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Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · TD Garden

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6–2

Final

SOG 29–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at TD Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 29-28.

Goals came from Sammy Blais, Marat Khusnutdinov, Alex Steeves, Ivan Demidov, Zachary Bolduc, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovský.

Jacob Fowler made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL114629
Boston BruinsBOS200228

Three stars

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

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

  • Ivan Demidov (9)Unassisted2–201:58 MTL

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+
2:40

4–2 · 3rd 8:43 · Caufield. McAvoy was 2:40 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceBOS on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 11:08 · Blais

Peeke 0:36

1–1 BOS

1st 12:25 · Khusnutdinov

Matheson 0:47

1–2 BOS

1st 19:42 · PP · Steeves

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:44

2–2 MTL

2nd 1:58 · Demidov

Long shift: Zadorov 1:09

3–2 MTL

3rd 7:04 · Bolduc

Long shift: McAvoy 1:01

4–2 MTL

3rd 8:43 · PP · Caufield

Stuck out there: McAvoy 2:40

5–2 MTL

3rd 10:09 · PP · Suzuki

Long shift: Zadorov 1:11

6–2 MTL

3rd 12:22 · Slafkovský

Long shift: Pastrnak 1:26

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

MTLBOS
29Shots on goal28
47%Faceoff %53%
2/7Power play1/5
32Penalty minutes36
23Hits27
18Blocked shots16
11Giveaways20
3Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 00:03Josh Anderson · fighting5 min
  • 1st 00:03Tanner Jeannot · fighting5 min
  • 1st 00:29Hampus Lindholm · holding2 min
  • 1st 08:28Nikita Zadorov · fighting5 min
  • 1st 08:28Arber Xhekaj · fighting5 min
  • 1st 08:31Juraj Slafkovský · interference2 min
  • 1st 13:41Brendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
  • 1st 15:56Viktor Arvidsson · slashing2 min
  • 1st 17:58Ivan Demidov · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 04:15Josh Anderson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 14:37Alex Steeves · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 19:55Nikita Zadorov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:55Juraj Slafkovský · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 07:04Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 3rd 08:24Tanner Jeannot · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 08:58Hampus Lindholm · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 18:52Juraj Slafkovský · holding2 min
  • 3rd 18:52Juraj Slafkovský · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 18:52Nikita Zadorov · misconduct10 min

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