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Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens

Preseason · Tuesday, September 23, 2025 · Centre Bell

Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphiaFlyersAway

2–4

Final

21–23

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Flyers 23–21.

Goals came from Cole Caufield, Florian Xhekaj, Anthony Richard, Nick Suzuki, Owen Tippett and Arber Xhekaj.

Kaapo Kahkonen made 10 saves on 12 shots for the win; Aleksei Kolosov stopped 12 of 13.

Goals
Philadelphia FlyersPHI020221
Montréal CanadiensMTL211423

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNick SuzukiMTL · 1 goal, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starCole CaufieldMTL · 1 goal, 1 assist
  3. ★3rd starFlorian XhekajMTL · 1 goal

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:36

2–3 · 2nd 17:35 · Tippett. Carrier had been on the ice for 1:36 when it went in.

GoalPHI MTL

0–1 MTL

1st 0:53 · Caufield

Couturier 0:37

0–2 MTL

1st 9:58 · Xhekaj

Samson 0:29

1–2 PHI

2nd 11:11 · Richard

Bolduc 0:23

1–3 MTL

2nd 16:05 · Suzuki

Eklind 0:59

2–3 PHI

2nd 17:35 · · Tippett

Stuck out there: Carrier 1:36

2–4 MTL

3rd 19:46 · · Xhekaj

Couturier 2:08

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

PHIMTL
2123
38%62%
1/40/1
1420
3035
2114
1011
00

Penalties

  • 3:43 into the second periodAlexandre Carrier · holding2 min
  • 4:25 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 7:17 into the second periodNicolas Deslauriers · fighting5 min
  • 7:17 into the second periodFlorian Xhekaj · fighting5 min
  • 16:40 into the second periodArber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
  • 16:40 into the second periodArber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
  • 16:40 into the second periodRodrigo Abols · tripping2 min
  • 13:54 into the third periodHunter McDonald · cross checking2 min
  • 13:54 into the third periodHunter McDonald · fighting5 min
  • 13:54 into the third periodLuke Tuch · fighting5 min
  • 17:53 into the third periodLane Hutson · hooking2 min