Skip to content
daily.hockey

Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Centre Bell

Chicago BlackhawksChicagoBlackhawksAway

1–4

Final

SOG 15–35

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · CHSN

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 35-15.

Zachary Bolduc scored twice. Frank Nazar, Noah Dobson and Nick Suzuki also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 31 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI100115
Montréal CanadiensMTL103435

Three stars

  1. ★1st starZachary BolducMTL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starLane HutsonMTL · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starNick SuzukiMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

3rd 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+
1:15

1–1 · 1st 14:23 · Bolduc. Crevier was 1:15 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceMTL on ice

1–0 CHI

1st 7:27 · Nazar

Dobson 0:17

1–1 MTL

1st 14:23 · Bolduc

Long shift: Crevier 1:15

1–2 MTL

3rd 0:20 · Bolduc

Dickinson 0:20

1–3 MTL

3rd 10:00 · Dobson

Long shift: Levshunov 1:15

1–4 MTL

3rd 16:29 · EN · Suzuki

Grzelcyk 0:43

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

CHIMTL
15Shots on goal35
34%Faceoff %66%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits21
8Blocked shots13
14Giveaways10
8Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 04:49Noah Dobson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 15:12Dominic Toninato · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 18:12Frank Nazar · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:21Arber Xhekaj · slashing2 min

Season series