Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Friday, December 20, 2024 · Little Caesars Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 33–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Friday, December 20, 2024 at Little Caesars Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 33-28.

Goals came from Emil Heineman, Patrick Kane, Jake Evans, Joseph Veleno, Tyler Motte, Arber Xhekaj and Patrik Laine.

Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cam Talbot stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	0	2	4	33
DET	2	0	1	3	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Emil Heineman (7)Jake Evans (12), Mike Matheson (15)1–007:09 MTL
Patrick Kane (5)Andrew Copp (7), Alex DeBrincat (12)1–113:27 DET
Jake Evans (6)Unassisted2–118:31 MTL · SHG
Joseph Veleno (3)Jeff Petry (5), Michael Rasmussen (5)2–219:27 DET

3rd period

Tyler Motte (2)Michael Rasmussen (6)2–301:40 DET
Arber Xhekaj (1)Joel Armia (9), Emil Heineman (5)3–308:42 MTL
Patrik Laine (7)Lane Hutson (22), Cole Caufield (13)Chiarot 2:41 into shift4–312:02 MTL · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:41

4–3 · 3rd 12:02 · Laine. Chiarot was 2:41 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceDET on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MTL

1st 7:09 · Heineman

Veleno 0:27

Fresh legsVeleno 0:27

1–1 DET

1st 13:27 · Kane

Matheson 0:40

NormalMatheson 0:40

2–1 MTL

1st 18:31 · SH · Evans

Raymond 0:45

NormalRaymond 0:45

2–2 DET

1st 19:27 · Veleno

Matheson 0:22

Fresh legsMatheson 0:22

2–3 DET

3rd 1:40 · Motte

Matheson 0:46

NormalMatheson 0:46

3–3 MTL

3rd 8:42 · Xhekaj

Kane 0:32

Fresh legsKane 0:32

4–3 MTL

3rd 12:02 · PP · Laine

Stuck out there: Chiarot 2:41

Stuck out thereChiarot 2:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLDET

33Shots on goal28

50%Faceoff %50%

1/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

12Hits12

9Blocked shots13

15Giveaways15

4Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 17:04Kirby Dach · high sticking2 min
2nd 02:55Patrik Laine · hooking2 min
2nd 10:45Juraj Slafkovský · cross checking2 min
2nd 15:59Christian Fischer · cross checking2 min
3rd 10:33Joseph Veleno · holding2 min
3rd 16:07Kaiden Guhle · holding2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

51Emil HeinemanL	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	09:39
71Jake EvansC	1	1	2	+3	2	2	0	0	50	16:02
13Cole CaufieldR	0	1	1	-2	3	0	0	0	–	16:49
40Joel ArmiaR	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	–	16:59
92Patrik LaineL	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	2	–	13:37
8Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	24:21
48Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	20:26
72Arber XhekajD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	14:36
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	11:11
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	40	17:43
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	60	12:48
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	100	15:01
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	17:41
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	71	15:18
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	14	12:25
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	2	–	18:58
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	18:37
58David SavardD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	19:49

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

27Michael RasmussenC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	–	13:31
14Tyler MotteC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	10:49
18Andrew CoppC	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	47	17:11
88Patrick KaneR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:06
90Joseph VelenoC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	100	11:40
93Alex DeBrincatR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:24
46Jeff PetryD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	18:10
11Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:17
23Lucas RaymondL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	19:57
36Christian FischerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	10:28
37J.T. CompherL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	16:43
71Dylan LarkinC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	61	19:55
92Marco KasperC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	29	16:07
3Justin HollD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:06
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	+3	2	1	2	0	–	22:59
20Albert JohanssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	09:58
53Moritz SeiderD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	27:17
56Erik GustafssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	14:51

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Alex LyonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Cam TalbotG	L	33	29	4	.879	58:02