Montréal CanadiensMTL 6–2 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL	1	1	4	6	29
Boston BruinsBOS	2	0	0	2	28

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
11:08	MTL	Sammy Blais (2) Lane Hutson (28), Noah Dobson (15) · wrist xG 0.07	1–0 ▶
12:25	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov (5) Mason Lohrei (12) · wrist xG 0.16	1–1 ▶
19:42	BOS	Alex Steeves (8)PP David Pastrnak (26), Viktor Arvidsson (8) · snap xG 0.10	1–2 ▶
2nd Period
1:58	MTL	Ivan Demidov (9) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.30	2–2 ▶
3rd Period
7:04	MTL	Zachary Bolduc (10) Nick Suzuki (31), Lane Hutson (29) · wrist xG 0.10	3–2 ▶
8:43	MTL	Cole Caufield (18)PP Noah Dobson (16), Ivan Demidov (21) · wrist xG 0.48	4–2 ▶
10:09	MTL	Nick Suzuki (11)PP Juraj Slafkovský (14), Noah Dobson (17) · bat xG 0.09	5–2 ▶
12:22	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský (11) Lane Hutson (30) · slap xG 0.12	6–2 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

MTL 66%Deserve to win34% BOS

MTL		BOS
3.50	Expected goals	2.55
6	Goals (no shootout)	2
1.83	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.27
59	Shot attempts	53
43	Unblocked attempts	35
29	Shots on goal	28

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
19:20	BOS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced MTL 1.53–0.17 In xG over 10 minutes, 11:10 of the 1st to 1:10 of the 2nd; goals 2–0
2nd Period
13:20	MTL	No shift	No shift · Texier, 24:55 on the bench No shift after 0:49 of the 2nd; 7 shifts (4:20) before that
3rd Period
10:08	MTL	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · MTL takes the lead, 61–39% BOS had led since 13:46 of the 1st, by as much as 77%
10:10	MTL	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.54–0.35 In xG over 10 minutes, 0:10 to 10:10 of the 3rd; goals 3–0
12:22	BOS	Goalie	Goalie · Swayman −2.7 goals saved 6 goals on 3.30 xG, 28 shots on goal

Shot map

MTL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Montréal Canadiens

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
14	Nick Suzuki	1	1	2	+1	4	0.39	1	2	23:26
13	Cole Caufield	1	0	1	+1	7	0.99	1	0	18:51
20	Juraj Slafkovský	1	1	2	+1	4	0.25	2	0	18:19
76	Zachary Bolduc	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	3	0	17:49
91	Oliver Kapanen	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	2	17:01
24	Phillip Danault	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	15:29
7	Brendan Gallagher	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	3	0	15:24
93	Ivan Demidov	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	0	1	14:07
17	Josh Anderson	0	0	0	0	6	0.10	0	0	14:03
90	Joseph Veleno	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	12:36
0	Sammy Blais	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	3	1	09:10
85	Alexandre Texier	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	1	04:20
Defense
53	Noah Dobson	0	3	3	0	3	0.28	0	2	24:04
8	Mike Matheson	0	0	0	-1	5	0.12	0	7	23:34
48	Lane Hutson	0	3	3	+4	4	0.14	0	0	22:44
45	Alexandre Carrier	0	0	0	+2	4	0.02	2	2	20:07
3	Jayden Struble	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	3	0	10:44
72	Arber Xhekaj	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	07:42

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jacob Fowler	28	2	26	.929	2.55	+0.55

Boston Bruins

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
88	David Pastrnak	0	1	1	-2	6	0.18	1	0	20:14
28	Elias Lindholm	0	0	0	-1	8	0.31	1	1	18:04
39	Morgan Geekie	0	0	0	-1	6	0.48	2	1	16:40
18	Pavel Zacha	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	3	0	15:17
93	Fraser Minten	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	15:10
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	14:36
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	1	0	14:34
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	13:41
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	12:50
21	Alex Steeves	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	3	0	10:44
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	2	1	10:24
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	3	0	10:23
Defense
73	Charlie McAvoy	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	3	1	26:44
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	4	20:17
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	0	0	0	6	0.05	0	1	19:43
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	3	17:43
6	Mason Lohrei	0	1	1	0	3	0.03	1	1	16:56
18	Vladislav Kolyachonok	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	3	10:35

