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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 (7:00 PM ET)
TD Garden | NESN
Montreal Canadiens MTL
6-2
Final
BOS Boston Bruins
54% xGF Expected Goals Share 46% xGF
MTL was expected to score 3.36 goals BOS was expected to score 2.82 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL BOS Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Sammy Blais scores at 11:08 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (1-0)
  • ► Marat Khusnutdinov scores at 12:25 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (1-1)
  • ► Alex Steeves scores at 19:42 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-2) End of Period 1
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 1:58 in the 2nd period 0.30 xG (2-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Zachary Bolduc scores at 7:04 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (3-2)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 8:43 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (4-2)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 10:09 in the 3rd period 0.19 xG (5-2)
  • ► Juraj Slafkovský scores at 12:22 in the 3rd period 0.09 xG (6-2) End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
Boston Bruins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 12:17 1.26 2 12:01 1.11 1
Even Strength 35:42 2.09 4 35:42 1.31 1
Short-Handed 12:01 0.00 0 12:17 0.39 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 11:17 0.89 2 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 2:56 0.43 1 2:16 0.15 0
Tied 43:31 1.68 2 43:31 1.82 1
Down 1 2:16 0.35 1 2:56 0.71 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 11:17 0.14 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.69 1 1 2 20 23:26 2 +1 0 1
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.66 1 0 1 19 18:51 5 +1 0 1
BOS Morgan Geekie (C) 0.57 0 0 0 19 16:40 3 -1 0 0
BOS Elias Lindholm (C) 0.40 0 0 0 22 18:04 7 -1 0 0
BOS Sean Kuraly (C) 0.39 0 0 0 20 13:41 2 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.33 1 0 1 18 17:49 2 +1 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.30 1 1 2 20 14:07 1 +1 2 0
BOS Alex Steeves (C) 0.23 1 0 1 15 10:44 2 +1 4 1
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.21 1 1 2 24 18:19 2 +1 16 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.18 0 0 0 27 17:01 2 +1 0 0
BOS David Pastrnak (R) 0.17 0 1 1 20 20:14 2 -2 0 0
BOS Tanner Jeannot (L) 0.15 0 0 0 18 10:23 1 -2 7 0
BOS Marat Khusnutdinov (C) 0.15 1 0 1 14 10:24 1 +1 0 0
BOS Viktor Arvidsson (L) 0.15 0 1 1 17 14:34 2 -1 2 0
MTL Sammy Blais (L) 0.11 1 0 1 13 09:10 1 +1 0 0
BOS Pavel Zacha (C) 0.10 0 0 0 17 15:17 1 -2 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.09 0 0 0 22 14:03 3 0 7 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.06 0 0 0 21 15:24 0 +1 2 0
BOS Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.04 0 0 0 17 14:36 1 -1 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.04 0 0 0 7 04:20 1 +1 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.03 0 0 0 18 12:36 1 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.03 0 0 0 24 15:29 1 0 0 0
BOS Mark Kastelic (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 12:50 0 -1 0 0
BOS Fraser Minten (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 15:10 1 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BOS Vladislav Kolyachonok (D) 0.30 0 0 0 15 10:35 1 -1 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.20 0 3 3 30 24:04 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.15 0 3 3 23 22:44 2 +4 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.14 0 0 0 25 23:34 3 -1 0 0
BOS Hampus Lindholm (D) 0.06 0 0 0 28 19:43 0 0 4 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.06 0 0 0 16 10:44 0 +1 0 0
BOS Charlie McAvoy (D) 0.04 0 0 0 28 26:44 1 -1 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.04 0 0 0 11 07:42 2 0 5 0
BOS Mason Lohrei (D) 0.03 0 1 1 20 16:56 1 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.02 0 0 0 22 20:07 1 +2 0 0
BOS Andrew Peeke (D) 0.01 0 0 0 30 20:17 1 -2 0 0
BOS Nikita Zadorov (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 17:43 1 -2 17 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +2.33% 0.929 0.8 2 26 59:37 28 W 0
BOS Jeremy Swayman (G) -6.15% 0.793 -2.6 6 23 60:00 29 L 0