MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
45-23-12 · L2 · L10: 6-4-0
W
W
L
L
OT
W
L
SO
W
SO
Final
3—4
2026-01-20 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
W
L
OT
W
L
W
W
W
L
W
MTL dominated expected goals 2.6 to 2.0 · MTL controlled 67.3% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
0121ST2ND3RD
MIN xG
2.00
ACTUAL
3 — 4
MTL xG
2.60

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
MIN1P 10:44Power Play
Vladimir Tarasenko
11
Vladimir Tarasenko(12)
R · MIN · #11
Mats Zuccarello (19), Quinn Hughes (40)
MIN 1 - 0 MTL
0.30
HIGH xG
MTL1P 15:22Even Strength
Phillip Danault
24
Phillip Danault(1)
C · MTL · #24
Josh Anderson (6), Kaiden Guhle (2)
MIN 1 - 1 MTL
0.07
MED xG
MTL1P 19:08Even Strength
Alexandre Carrier
45
Alexandre Carrier(5)
D · MTL · #45
Mike Matheson (18), Ivan Demidov (31)
MIN 1 - 2 MTL
0.01
LOW xG
MIN2P 10:16Even Strength
Brock Faber
7
Brock Faber(11)
D · MIN · #7
Kirill Kaprizov (33), Vinnie Hinostroza (6)
MIN 2 - 2 MTL
0.03
LOW xG
MTL2P 12:35Even Strength
Lane Hutson
48
Lane Hutson(9)
D · MTL · #48
Ivan Demidov (32), Jayden Struble (7)
MIN 2 - 3 MTL
0.12
HIGH xG
MIN3P 12:40Power Play
Vladimir Tarasenko
11
Vladimir Tarasenko(13)
R · MIN · #11
Kirill Kaprizov (34), Mats Zuccarello (20)
MIN 3 - 3 MTL
0.04
MED xG
MTL3P 19:45Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(25)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (40), Lane Hutson (43)
MIN 3 - 4 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jesper Wallstedt
30
Jesper Wallstedt
G · MIN · #30
29/33 saves, .878 SV%, -0.3 GSAx
★2
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
17/20 saves, .850 SV%, -0.9 GSAx
★3
Vladimir Tarasenko
11
Vladimir Tarasenko
R · MIN · #11
2G, 3 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

MINMTL
20Shots33
2.00xGF2.61
32.7CF%67.3
48.3FO%51.7
2/4PP0/3
17Hits18
22Blocks12
16Giveaways16
2Takeaways5
6PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodMIN SOGMTL SOGMIN xGMTL xG
1st1130.441.92
2nd980.370.29
3rd781.190.39
Total17292.002.60

Penalties

7 TOTAL
1P 10:29
MTL
Phillip Danaultslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Brock Faber
1P 15:53
MIN
Ryan Hartmantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kirby Dach
2P 18:21
MIN
Ryan Hartmaninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Nick Suzuki
2P 18:47
MTL
Lane Hutsontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Marcus Foligno
3P 04:45
MIN
Nico Sturmtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Nick Suzuki
3P 10:33
MTL
Lane Hutsonhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Yakov Trenin
3P 11:49
MTL
Mike Mathesontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Mats Zuccarello