St. Louis Blues vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 7, 2023 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · BSMW
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Blues 27-22.
Joel Armia scored twice. Brandon Saad, Alexey Toropchenko, Kirby Dach, Cole Caufield, Nikita Alexandrov, Pavel Buchnevich and Josh Anderson also scored.
Jake Allen made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jordan Binnington stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Saad (12)Brayden Schenn (23), Ivan Barbashev (13)1–019:25 STL
2nd period
Joel Armia (2)Jake Evans (8), Evgenii Dadonov (7)1–101:43 MTL
Alexey Toropchenko (2)Tyler Pitlick (2), Nikita Alexandrov (2)2–106:59 STL
Kirby Dach (6)Nick Suzuki (18), Christian Dvorak (10)2–216:15 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Cole Caufield (23)Nick Suzuki (19)2–300:36 MTL
Nikita Alexandrov (1)Calle Rosen (5), Tyler Pitlick (3)3–302:29 STL
Pavel Buchnevich (13)Unassisted4–304:42 STL · PPG- Joel Armia (3)Jake Evans (9), Evgenii Dadonov (8)4–407:20 MTL
Josh Anderson (11)Jonathan Drouin (8), Johnathan Kovacevic (5)4–511:30 MTL
Team stats
STLMTL
22Shots on goal27
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits21
10Blocked shots13
16Giveaways16
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 14:58
Michael Pezzetta · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:14Johnathan Kovacevic · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 08:47
Justin Faulk · holding2 min - 2nd 12:44Ivan Barbashev · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 17:16Nikita Alexandrov · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:53Michael Pezzetta · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Tyler PitlickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 59Nikita AlexandrovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:58 |
| 10Brayden SchennC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 13Alexey ToropchenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 43Calle RosenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 17Josh LeivoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 18Robert ThomasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 25Jordan KyrouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 52Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 63Jake NeighboursL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:40 |
| 36Steven SantiniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:05 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:23 |
| 72Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:54 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Jordan BinningtonG | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 58:10 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:08 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:50 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:13 |
| 90Anthony RichardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:49 |
| 6Chris WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:59 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:36 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | W | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 60:00 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |