Montréal Canadiens at Chicago Blackhawks

Fri, Jan 3, 2025 · United Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

2 – 4

Final

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at United Center. Nick Foligno scored twice. Arvid Soderblom made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 40–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	0	1	2	40
CHI	1	1	2	4	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:21	CHI	PP	Tyler Bertuzzi (13) · snap	Teuvo Teravainen (18), Connor Bedard (24)	0–1
1st	18:24	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (20) · wrist	Mike Matheson (17), Nick Suzuki (26)	1–1
2nd	07:05	CHI	EV	Nick Foligno (9) · tip-in	Wyatt Kaiser (2), Jason Dickinson (6)	1–2
3rd	03:01	CHI	EV	Patrick Maroon (2) · snap	Ryan Donato (11), Craig Smith (5)	1–3
3rd	09:45	MTL	PP	Emil Heineman (10) · bat	Mike Matheson (18), Kirby Dach (8)	2–3
3rd	15:51	CHI	EV	Nick Foligno (10) · wrist	Taylor Hall (13), Alex Vlasic (15)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:58	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	tripping	2
1st	01:58	MTL	Jayden Struble	slashing	2
1st	05:29	CHI	Patrick Maroon	fighting	5
1st	05:29	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	fighting	5
1st	08:09	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	cross checking	2
1st	11:57	CHI	Seth Jones	tripping	2
2nd	20:00	CHI	Alex Vlasic	hooking	2
3rd	08:10	CHI	Patrick Maroon	tripping	2
3rd	10:33	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MTL 4.65 · CHI 4.11 · xG% MTL 53.1

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	2	2	0	0	8	3	1		28:10	27
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	33.3	21:53	19
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	-1	0	7	0	0		19:03	20
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	1	66.7	15:22	17
51	Emil Heineman	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5	1	0		11:32	17
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		26:44	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	3		20:12	24
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		19:38	24
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		19:27	19
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	75.0	15:44	16
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		15:08	20
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	50.0	14:24	18
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		14:20	18
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	61.5	14:17	18
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:17	15
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0		10:27	12
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	0		9:59	13
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		5:49	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	26	22	4	.846	56:11

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Nick Foligno	L	2	0	2	+1	0	3	2	0	50.0	18:22	21
72	Alex Vlasic	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	3		23:11	23
16	Jason Dickinson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	4	0	50.0	18:50	23
98	Connor Bedard	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	42.9	18:42	16
44	Wyatt Kaiser	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		17:57	18
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	17:40	15
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	16:48	15
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	33.3	14:40	16
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		13:51	15
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	10:53	14
77	Patrick Maroon	L	1	0	1	+1	7	1	1	1		9:36	14
4	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	3		24:52	24
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		19:02	21
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:17	18
42	Nolan Allan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		15:02	18
78	TJ Brodie	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:29	17
91	Frank Nazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7	12:08	12
28	Colton Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0		11:05	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Arvid Soderblom	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00