Montréal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings

Thu, Oct 9, 2025 · Little Caesars Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

5 – 1

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–1 on Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. Mike Matheson led the way with 2 points. Jakub Dobes made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 17–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	3	2	0	5	17
DET	1	0	0	1	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:50	DET	PP	Dylan Larkin (1) · snap	Patrick Kane (1), Moritz Seider (1)	0–1
1st	10:14	MTL	EV	Zachary Bolduc (2) · wrist	Brendan Gallagher (2), Mike Matheson (1)	1–1
1st	12:43	MTL	EV	Oliver Kapanen (2) · snap	Alex Newhook (1), Ivan Demidov (1)	2–1
1st	19:53	MTL	EV	Mike Matheson (1) · wrist	Nick Suzuki (1), Noah Dobson (1)	3–1
2nd	05:19	MTL	EV	Alexandre Carrier (1) · wrist	Arber Xhekaj (1), Brendan Gallagher (3)	4–1
2nd	17:12	MTL	PP	Juraj Slafkovský (1) · snap	Cole Caufield (1), Nick Suzuki (2)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:13	MTL	Noah Dobson	interference	2
1st	05:51	DET	Marco Kasper	roughing	2
1st	13:15	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	high sticking	2
2nd	12:53	DET	Simon Edvinsson	interference	2
2nd	17:05	DET	Moritz Seider	tripping	2
3rd	05:32	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	holding the stick	2
3rd	16:42	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 1.66 · DET 3.02 · xG% MTL 35.5

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	2		20:22	23
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	25.0	15:46	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0		14:03	19
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		19:50	23
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	2		17:10	24
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	57.1	15:50	19
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	6	2		15:37	21
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	100.0	15:26	19
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	33.3	14:52	18
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1		14:40	18
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0		14:30	19
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		12:04	15
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		22:41	22
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	2		20:46	20
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:15	20
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	63.6	15:36	20
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	25.0	14:10	17
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:45	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Moritz Seider	D	0	1	1	-1	2	5	3	0		22:51	29
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		18:23	19
71	Dylan Larkin	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	66.7	18:20	22
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3		23:14	29
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		22:34	27
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		19:02	19
23	Lucas Raymond	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		17:52	20
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		16:55	25
18	Andrew Copp	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	50.0	16:03	23
20	Albert Johansson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	3		15:04	20
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	80.0	14:47	22
92	Marco Kasper	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	5	1	50.0	14:41	17
28	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	0		14:34	20
22	Mason Appleton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		13:53	17
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0		13:33	19
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:22	16
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	57.1	11:13	16
85	Elmer Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0		10:43	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	John Gibson	L	13	8	5	.615	37:12
39	Cam Talbot		4	4	0	1.000	22:37