New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 2023 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · MSGSN2
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 41-33.
Josh Anderson scored twice and Brock Nelson scored twice. Joel Armia, Cole Caufield, Bo Horvat and Christian Dvorak also scored.
Samuel Montembeault made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Joel Armia (4)Brendan Gallagher (6), Kaiden Guhle (7)0–107:45 MTL
Josh Anderson (2)Justin Barron (4), Sean Monahan (9)0–210:35 MTL- Josh Anderson (3)Sean Monahan (10), Justin Barron (5)0–319:06 MTL
Cole Caufield (8)Nick Suzuki (16), Juraj Slafkovský (6)0–419:21 MTL
3rd period
Brock Nelson (14)Noah Dobson (25)1–402:07 NYI · SHG- Brock Nelson (15)Noah Dobson (26)2–403:43 NYI
Bo Horvat (12)Noah Dobson (27), Alexander Romanov (5)3–414:06 NYI
Christian Dvorak (2)Nick Suzuki (17)3–519:40 MTL · EN
Team stats
NYIMTL
33Shots on goal41
33%Faceoff %67%
0/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits20
14Blocked shots18
7Giveaways6
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 2nd 03:05
Johnathan Kovacevic · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:47
Brock Nelson · slashing2 min - 3rd 00:37Anders Lee · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 8Noah DobsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26:43 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 14Bo HorvatC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 28Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 10Simon HolmstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 16Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 18Pierre EngvallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 20Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:36 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 27Anders LeeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:06 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:15 |
| 2Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 19:51 |
| 4Samuel BolducD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 25Sebastian AhoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SorokinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | L | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 58:57 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 19:17 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16:40 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 25:12 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |