Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red WingsOct 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 9, 2025· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	2	0	5		MTL	9	5	3	17
DET	1	0	0	1		DET	11	11	9	31

: MTL 38DET 61
: MTL 2.40DET 2.89
PP goals: MTL 1DET 1
Hits: MTL 25DET 34
Blocks: MTL 14DET 13
PIM: MTL 8DET 6
: MTL 43%DET 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Detroit Red Wings 5–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 at DET. Mike Matheson (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:22 together.

Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.Matheson
Points
Brendan Gallagher had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:03.Gallagher
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:46.Suzuki
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:22 together.Kane Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:06 together.Suzuki Caufield Bolduc Hutson Slafkovský
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.40 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 15:46, −5:07 down on his 20:53 season average over 81 games.Suzuki
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 15:37, +4:16 up on his 11:21 season average over 64 games.Xhekaj

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · DET 61 · MTL 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 29% of the game, DET 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	DET
	35	58
	1.56	1.80
	1.53	1.69
	1	10
	6	6
	24	20
	−0.013	+0.013
	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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:1253% CF
L2Gallagher – Dach – Bolduc
9:3364% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Laine
9:2924% CF
L4Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
9:2531% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
15:4936% CF
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:2544% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
11:3537% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc – Hutson – Slafkovský
2:06100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Laine – Dobson – Dach – Demidov
1:1067% CF
PK1FNewhook – Kapanen
3:30
PK2FAnderson – Evans
2:46
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
3:02
PK2DCarrier – Guhle
2:17

Current MTL line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Copp – Compher – Brandsegg-Nygård
10:0961% CF
L2Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper
10:0167% CF
L3Larkin – Raymond – Finnie
9:2350% CF
L4Appleton – Rasmussen – Soderblom
9:1973% CF
D1Edvinsson – Sandin-Pellikka
18:0968% CF
D2Chiarot – Seider
7:4063% CF
D3Hamonic – Johansson
5:5950% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
5:2292% CF
PP2Copp – Compher – Kasper – Sandin-Pellikka – Brandsegg-Nygård
0:54100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
0:53
PK2FAppleton – Raymond
0:50
PK1DChiarot – Seider
1:27
PK2DEdvinsson – Sandin-Pellikka
1:21

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:50
DETDylan LarkinPP (Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Matheson, Carrier, Newhook, KapanenDET: Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
MTL 0 – 1 DET
10:14
MTLZachary Bolduc (Brendan Gallagher, Mike Matheson)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Carrier, Dach, Bolduc, XhekajDET: Hamonic, Rasmussen, Johansson, Soderblom, Brandsegg-Nygård
MTL 1 – 1 DET
12:43
MTLOliver Kapanen (Alex Newhook, Ivan Demidov)snap0.19 xG
MTL: Newhook, Guhle, Kapanen, Hutson, DemidovDET: Kane, Hamonic, DeBrincat, Johansson, Kasper
MTL 2 – 1 DET
19:53
MTLMike Matheson (Nick Suzuki, Noah Dobson)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, SlafkovskýDET: Chiarot, Appleton, Rasmussen, Seider, Soderblom
MTL 3 – 1 DET

2nd period

5:19
MTLAlexandre Carrier (Arber Xhekaj, Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Carrier, Dach, Bolduc, XhekajDET: Hamonic, Copp, Johansson, Kasper, Brandsegg-Nygård
MTL 4 – 1 DET
17:12
MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)snap0.66 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson, SlafkovskýDET: Copp, Compher, Johansson, Edvinsson
MTL 5 – 1 DET

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	0.12	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	47	55
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.87	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	53	56
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	43	55
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.46	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	59	65
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.14	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	56	64
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	4	14:03	—	—	53	61
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	26	2
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:36	—	—	19	2
Patrik Laine L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	23	3
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	33	42
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	1	0	14:40	—	—	31	40
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	26	40
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	1	0	22:41	—	—	33	56
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	2	0	20:46	—	—	33	47
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.17	1	2	0	20:22	—	—	43	46
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	2	19:50	—	—	44	46
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	17:10	—	—	40	36
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	6	2	2	15:37	—	—	35	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.89	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Copp C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	0	16:03	—	—	61	78
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	2	0	14:47	—	—	68	83
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	5	0	0	14:34	—	—	52	57
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.90	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	60	55
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	65	58
Marco Kasper C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	5	1	2	14:41	—	—	63	49
Dylan Larkin C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.48	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	46	26
Lucas Raymond L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	50	26
Emmitt Finnie C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	55	27
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	0	0	13:53	—	—	79	61
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.17	1	0	0	11:13	—	—	71	35
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	4	0	0	10:43	—	—	69	35
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	3	2	23:14	—	—	69	76
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	67	71
Moritz Seider D	D2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.12	3	0	2	22:51	—	—	73	64
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	50	39
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	3	0	15:04	—	—	63	51
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.01	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	43	37

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	13	8	5	.615	1.87	37:12
Cam Talbot	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.53	22:37

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Larkin (DET PP) 1st 3:50 · assists Patrick Kane, Moritz Seider · Rebound · 66.5 mph shot.

Dylan Larkin · 1st 3:50 · DET PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: rebound

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Zachary Bolduc · 1st 10:14 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Oliver Kapanen · 1st 12:43 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Mike Matheson · 1st 19:53 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Alexandre Carrier · 2nd 5:19 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 65 ft

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 17:12 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: rebound

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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.