Minnesota Wild vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, October 17, 2023 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · BSWIX · BSN
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Wild outshot the Canadiens 35-28.
Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice. Brandon Duhaime, Connor Dewar, Tanner Pearson, Kirill Kaprizov and Alex Newhook also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Duhaime (2)Jake Middleton (2)1–009:20 MIN · SHG
Connor Dewar (1)Unassisted2–009:45 MIN · SHG
2nd period
Joel Eriksson Ek (2)Mats Zuccarello (3), Kirill Kaprizov (3)3–002:17 MIN · PPG
Tanner Pearson (2)Unassisted3–109:47 MTL
Kirill Kaprizov (1)Mats Zuccarello (4), Calen Addison (2)4–117:22 MIN · PPG
3rd period
- Joel Eriksson Ek (3)Kirill Kaprizov (4), Mats Zuccarello (5)5–105:20 MIN · PPG
Alex Newhook (3)David Savard (1), Cole Caufield (1)5–217:35 MTL
Team stats
MINMTL
35Shots on goal28
45%Faceoff %55%
3/8Power play0/5
44Penalty minutes40
10Hits29
7Blocked shots20
10Giveaways15
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 06:10
Josh Anderson · roughing2 min - 1st 08:43
Ryan Hartman · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:25Juraj Slafkovský · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:01Kaiden Guhle · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:46Cole Caufield · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:14Michael Pezzetta · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:14Brandon Duhaime · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:09Joel Eriksson Ek · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:46Juraj Slafkovský · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:00Brandon Duhaime · hooking2 min
- 2nd 20:00Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:35Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:35Joel Eriksson Ek · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:41Tanner Pearson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 13:15Dakota Mermis · instigator2 min
- 3rd 13:15Dakota Mermis · fighting5 min
- 3rd 13:15Michael Pezzetta · fighting5 min
- 3rd 13:15Dakota Mermis · instigator misconduct10 min
- 3rd 14:08Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:08Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:08Joel Eriksson Ek · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:08Josh Anderson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 14:08Joel Eriksson Ek · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:16Marcus Foligno · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 36Mats ZuccarelloR | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 | 22:04 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:00 |
| 26Connor DewarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 2Calen AddisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 20Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 23Marco RossiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:38 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 6Dakota MermisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:54 |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:11 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:58 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:46 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 25:38 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 58:16 |