St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 7, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 7, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	2	1	4		STL	4	6	8	18
MTL	2	0	1	3		MTL	11	7	8	26

: STL 37MTL 57
: STL 2.68MTL 2.96
PP goals: STL 1MTL 0
Hits: STL 34MTL 14
Blocks: STL 19MTL 9
PIM: STL 4MTL 6
: STL 59%MTL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at MTL. Brayden Schenn (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for STL: Bjugstad–Suter–Dvorsky skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brayden Schenn had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:54.Schenn
Points
Dylan Holloway had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:16.Holloway
Points
Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:56.Dobson
New line
New look for STL: Bjugstad–Suter–Dvorsky skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Suter Dvorsky
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Luff–Kaskimaki skated 4:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Luff Kaskimaki
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 21:20, +3:11 up on his 18:09 season average over 80 games.Caufield
Usage
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) played 9:08, −3:16 down on his 12:24 season average over 76 games.Gallagher

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

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MTL
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · MTL 57 · STL 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 29% of the game, MTL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against STL 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	STL	MTL
	34	54
	2.51	2.45
	2.39	2.32
	11	13
	4	0
	24	19
	+0.070	−0.070
	29%	42%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
12:1950% CF
L2Schenn – Joseph – Holloway
8:2829% CF
L3Bjugstad – Suter – Dvorsky
6:1325% CF
L4Sundqvist – Luff – Kaskimaki
4:2233% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
14:3558% CF
D2Fowler – Mailloux
12:2426% CF
D3Faulk – Tucker
12:0533% CF

PP1Faulk – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Dvorsky
1:26100% CF
PP2Schenn – Fowler – Suter – Holloway – Neighbours
1:13100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Suter
1:22
PK2FBjugstad – Joseph
1:07
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:24
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
1:25

Current STL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
13:5942% CF
L2Texier – Kapanen – Demidov
10:1475% CF
L3Veleno – Bolduc – Davidson
8:3938% CF
L4Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
6:5291% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
16:5063% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
13:0161% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
8:3960% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:16100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:38100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
2:02
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
0:49
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	44	81
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	50	83
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	48	79
Dylan Holloway L	L2	1	2	3	+1	4	0.47	3	3	0	19:16	—	—	38	50
Brayden Schenn C	L2	2	1	3	+1	3	0.45	5	0	0	14:54	—	—	39	53
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.26	4	3	0	13:58	—	—	44	66
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	15:21	—	—	41	51
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	1	0	13:26	—	—	33	47
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	20	22
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.24	2	1	0	12:59	—	—	27	3
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	8:56	—	—	27	27
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	8:33	—	—	33	19
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	23:45	—	—	44	64
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	3	3	0	23:00	—	—	56	67
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	33	31
Logan Mailloux D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	2	15:35	—	—	30	34
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	43	72
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	15:29	—	—	31	55

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.96	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	52	43
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.73	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	46	35
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	3	0	20:43	—	—	46	34
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	71	50
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	71	51
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	74	63
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	0	0	2	13:21	—	—	50	60
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	11:34	—	—	50	57
Jared Davidson C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:55	—	—	33	46
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	72	51
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	2	12:22	—	—	84	55
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	91	66
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	24:39	—	—	56	51
Noah Dobson D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.22	0	0	2	22:56	—	—	68	53
Lane Hutson D	D2	1	0	1	0	5	0.84	0	1	0	25:16	—	—	64	62
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	62	60
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	58	22
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	1	0	10:46	—	—	61	21

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	2.68	57:33

Goal anatomy

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

Lane Hutson (MTL) 1st 12:20 · assists Zachary Bolduc, Jared Davidson · Forecheck turnover · 11.6 mph shot.

Lane Hutson · 1st 12:20 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brayden Schenn · 1st 8:57 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Caufield · 1st 19:03 · MTL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 20.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s

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Dylan Holloway · 2nd 0:26 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:05 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Brayden Schenn · 3rd 10:24 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Noah Dobson · 3rd 16:15 · MTL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 7, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Lane Hutson · 1st 12:20 · MTL

Brayden Schenn · 1st 8:57 · STL PP

Cole Caufield · 1st 19:03 · MTL

Dylan Holloway · 2nd 0:26 · STL

Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:05 · STL

Brayden Schenn · 3rd 10:24 · STL

Noah Dobson · 3rd 16:15 · MTL