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	29	6	23	.793	3.50	-2.50

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Montréal Canadiens

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
48 Lane Hutson D	+3.55	+1.95	+0.09	+1.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	22:44
14 Nick Suzuki C	+2.44	+1.45	+0.26	+0.61	0.00	+0.02	+0.10	—	23:26
53 Noah Dobson D	+2.21	+1.80	+0.18	-0.15	+0.30	0.00	+0.08	—	24:04
93 Ivan Demidov R	+2.01	+1.30	+0.20	+0.69	-0.15	0.00	-0.03	—	14:07
13 Cole Caufield R	+1.88	+0.75	+0.64	+0.51	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:51
20 Juraj Slafkovský L	+1.82	+1.45	+0.16	+0.52	-0.30	-0.01	0.00	—	18:19
76 Zachary Bolduc R	+1.61	+0.75	+0.21	+0.53	+0.15	-0.01	-0.02	—	17:49
45 Alexandre Carrier D	+0.98	0.00	+0.01	+0.86	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	20:07
91 Oliver Kapanen C	+0.96	0.00	+0.11	+0.57	+0.15	+0.04	+0.10	—	17:01
27 Sammy Blais L	+0.91	+0.75	+0.10	+0.01	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	9:10
32 Jacob Fowler G	+0.55	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.55	59:37
85 Alexandre Texier L	+0.47	0.00	+0.03	+0.26	+0.15	-0.02	+0.05	—	4:20
8 Mike Matheson D	+0.35	0.00	+0.08	-0.19	+0.15	0.00	+0.31	—	23:34
72 Arber Xhekaj D	+0.23	0.00	+0.02	+0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:42
90 Joseph Veleno C	-0.07	0.00	+0.02	-0.07	0.00	-0.02	0.00	—	12:36
47 Jayden Struble D	-0.10	0.00	+0.03	-0.11	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	10:44
17 Josh Anderson R	-0.15	0.00	+0.06	-0.10	-0.15	+0.02	+0.02	—	14:03
11 Brendan Gallagher R	-0.23	0.00	+0.04	-0.15	-0.15	0.00	+0.02	—	15:24
24 Phillip Danault C	-0.23	0.00	+0.01	-0.19	0.00	-0.05	0.00	—	15:29

Boston Bruins

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	+1.08	+0.75	+0.10	+0.18	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	10:24
6 Mason Lohrei D	+0.79	+0.70	+0.02	-0.07	+0.15	0.00	-0.01	—	16:56
21 Alex Steeves C	+0.75	+0.75	+0.07	+0.20	-0.30	+0.01	+0.02	—	10:44
74 Vladislav Kolyachonok D	+0.39	0.00	+0.20	-0.09	+0.15	0.00	+0.13	—	10:35
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+0.30	+0.55	+0.09	-0.19	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	14:34
52 Sean Kuraly C	+0.20	0.00	+0.23	-0.04	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	13:41
88 David Pastrnak R	+0.20	+0.70	+0.12	-0.73	+0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	20:14
93 Fraser Minten C	+0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.09	0.00	+0.01	+0.02	—	15:10
28 Elias Lindholm C	-0.15	0.00	+0.20	-0.41	0.00	+0.03	+0.03	—	18:04
26 Andrew Peeke D	-0.21	0.00	0.00	-0.40	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	20:17
84 Tanner Jeannot L	-0.22	0.00	+0.11	-0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:23
39 Morgan Geekie C	-0.27	0.00	+0.31	-0.65	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	16:40
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	-0.29	0.00	+0.02	-0.28	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	14:36
47 Mark Kastelic C	-0.31	0.00	0.00	-0.34	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	12:50
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-0.40	0.00	0.00	-0.70	+0.15	0.00	+0.15	—	17:43
27 Hampus Lindholm D	-0.42	0.00	+0.03	-0.14	-0.30	0.00	-0.01	—	19:43
73 Charlie McAvoy D	-0.66	0.00	+0.03	-0.74	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	26:44
18 Pavel Zacha C	-0.68	0.00	+0.10	-0.68	0.00	-0.04	-0.06	—	15:17
1 Jeremy Swayman G	-2.50	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.50	60:00

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.