Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Chicago Blackhawks 1, on Friday, October 23, 2026 at United Center, Chicago, IL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Chicago Blackhawks vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLFriday, October 23, 2026
DateOct 23, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueUnited Center, Chicago, IL
TVNHL Net
Attendance19,592
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensChicago Blackhawks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
5-3-2Record3-7-0
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Central Division
6-2Road record / home record4-5
WWLWWLast 5LLLLL
W2StreakL6
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
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveChicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:19 | 0:14 | 2:59 | 10:06 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:11 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 13:24 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:32 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 10:30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 | 0:14 | 5:03 | 12:58 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 73.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17:12 | 0:00 | 5:07 | 12:05 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:04 | 2:49 | 0:07 | 12:08 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 | 1:08 | 0:06 | 10:05 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 | 1:22 | 2:13 | 11:37 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:03 | 3:01 | 0:06 | 12:56 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22:40 | 0:22 | 4:40 | 17:38 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 | 2:51 | 2:57 | 14:00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23:30 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 19:38 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:04 | 2:46 | 0:31 | 18:47 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 | 1:35 | 4:18 | 14:22 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 10:11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .952 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 59:55 | 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 | 0 | -2 | 20:06 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 14:48 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:46 | 5:32 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 2:45 | 0:08 | 10:40 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Frondell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 | 2:30 | 1:04 | 10:32 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Greene | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 11:33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:16 | 0:03 | 1:51 | 11:22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:53 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 15:22 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman Kantserov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:39 | 5:35 | 0:00 | 14:04 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:07 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 8:21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Nazar | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:53 | 2:51 | 2:04 | 12:58 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 13:27 | 0:05 | 1:19 | 12:03 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:24 | 5:13 | 1:05 | 9:06 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Chicago Blackhawks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:22 | 0:04 | 2:32 | 15:46 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Del Mastro | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 | 0:17 | 1:50 | 16:55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artyom Levshunov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 0:00 | 1:37 | 17:47 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Rinzel | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:17 | 3:05 | 0:14 | 13:58 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 | 0:15 | 2:31 | 18:54 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 59:14 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
MTL leads series 1-0
Jan 4, 2027CHI 0, MTL 0
Oct 23, 2026MTL 4, CHI 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-1, on Friday, October 23, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Blackhawks 1.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Jake Evans (2 goals). Chicago Blackhawks: Connor Bedard (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks played?
United Center, Chicago, IL.
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