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Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, March 20, 2025 · UBS Arena

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3–4

Final/OT

SOG 41–25

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at UBS Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 41-25.

Bo Horvat scored twice. Anthony Duclair, Joshua Roy, Simon Holmstrom, Patrik Laine and Brendan Gallagher also scored.

Ilya Sorokin made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 21 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL1020341
New York IslandersNYI1111425

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBo HorvatNYI · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starIlya SorokinNYI · .927 SV%
  3. ★3rd starPatrik LaineMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:26

1–2 · 2nd 16:40 · Holmstrom. Carrier was 2:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceNYI on ice

0–1 NYI

1st 5:37 · PP · Duclair

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:47

1–1 MTL

1st 11:58 · Roy

Long shift: Pulock 1:10

1–2 NYI

2nd 16:40 · PP · Holmstrom

Stuck out there: Carrier 2:26

1–3 NYI

3rd 2:31 · Horvat

Long shift: Laine 1:14

2–3 MTL

3rd 4:32 · PP · Laine

Pulock 0:51

3–3 MTL

3rd 14:16 · Gallagher

Pageau 0:45

3–4 NYI

OT 3:37 · Horvat

Long shift: Suzuki 1:21

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

MTLNYI
41Shots on goal25
55%Faceoff %45%
1/5Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes10
21Hits19
28Blocked shots19
11Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 03:50Brendan Gallagher · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 1st 09:22Adam Pelech · interference2 min
  • 1st 14:03Anders Lee · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 00:31Brendan Gallagher · interference2 min
  • 2nd 01:47Noah Dobson · interference2 min
  • 2nd 15:20Mike Matheson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:15Kyle MacLean · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:32Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min

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