Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 3: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Detroit Red Wings 3, on Friday, December 20, 2024 at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLFriday, December 20, 2024
DateDec 20, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueLittle Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
TVESPN+
Attendance19,515
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensDetroit Red Wings
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
13-16-3Record13-15-4
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Atlantic Division
7-2Road record / home record4-6
LWLWWLast 5WLLLL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensDetroit Red Wings
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 ReserveDetroit Red Wings
Albert Johansson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveDylan Larkin C · Suspension
Injured ReserveSimon Edvinsson D · Contract Dispute
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 3:18 | 11:43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:59 | 0:00 | 4:39 | 12:20 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:49 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:25 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Dvorak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 12:02 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 70.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16:02 | 0:00 | 4:43 | 11:19 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:11 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9:39 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 9:00 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:37 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 10:47 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:48 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 12:09 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:41 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 14:51 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:43 | 2:50 | 0:01 | 14:52 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 40.0 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 | 0:00 | 3:10 | 15:27 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 | 0:00 | 3:03 | 15:55 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:26 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 17:36 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 24:21 | 0:39 | 4:49 | 18:53 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Savard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:49 | 0:00 | 4:33 | 15:16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 14:08 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.T. Compher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 | 3:25 | 2:03 | 11:15 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Copp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex DeBrincat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 | 4:33 | 0:00 | 13:51 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Fischer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Kasper | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:07 | 3:23 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Larkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:55 | 4:46 | 1:49 | 13:20 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Motte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 1:40 | 9:09 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 | 0:23 | 0:00 | 13:08 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Raymond | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:57 | 4:43 | 1:26 | 13:48 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 | 3:18 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:40 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Detroit Red Wings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Chiarot | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:59 | 0:03 | 2:59 | 19:57 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gustafsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:51 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 11:37 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Holl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | 0:01 | 0:28 | 16:37 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Johansson | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 9:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Petry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 17:40 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moritz Seider | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:17 | 4:46 | 3:01 | 19:30 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Talbot | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .879 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 58:02 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-3, on Friday, December 20, 2024.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 3.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Jake Evans (1 goals). Detroit Red Wings: Tyler Motte (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings played?
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI.
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