Montréal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 22, 2023 · United Center
TSN2 · RDS · NBCSCH
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday, December 22, 2023 at United Center. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 28-21.
Goals came from Ryan Donato, Jason Dickinson, Mitchell Stephens, Josh Anderson, Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki and David Savard.
Cayden Primeau made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Donato (6)Connor Bedard (17), Isaak Phillips (4)0–116:56 CHI
2nd period
Jason Dickinson (10)Colin Blackwell (1), Louis Crevier (3)0–203:43 CHI
Mitchell Stephens (1)Mike Matheson (19), David Savard (4)1–204:20 MTL
Josh Anderson (5)Sean Monahan (11), Jake Evans (9)2–215:02 MTL
Juraj Slafkovský (4)Nick Suzuki (20), Jesse Ylonen (3)3–217:33 MTL
3rd period
Nick Suzuki (10)Cole Caufield (16), Juraj Slafkovský (8)4–213:11 MTL
David Savard (3)Unassisted5–218:04 MTL · EN
Team stats
MTLCHI
28Shots on goal21
57%Faceoff %43%
0/3Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes11
12Hits26
17Blocked shots22
2Giveaways14
5Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 09:42
Connor Murphy · high sticking2 min - 2nd 01:02
Joel Armia · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 12:25MacKenzie Entwistle · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:25MacKenzie Entwistle · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:25Jayden Struble · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:32Connor Bedard · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 58David SavardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 13Mitchell StephensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:32 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 23:15 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:30 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 51Emil HeinemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 16Jason DickinsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 98Connor BedardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 41Isaak PhillipsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 11Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 23Philipp KurashevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 27Lukas ReichelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 52Reese JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 58MacKenzie EntwistleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 90Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 91Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 22Nikita ZaitsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 25Jarred TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 55Kevin KorchinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 57:59 |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |