Montreal Canadiens 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4: final score and stats
Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 2 to Chicago Blackhawks 4, on Friday, January 3, 2025 at United Center, Chicago, IL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Chicago Blackhawks vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLFriday, January 3, 2025
DateJan 3, 2025
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueUnited Center, Chicago, IL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,620
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensChicago Blackhawks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
17-18-3Record13-24-2
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Central Division
7-2Road record / home record5-6
LWLWWLast 5LWLLL
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensChicago Blackhawks
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.
Montreal Canadiens
Mike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutChris Kreider LW · Lower Body
OutIvan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveChicago Blackhawks
Bowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveTyler Bertuzzi LW · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 14:20 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 12:21 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | 3:34 | 2:15 | 8:28 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:03 | 3:51 | 0:00 | 15:12 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 15:22 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 13:41 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:17 | 0:00 | 2:53 | 11:24 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 2:56 | 11:28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 | 2:01 | 0:00 | 13:07 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:32 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 10:09 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:44 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Pezzetta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 | 3:52 | 0:07 | 15:28 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:53 | 3:48 | 0:27 | 17:38 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 20:12 | 0:19 | 3:04 | 16:49 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:38 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 18:09 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26:44 | 3:45 | 1:08 | 21:51 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28:10 | 1:50 | 4:12 | 22:08 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:27 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 9:17 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 9:02 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .846 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 56:11 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bedard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:42 | 5:11 | 0:06 | 13:25 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | 5:06 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Dach | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Dickinson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 | 0:04 | 3:04 | 15:42 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 11:02 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Foligno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:22 | 1:27 | 2:46 | 14:09 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:51 | 0:54 | 0:07 | 12:50 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Maroon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:36 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:17 | 0:04 | 3:03 | 14:10 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Nazar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:08 | 1:17 | 0:15 | 10:36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 | 4:39 | 1:50 | 11:11 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Allan | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15:02 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 13:11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Brodie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 13:30 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Crevier | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 | 0:21 | 2:41 | 16:00 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:52 | 4:39 | 1:54 | 18:19 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 | 0:00 | 2:02 | 15:55 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:11 | 1:14 | 1:42 | 20:15 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvid Soderblom | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .950 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Chicago Blackhawks won, 4-2, on Friday, January 3, 2025.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Montreal Canadiens 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (1 goals). Chicago Blackhawks: Nick Foligno (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks played?
United Center, Chicago, IL.
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