New York Rangers vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 18, 2025

FinalSaturday, Oct 18, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	3	4		NYR	6	6	10	22
MTL	2	0	1	3		MTL	8	8	8	24

: NYR 51MTL 51
: NYR 3.20MTL 2.53
PP goals: NYR 1MTL 1
Hits: NYR 24MTL 16
Blocks: NYR 13MTL 11
PIM: NYR 13MTL 13
: NYR 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at MTL. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Anderson–Evans skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:05.Panarin
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:16.Zibanejad
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:02.Fox
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Anderson–Evans skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Anderson Evans
New line
New look for MTL: Veleno–Bolduc–Beck skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Veleno Bolduc Beck
PP1
NYR's PP1 (Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) went scoreless in 3:32 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Zibanejad Miller Panarin Fox Lafrenière

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

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

MTL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · MTL 51 · NYR 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 36% of the game, MTL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against NYR 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	NYR	MTL
	49	46
	2.03	1.88
	1.84	1.86
	12	5
	4	5
	17	11
	−0.014	+0.014
	36%	27%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle
11:1664% CF
L2Miller – Sheary – Lafrenière
10:5972% CF
L3Raddysh – Parssinen – Laba
8:2038% CF
L4Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
7:5343% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
15:5775% CF
D2Borgen – Robertson
12:1338% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
9:0832% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
3:3286% CF
PK1FMiller – Cuylle
1:29
PK2FCarrick – Zibanejad
1:15
PK1DBorgen – Gavrikov
1:29
PK2DRobertson – Schneider
1:01

Current NYR line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:1724% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
10:3257% CF
L3Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
7:5064% CF
L4Veleno – Bolduc – Beck
7:3053% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
14:2041% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
9:1544% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
5:3780% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:44100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Suzuki – Dobson – Newhook – Demidov
0:47100% CF
PK1FEvans – Newhook
0:56
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
0:25
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
2:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:33
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Cole Caufield)snap0.33 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Panarin, Borgen, Robertson, CuylleMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, Slafkovský
NYR 0 – 1 MTL
3:42
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Ivan Demidov, Brendan Gallagher)snap0.21 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Sheary, Robertson, SchneiderMTL: Gallagher, Suzuki, Dobson, Newhook, Demidov
NYR 0 – 2 MTL
11:56
NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)slap0.09 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière, CuylleMTL: Matheson, Evans, Carrier, Newhook
NYR 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

0:34
NYRJ.T. Miller (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)deflected0.14 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox, LafrenièreMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Evans, Carrier, Dobson
NYR 2 – 2 MTL
4:11
NYRMatthew Robertson (Artemi Panarin, Conor Sheary)slap0.03 xG
NYR: Miller, Sheary, Panarin, Borgen, RobertsonMTL: Gallagher, Evans, Bolduc, Xhekaj, Hutson
NYR 3 – 2 MTL
5:51
NYRArtemi Panarin (Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov)snap0.14 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Panarin, Gavrikov, Fox, CuylleMTL: Matheson, Dobson, Caufield, Kapanen, Slafkovský
NYR 4 – 2 MTL
8:26
MTLNoah Dobson (Jayden Struble, Josh Anderson)snap0.01 xG
NYR: Fox, Raddysh, Robertson, Parssinen, LabaMTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Evans, Dobson, Struble
NYR 4 – 3 MTL

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	57	60
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	3	4	+2	3	0.81	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	58	64
Will Cuylle L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.85	5	1	0	17:20	—	—	56	49
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.40	2	0	0	20:49	—	—	70	83
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	70	66
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	1	2	14:46	—	—	65	80
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	29	45
Noah Laba C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	10:50	—	—	33	46
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	9:05	—	—	39	63
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	0	5	12:48	—	—	43	15
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	2	9:38	—	—	43	15
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	9:24	—	—	43	15
Adam Fox D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.29	2	2	0	25:02	—	—	72	76
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	21:57	—	—	70	71
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:45	—	—	42	40
Matthew Robertson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	43	45
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:05	—	—	40	48
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	12:22	—	—	38	39

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	2.53	59:52

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	1	0	20:50	—	—	28	66
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.31	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	22	42
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	3	0	0	18:13	—	—	27	43
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	15:39	—	—	45	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	44	48
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:25	—	—	53	54
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	2	15:59	—	—	68	49
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	49
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	58	33
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	54	52
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	9:44	—	—	59	74
Owen Beck C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:42	—	—	61	75
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	24:21	—	—	48	47
Noah Dobson D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.12	1	2	0	22:46	—	—	42	42
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	23:40	—	—	33	28
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	42	54
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	2	17:54	—	—	50	50
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	7	10:20	—	—	70	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.44	57:33

Goal anatomy

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

Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) 1st 1:33 · assists Cole Caufield · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 46.4 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 1:33 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 3:42 · MTL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mika Zibanejad · 1st 11:56 · NYR PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: one-timer

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J.T. Miller · 3rd 0:34 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 14.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Matthew Robertson · 3rd 4:11 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 79.8 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Type: one-timer

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Artemi Panarin · 3rd 5:51 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 74.8 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Noah Dobson · 3rd 8:26 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 53 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.