL DZ 38% STL OZ

Neutral78MTL NZ 47% STL NZ

MTL attacks57MTL OZ 42% STL DZ

35–2459%

D 58%7–5N 53%8–7O 63%20–12 8 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

HutsonD1 O3
DobsonD3 O4
EngstromD0 O1
CarrierD5 O1
GuhleD7 O1
MathesonD9 O2
KapanenD0 O2
CaufieldD1 O2
SlafkovskýD1 O2
KreiderD2 O2
TexierD1 O1
BolducD1 O1
NewhookD4 O3
AndersonD3 O1
XhekajD3 O0
DanaultD8 O1
DachD8 O0
EvansD14 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period