
Game No: 554
Started: 2021-12-30 19:08:00
Ended: 2021-12-30 21:34:00
Attendance: 17,722
Three Stars by: media
Full Recap
| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:46 | CAR | Nino Niederreiter | Wrist | 8 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | Jaccob Slavin | |
| 1 | 13:29 | CAR | Teuvo Teravainen | Snap | 19 | Sebastian Aho | Jaccob Slavin | |
| 2 | 17:01 | CAR | Teuvo Teravainen | Snap | 27 | Martin Necas | Sebastian Aho | |
| 3 | 10:52 | CAR | Seth Jarvis | Snap | 24 | Andrei Svechnikov | Jaccob Slavin | 
#9 Dan O'Rourke
#49 Reid Anderson
#92 Mark Shewchyk
#58 Ryan Gibbons
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:12 | MTL | Alex Belzile | Hooking | 2 | Ethan Bear | 
| 1 | 12:37 | CAR | Brady Skjei | Holding | 2 | Brendan Gallagher | 
| 1 | 16:40 | CAR | Vincent Trocheck | Holding | 2 | Brett Kulak | 
| 1 | 19:06 | CAR | Vincent Trocheck | Tripping | 2 | David Savard | 
| 2 | 1:19 | MTL | Jesse Ylonen | Interference | 2 | Brett Pesce | 
| 2 | 9:06 | MTL | Brett Kulak | Slashing | 2 | Sebastian Aho | 
| 2 | 15:24 | MTL | Jake Evans | Hooking | 2 | |
| 2 | 13:54 | CAR | Ian Cole | Cross checking | 2 | Alexander Romanov | 
| 3 | 10:35 | MTL | Michael Pezzetta | Interference | 2 | Brett Pesce | 
| 3 | 15:45 | CAR | Tony Deangelo | Holding | 2 | Nick Suzuki | 
Coach: Dominique Ducharme
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Brendan Gallagher | R | 
| 13 | Cedric Paquette | C | 
| 14 | Nick Suzuki | C | 
| 15 | Sami Niku | D | 
| 22 | Cole Caufield | R | 
| 25 | Ryan Poehling | C | 
| 27 | Alexander Romanov | D | 
| 35 | Sam Montembeault | G | 
| 42 | Lukas Vejdemo | C | 
| 43 | Kale Clague | D | 
| 49 | Rafael Harvey-Pinard | L | 
| 55 | Michael Pezzetta | L | 
| 56 | Jesse Ylonen | R | 
| 58 | David Savard | D | 
| 60 | Alex Belzile | R | 
| 64 | Corey Schueneman | D | 
| 70 | Michael McNiven | G | 
| 71 | Jake Evans | C | 
| 77 | Brett Kulak | D | 
| 81 | Brandon Baddock | L | 
Coach: Rod Brind'amour
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jordan Staal | C | 
| 16 | Vincent Trocheck | C | 
| 18 | Derek Stepan | C | 
| 20 | Sebastian Aho | C | 
| 21 | Nino Niederreiter | R | 
| 22 | Brett Pesce | D | 
| 24 | Seth Jarvis | C | 
| 25 | Ethan Bear | D | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | D | 
| 31 | Frederik Andersen | G | 
| 32 | Antti Raanta | G | 
| 37 | Andrei Svechnikov | R | 
| 71 | Jesper Fast | R | 
| 74 | Jaccob Slavin | D | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | D | 
| 77 | Tony Deangelo | D | 
| 78 | Steven Lorentz | C | 
| 82 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | C | 
| 86 | Teuvo Teravainen | L | 
| 88 | Martin Necas | C | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 47 | Louie Belpedio | D | 
| 92 | Jonathan Drouin | L | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Brendan Smith | D | 
| 0 | Goals | 4 | 
| 0 | Assists | 8 | 
| -5 | Plus / Minus | 4 | 
| 5 | Penalties | 5 | 
| 10 | PIM | 10 | 
| 33 | Corsi For | 50 | 
| 39.76 | Corsi % | 60.24 | 
| 26 | Fenwick For | 50 | 
| 34.21 | Fenwick % | 65.79 | 
| 26 | Shots | 38 | 
| 8 | Shots Blocked | 14 | 
| 7 | Missed Shots | 12 | 
| 42 | Hits | 25 | 
| 15 | Giveaways | 10 | 
| 16 | Takeaways | 14 | 
| 14 | Blocked Shots | 8 | 
| 17 | Faceoffs Won | 43 | 
| 43 | Faceoffs Lost | 17 | 
| 28% | Faceoff Percentage | 72% | 
| Montreal Canadiens | Carolina Hurricanes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 1 | 2:43 | |
| 2 | 2 | 23:32 | |
| 3 | 3 | 13:51 | |
| 4 | 4 | 9:08 | |
| Montreal Canadiens - Carolina Hurricanes | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 0 - 1 | 2:43 | 
| 0 - 2 | 23:32 | 
| 0 - 3 | 13:51 | 
| 0 - 4 | 9:08 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Cedric Paquette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 
| 14 | Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 
| 15 | Sami Niku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Ryan Poehling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 
| 27 | Alexander Romanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 35 | Sam Montembeault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 42 | Lukas Vejdemo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 
| 43 | Kale Clague | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 49 | Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 55 | Michael Pezzetta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 56 | Jesse Ylonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 58 | David Savard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 60 | Alex Belzile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 64 | Corey Schueneman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 70 | Michael McNiven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 
