Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2025 · Madison Square Garden

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4–5

Final/OT

SOG 18–29

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 29-18.

J.T. Miller scored twice. Zachary Bolduc, Arber Xhekaj, Jake Evans, Noah Laba, Artemi Panarin, Josh Anderson and Will Cuylle also scored.

Igor Shesterkin made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jacob Fowler stopped 24 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	3	1	0	0	4	18
NYR	2	2	0	1	5	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Zachary Bolduc (7)Nick Suzuki (27), Cole Caufield (16)1–012:41 MTL
Arber Xhekaj (1)Alexandre Carrier (8), Alexandre Texier (4)Gavrikov 1:05 into shift2–014:10 MTL
Jake Evans (5)Lane Hutson (20), Joseph Veleno (1)3–016:18 MTL
Noah Laba (5)Will Cuylle (9), Conor Sheary (7)Matheson 1:50 into shift3–118:49 NYR · PPG
Artemi Panarin (11)Unassisted3–219:08 NYR

2nd period

Josh Anderson (6)Lane Hutson (21), Nick Suzuki (28)4–203:17 MTL
Will Cuylle (9)Matthew Robertson (3), Noah Laba (5)Veleno 1:11 into shift4–307:22 NYR
J.T. Miller (8)Matthew Robertson (4), Conor Sheary (8)4–407:58 NYR

OT period

J.T. Miller (9)Mika Zibanejad (14), Vincent Trocheck (10)Matheson 1:51 into shift4–502:56 NYR · 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+

1:51

4–5 · OT 2:56 · Miller. Matheson was 1:51 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceNYR on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MTL

1st 12:41 · Bolduc

Sheary 0:58

NormalSheary 0:58

2–0 MTL

1st 14:10 · Xhekaj

Long shift: Gavrikov 1:05

Long shiftGavrikov 1:05

3–0 MTL

1st 16:18 · Evans

Panarin 0:50

NormalPanarin 0:50

3–1 NYR

1st 18:49 · PP · Laba

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:50

Stuck out thereMatheson 1:50

3–2 NYR

1st 19:08 · Panarin

Suzuki 0:19

Fresh legsSuzuki 0:19

4–2 MTL

2nd 3:17 · Anderson

Gavrikov 0:59

NormalGavrikov 0:59

4–3 NYR

2nd 7:22 · Cuylle

Long shift: Veleno 1:11

Long shiftVeleno 1:11

4–4 NYR

2nd 7:58 · Miller

Matheson 0:36

Fresh legsMatheson 0:36

4–5 NYR

OT 2:56 · PP · Miller

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:51

Stuck out thereMatheson 1:51

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

MTLNYR

18Shots on goal29

47%Faceoff %53%

0/1Power play2/2

6Penalty minutes4

21Hits32

23Blocked shots18

13Giveaways14

7Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 16:59Lane Hutson · interference2 min
1st 19:08Noah Dobson · ps holding on breakaway0 min
1st 19:52Vladislav Gavrikov · tripping2 min
2nd 12:24Will Borgen · roughing2 min
2nd 12:24Owen Beck · roughing2 min
OT 02:29Jake Evans · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	47	24:33
48Lane HutsonD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	2	–	26:58
13Cole CaufieldR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	19:26
17Josh AndersonR	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	11:49
71Jake EvansC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	25	13:54
76Zachary BolducR	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	–	17:14
85Alexandre TexierL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	12:53
90Joseph VelenoC	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	44	15:51
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	22:20
72Arber XhekajD	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	–	10:13
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:01
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	15:43
62Owen BeckC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	83	09:09
91Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	0	44	15:12
93Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:18
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	27:23
42Adam EngstromD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:16
53Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	23:45

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Jacob FowlerG	O	29	24	5	.828	62:56
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8J.T. MillerC	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	75	20:54
42Noah LabaC	1	1	2	-1	2	5	1	0	75	13:36
43Conor ShearyL	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:37
50Will CuylleL	1	1	2	-1	1	3	2	0	–	15:03
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	2	2	+1	3	2	0	0	–	20:32
10Artemi PanarinL	1	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	–	22:22
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	55	22:43
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	-1	2	3	2	0	29	19:25
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	19:38
14Taylor RaddyshR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:26
39Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	67	09:02
49Jaroslav ChmelarR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	07:43
65Brett BerardL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	11:21
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	–	23:40
17Will BorgenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	19:12
18Urho VaakanainenD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	11:33
24Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	16:23
44Vladislav GavrikovD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	–	27:56

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	W	18	14	4	.778	62:05
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00