Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersDec 13, 2025

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 13, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	3	1	0	0	4		MTL	7	4	6	1	18
NYR	2	2	0	1	5		NYR	11	8	5	5	29

: MTL 56NYR 77
: MTL 2.87NYR 5.07
PP goals: MTL 0NYR 2
Hits: MTL 21NYR 32
Blocks: MTL 23NYR 18
PIM: MTL 6NYR 4
: MTL 47%NYR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (OT)

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime at home. J.T. Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Evans–Veleno skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
J.T. Miller had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:54.Miller
Points
Noah Laba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:36.Laba
Points
Will Cuylle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:03.Cuylle
Points
Conor Sheary had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:37.Sheary
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:58.Hutson
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Matthew Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:32.Robertson
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Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:33.Suzuki
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Evans–Veleno skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Evans Veleno

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

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

NYR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · NYR 77 · MTL 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 26% of the game, NYR 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYR 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	MTL	NYR
	56	70
	2.15	2.96
	1.95	2.83
	4	16
	6	0
	24	20
	+0.003	−0.003
	26%	37%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc
14:2256% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
10:0011% CF
L3Gallagher – Evans – Veleno
9:2961% CF
L4Anderson – Texier – Beck
7:4262% CF
D1Dobson – Hutson
19:2346% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
19:0339% CF
D3Xhekaj – Engstrom
7:2550% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
1:1550% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Texier – Dobson – Kapanen
0:17100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
0:49
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
0:46
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
0:46
PK2DDobson – Xhekaj
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
13:5271% CF
L2Trocheck – Miller – Sheary
13:5046% CF
L3Berard – Cuylle – Laba
9:3460% CF
L4Carrick – Raddysh – Chmelar
6:2253% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
19:2545% CF
D2Borgen – Robertson
11:4283% CF
D3Soucy – Vaakanainen
6:1611% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Lafrenière
1:11100% CF
PP2Sheary – Gavrikov – Raddysh – Cuylle – Laba
0:3980% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Miller
0:42
PK2FZibanejad – Cuylle
0:29
PK1DRobertson – Schneider
0:42
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
0:20

Current NYR 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.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.26	1	0	0	24:33	—	—	53	50
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	59	55
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.43	3	2	0	17:14	—	—	53	45
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	22	34
Ivan Demidov R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	13	28
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.91	0	3	0	15:12	—	—	8	20
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	4	0	15:51	—	—	45	32
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	3	1	2	13:54	—	—	57	62
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	12:01	—	—	58	57
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	52	34
Josh Anderson R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.24	0	1	0	11:49	—	—	57	68
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	2	2	9:09	—	—	65	55
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	26:58	—	—	47	54
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	5	0	23:45	—	—	45	50
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	27:23	—	—	40	32
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:20	—	—	44	33
Adam Engstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	44	16
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	10:13	—	—	53	49

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Fowler(start)	O	29	24	5	.828	5.07	62:56

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	0	8	1.00	1	1	0	22:22	—	—	64	76
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.57	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	67	71
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.71	3	2	0	19:25	—	—	66	72
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.32	6	0	0	22:43	—	—	41	46
J.T. Miller C	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.58	3	0	0	20:54	—	—	43	52
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	45	44
Will Cuylle L	L3	1	1	2	-1	1	0.21	3	2	0	15:03	—	—	55	48
Noah Laba C	L3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.70	5	1	0	13:36	—	—	67	58
Brett Berard L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	56	55
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	3	0	9:02	—	—	53	50
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	0	8:26	—	—	47	35
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:43	—	—	53	45
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	1	2	27:56	—	—	50	47
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	1	1	0	23:40	—	—	46	53
Matthew Robertson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.20	2	0	0	20:32	—	—	81	88
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	19:12	—	—	71	71
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	16:23	—	—	41	34
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:33	—	—	32	11

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	18	14	4	.778	2.87	62:05

Goal anatomy

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

Will Cuylle (NYR) 2nd 7:22 · assists Matthew Robertson, Noah Laba · Rebound · 8.1 mph shot.

Will Cuylle · 2nd 7:22 · NYR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Zachary Bolduc · 1st 12:41 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 20.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Arber Xhekaj · 1st 14:10 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 59.7 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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Jake Evans · 1st 16:18 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Noah Laba · 1st 18:49 · NYR PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s
Type: rebound

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Artemi Panarin · 1st 19:08 · NYR PS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 3:17 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: one-timer

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J.T. Miller · 2nd 7:58 · NYR

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 9.9 s
Type: rebound

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J.T. Miller · OT 2:56 · NYR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 78.0 mph
Distance: 34 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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York RangersDec 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Will Cuylle · 2nd 7:22 · NYR

Zachary Bolduc · 1st 12:41 · MTL

Arber Xhekaj · 1st 14:10 · MTL

Jake Evans · 1st 16:18 · MTL

Noah Laba · 1st 18:49 · NYR PP

Artemi Panarin · 1st 19:08 · NYR PS

Josh Anderson · 2nd 3:17 · MTL

J.T. Miller · 2nd 7:58 · NYR

J.T. Miller · OT 2:56 · NYR PP