| 77 | Brett Kulak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 81 | Brandon Baddock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jordan Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 81 | 
| 16 | Vincent Trocheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83 | 
| 18 | Derek Stepan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 
| 20 | Sebastian Aho | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 
| 21 | Nino Niederreiter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 
| 22 | Brett Pesce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 24 | Seth Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Ethan Bear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 31 | Frederik Andersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 32 | Antti Raanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Jesper Fast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 74 | Jaccob Slavin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 77 | Tony Deangelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 78 | Steven Lorentz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 
| 82 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 
| 86 | Teuvo Teravainen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 88 | Martin Necas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 11 | Brendan Gallagher | 14 | 00:40 | 09:21 | 03:07 | 00:00 | 06:14 | 
| 13 | Cedric Paquette | 22 | 00:37 | 13:34 | 01:06 | 03:12 | 09:16 | 
| 14 | Nick Suzuki | 27 | 00:52 | 23:41 | 06:36 | 01:51 | 15:14 | 
| 15 | Sami Niku | 19 | 00:47 | 15:07 | 03:41 | 00:07 | 11:19 | 
| 22 | Cole Caufield | 21 | 00:47 | 16:40 | 05:06 | 00:00 | 11:34 | 
| 25 | Ryan Poehling | 21 | 00:44 | 15:44 | 03:55 | 00:07 | 11:42 | 
| 27 | Alexander Romanov | 23 | 00:55 | 21:11 | 00:41 | 05:01 | 15:29 | 
| 42 | Lukas Vejdemo | 23 | 00:36 | 13:48 | 00:30 | 03:39 | 09:39 | 
| 43 | Kale Clague | 22 | 00:58 | 21:16 | 05:19 | 00:00 | 15:57 | 
| 49 | Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 21 | 00:39 | 13:59 | 04:44 | 00:03 | 09:12 | 
| 55 | Michael Pezzetta | 15 | 00:45 | 11:22 | 01:02 | 00:00 | 10:20 | 
| 56 | Jesse Ylonen | 22 | 00:42 | 15:26 | 02:47 | 00:00 | 12:39 | 
| 58 | David Savard | 25 | 00:50 | 21:05 | 00:30 | 05:01 | 15:34 | 
| 60 | Alex Belzile | 26 | 00:44 | 19:13 | 04:16 | 02:40 | 12:17 | 
| 64 | Corey Schueneman | 19 | 00:45 | 14:24 | 00:00 | 01:57 | 12:27 | 
| 71 | Jake Evans | 25 | 00:45 | 19:02 | 02:47 | 02:24 | 13:51 | 
| 77 | Brett Kulak | 21 | 00:51 | 18:08 | 00:00 | 01:50 | 16:18 | 
| 81 | Brandon Baddock | 14 | 00:39 | 09:15 | 00:52 | 00:00 | 08:23 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 11 | Jordan Staal | 22 | 00:46 | 16:55 | 00:03 | 04:38 | 12:14 | 
| 16 | Vincent Trocheck | 21 | 00:51 | 18:06 | 04:33 | 01:48 | 11:45 | 
| 18 | Derek Stepan | 16 | 00:44 | 11:54 | 00:00 | 03:20 | 08:34 | 
| 20 | Sebastian Aho | 20 | 00:51 | 17:12 | 04:33 | 02:12 | 10:27 | 
| 21 | Nino Niederreiter | 18 | 00:46 | 13:54 | 02:22 | 00:00 | 11:32 | 
| 22 | Brett Pesce | 25 | 00:50 | 20:54 | 00:05 | 04:54 | 15:55 | 
| 24 | Seth Jarvis | 16 | 00:52 | 14:00 | 02:22 | 00:00 | 11:38 | 
| 25 | Ethan Bear | 18 | 00:52 | 15:43 | 00:00 | 00:56 | 14:47 | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | 26 | 00:47 | 20:36 | 00:17 | 04:31 | 15:48 | 
| 37 | Andrei Svechnikov | 19 | 00:49 | 15:32 | 02:20 | 00:07 | 13:05 | 
| 71 | Jesper Fast | 19 | 00:41 | 13:12 | 00:03 | 02:57 | 10:12 | 
| 74 | Jaccob Slavin | 26 | 00:43 | 18:42 | 02:11 | 04:53 | 11:38 | 
| 76 | Brady Skjei | 26 | 00:47 | 20:25 | 00:03 | 03:46 | 16:36 | 
| 77 | Tony Deangelo | 22 | 00:45 | 16:42 | 04:44 | 00:00 | 11:58 | 
| 78 | Steven Lorentz | 15 | 00:39 | 09:51 | 00:03 | 00:17 | 09:31 | 
| 82 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 17 | 00:46 | 13:11 | 02:22 | 00:07 | 10:42 | 
| 86 | Teuvo Teravainen | 19 | 00:49 | 15:46 | 04:33 | 01:52 | 09:21 | 
| 88 | Martin Necas | 22 | 00:47 | 17:25 | 04:16 | 01:42 | 11:27 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Sam Montembeault | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.778 | 
| 2 | 1 | 17 | 0.941 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 12 | 0.917 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Antti Raanta | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 
| 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |