Minnesota Wild 3, Montreal Canadiens 4: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Wild 3 to Montreal Canadiens 4, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLTuesday, January 20, 2026
DateJan 20, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance21,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
28-14-9Record28-15-7
1st in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
8-5Road record / home record5-5
WLWWWLast 5LWWLW
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Minnesota WildMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Minnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Foligno | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 12:47 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Haight | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:44 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 17:56 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 6:09 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:40 | 2:48 | 0:02 | 20:50 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Sturm | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:27 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 9:34 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:46 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 13:24 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 2 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 15:59 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 14:28 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:26 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 12:13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:52 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 19:04 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Faber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:47 | 0:09 | 2:53 | 24:45 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30:03 | 2:48 | 0:02 | 27:13 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Daemon Hunt | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:02 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 9:29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 19:54 | 0:00 | 2:50 | 17:04 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Spacek | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:29 | 0:17 | 1:34 | 17:38 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .879 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 58:54 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 12:09 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 9:24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:37 | 2:53 | 0:00 | 15:44 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:53 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 12:46 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:07 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 0:02 | 0:56 | 13:05 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:24 | 1:30 | 0:15 | 11:39 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 | 2:54 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:10 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 17:15 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 47.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 0:02 | 1:27 | 12:25 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:01 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 15:43 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:00 | 1:23 | 0:30 | 22:07 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 18:40 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 | 3:03 | 0:07 | 16:19 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mike Matheson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:40 | 0:02 | 1:57 | 21:41 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .850 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-3, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Montreal Canadiens?
Minnesota Wild 3, Montreal Canadiens 4.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Vladimir Tarasenko (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Lane Hutson (1 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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