Montréal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings

Fri, Dec 20, 2024 · Little Caesars Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

4 – 3

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 on Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at Little Caesars Arena. Jake Evans led the way with 2 points. Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	0	2	4	33
DET	2	0	1	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:09	MTL	EV	Emil Heineman (7) · wrist	Jake Evans (12), Mike Matheson (15)	1–0
1st	13:27	DET	EV	Patrick Kane (5) · wrist	Andrew Copp (7), Alex DeBrincat (12)	1–1
1st	18:31	MTL	SH	Jake Evans (6) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
1st	19:27	DET	EV	Joseph Veleno (3) · tip-in	Jeff Petry (5), Michael Rasmussen (5)	2–2
3rd	01:40	DET	EV	Tyler Motte (2) · snap	Michael Rasmussen (6)	2–3
3rd	08:42	MTL	EV	Arber Xhekaj (1) · wrist	Joel Armia (9), Emil Heineman (5)	3–3
3rd	12:02	MTL	PP	Patrik Laine (7) · slap	Lane Hutson (22), Cole Caufield (13)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:04	MTL	Kirby Dach	high sticking	2
2nd	02:55	MTL	Patrik Laine	hooking	2
2nd	10:45	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	cross checking	2
2nd	15:59	DET	Christian Fischer	cross checking	2
3rd	10:33	DET	Joseph Veleno	holding	2
3rd	16:07	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.05 · DET 2.82 · xG% MTL 51.9

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Jake Evans	C	1	1	2	+3	0	2	2	0	50.0	16:02	23
51	Emil Heineman	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0		9:39	13
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0		24:21	24
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1		20:26	19
40	Joel Armia	R	0	1	1	+3	0	2	0	0		16:59	22
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0		16:49	17
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		14:36	18
92	Patrik Laine	L	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0		13:37	15
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		19:49	21
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	3		18:58	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		18:37	22
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	40.0	17:43	19
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		17:41	18
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	70.6	15:18	22
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	100.0	15:01	21
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	60.0	12:48	15
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	14.3	12:25	16
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		11:11	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2		13:31	20
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:24	21
46	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		18:10	22
88	Patrick Kane	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		18:06	21
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	47.4	17:11	20
90	Joseph Veleno	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	100.0	11:40	17
14	Tyler Motte	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1		10:49	17
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		27:17	27
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	1	2		22:59	24
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		19:57	23
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	61.1	19:55	26
3	Justin Holl	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:06	21
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43.8	16:43	21
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	28.6	16:07	22
11	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:17	21
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		14:51	19
36	Christian Fischer	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		10:28	17
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		9:58	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Cam Talbot	L	33	29	4	.879	58:02