Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 18, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 18, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	4	6	5	15
MTL	1	0	3	4		MTL	7	16	12	35

: CHI 47MTL 65
: CHI 2.03MTL 4.25
PP goals: CHI 0MTL 0
Hits: CHI 14MTL 21
Blocks: CHI 8MTL 13
PIM: CHI 4MTL 4
: CHI 34%MTL 66%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Lane Hutson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Matt Grzelcyk (CHI) played 21:12, +4:17 up on his 16:55 season average over 68 games.

Points
Lane Hutson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:19.Hutson
Points
Zachary Bolduc had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Bolduc
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:23.Suzuki
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (CHI) played 21:12, +4:17 up on his 16:55 season average over 68 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Alexandre Carrier (MTL) played 24:58, +5:58 up on his 19:00 season average over 72 games.Carrier
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 17:23, −3:29 down on his 20:52 season average over 81 games.Suzuki
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 16:17, +4:56 up on his 11:21 season average over 64 games.Xhekaj
Usage
Adam Engstrom (MTL) played 16:13, +3:23 up on his 12:50 season average over 14 games.Engstrom

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · MTL 65 · CHI 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 18% of the game, MTL 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against CHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	MTL
	49	65
	1.87	3.03
	1.83	2.90
	10	12
	5	2
	20	19
	−0.062	+0.062
	18%	48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Nazar
12:1450% CF
L2Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev
11:2442% CF
L3Greene – Lardis – Moore
9:5233% CF
L4Toninato – Donato – Dach
7:3965% CF
D1Grzelcyk – Levshunov
14:5053% CF
D2Vlasic – Crevier
13:0748% CF
D3Murphy – Kaiser
12:0239% CF

PP1Grzelcyk – Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Donato – Dach
2:10100% CF
PP2Teravainen – Greene – Nazar – Lardis – Levshunov
1:44100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Mikheyev
2:11
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
0:35
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
1:59
PK2DCrevier – Kaiser
1:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc
11:3156% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
10:2071% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Texier
10:1950% CF
L4Gallagher – Veleno – Beck
8:1456% CF
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:2774% CF
D2Xhekaj – Engstrom
9:5050% CF
D3Dobson – Struble
7:4233% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:09100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
0:35
PK1FVeleno – Kapanen
1:59
PK2FAnderson – Evans
1:23
PK1DCarrier – Xhekaj
1:12
PK2DDobson – Hutson
0:24

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:27
CHIFrank Nazar (Matt Grzelcyk, Andre Burakovsky)tip-in0.18 xG
CHI: Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Nazar, LevshunovMTL: Dobson, Struble, Kapanen, Slafkovský, Demidov
CHI 1 – 0 MTL
14:23
MTLZachary Bolduc (Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson)snap0.17 xG
CHI: Teravainen, Dickinson, Vlasic, Mikheyev, CrevierMTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson
CHI 1 – 1 MTL

3rd period

0:20
MTLZachary Bolduc (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)tip-in0.05 xG
CHI: Dickinson, Mikheyev, Crevier, Kaiser, NazarMTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson
CHI 1 – 2 MTL
10:00
MTLNoah Dobson (Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson)backhand0.15 xG
CHI: Donato, Vlasic, Dach, Greene, LevshunovMTL: Veleno, Dobson, Beck, Hutson, Demidov
CHI 1 – 3 MTL
16:29
MTLNick SuzukiENsnap0.24 xG
CHI: Teravainen, Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Nazar, LevshunovMTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Dobson, Kapanen, Slafkovský
CHI 1 – 4 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	17:47	—	—	43	46
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	44	47
Frank Nazar C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.47	0	1	2	16:25	—	—	43	52
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	44	17
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	38	38
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.47	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	44	47
Ryan Greene C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	27	21
Nick Lardis L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	32	32
Oliver Moore C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	35	34
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	48	28
Colton Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	1	1	0	12:17	—	—	62	32
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	8:58	—	—	58	38
Artyom Levshunov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	21:58	—	—	45	49
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:12	—	—	53	63
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:57	—	—	41	12
Louis Crevier D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	0	0	18:07	—	—	46	26
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	28	18
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	40	29

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.46	59:23

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.47	0	2	0	17:23	—	—	48	60
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.35	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	46	51
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.63	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	58	85
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.32	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	71	74
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.87	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	68	49
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	72	66
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	53	62
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	50	44
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	45	47
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	4	2	0	14:06	—	—	55	71
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:24	—	—	55	71
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	10:20	—	—	52	62
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	3	3	+3	1	0.06	0	0	0	26:19	—	—	69	87
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.06	0	1	0	24:58	—	—	65	65
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	3	3	2	16:17	—	—	52	71
Adam Engstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	59	67
Noah Dobson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	2	2	22:32	—	—	55	44
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:26	—	—	39	43

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	15	14	1	.933	2.03	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Frank Nazar (CHI) 1st 7:27 · assists Matt Grzelcyk, Andre Burakovsky · Deflection · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 20.1 mph shot · 5.8 s from entry to goal.

Frank Nazar · 1st 7:27 · CHI

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 20.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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Noah Dobson · 3rd 10:00 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: rebound

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Zachary Bolduc · 1st 14:23 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Zachary Bolduc · 3rd 0:20 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 37.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 16:29 · MTL EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.