Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · Xcel Energy Center
TSN2 · RDS · BSWIX · BSNX
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Xcel Energy Center. The Canadiens outshot the Wild 25-24.
Goals came from Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi, David Savard, Nick Suzuki, Brock Faber, Juraj Slafkovský and Kirill Kaprizov.
Filip Gustavsson made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Boldy (9)Kirill Kaprizov (18), Marco Rossi (9)0–113:19 MIN · PPG
Marco Rossi (11)Zach Bogosian (2), Marcus Foligno (9)0–214:54 MIN
2nd period
David Savard (2)Cole Caufield (15), Nick Suzuki (19)1–208:17 MTL
3rd period
Nick Suzuki (9)Juraj Slafkovský (7), Mike Matheson (17)2–201:09 MTL · PPG
Brock Faber (2)Kirill Kaprizov (19), Marco Rossi (10)2–308:57 MIN · PPG
Juraj Slafkovský (3)David Savard (3), Mike Matheson (18)3–316:57 MTL
OT period
Kirill Kaprizov (11)Marcus Johansson (13), Brock Faber (14)3–404:55 MIN
Team stats
MTLMIN
25Shots on goal24
51%Faceoff %49%
1/5Power play2/6
19Penalty minutes25
17Hits21
14Blocked shots11
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 12:47
David Savard · roughing2 min - 1st 14:54Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 2nd 06:07
Vinni Lettieri · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:52Josh Anderson · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:39Marco Rossi · instigator2 min
- 2nd 09:39Marco Rossi · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:39Kaiden Guhle · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:39Marco Rossi · instigator misconduct10 min
- 2nd 12:22Brendan Gallagher · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:42Zach Bogosian · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:42Zach Bogosian · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:07Mike Matheson · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:30Marcus Foligno · boarding2 min
- 3rd 08:50Joel Armia · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:33Cole Caufield · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 24:17 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 28:46 |
| 58David SavardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 51Emil HeinemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:04 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | O | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 64:55 |
Minnesota Wild
| 23Marco RossiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 29:09 |
| 7Brock FaberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 33:25 |
| 12Matt BoldyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 10Vinni LettieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:18 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:22 |
| 20Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 26Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:02 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 5Jake MiddletonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 26:56 |
| 6Dakota MermisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 48Daemon HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Filip GustavssonG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 64:37 |