Minnesota Wild at Montréal Canadiens

Tue, Jan 20, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

3 – 4

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 on Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at Centre Bell. Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice. Jakub Dobes made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	1	3	20
MTL	2	1	1	4	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:44	MIN	PP	Vladimir Tarasenko (12) · snap	Mats Zuccarello (19), Quinn Hughes (40)	1–0
1st	15:22	MTL	EV	Phillip Danault (1) · snap	Josh Anderson (6), Kaiden Guhle (2)	1–1
1st	19:08	MTL	EV	Alexandre Carrier (5) · tip-in	Mike Matheson (18), Ivan Demidov (31)	1–2
2nd	10:16	MIN	EV	Brock Faber (11) · snap	Kirill Kaprizov (33), Vinnie Hinostroza (6)	2–2
2nd	12:35	MTL	EV	Lane Hutson (9) · slap	Ivan Demidov (32), Jayden Struble (7)	2–3
3rd	12:40	MIN	PP	Vladimir Tarasenko (13) · snap	Kirill Kaprizov (34), Mats Zuccarello (20)	3–3
3rd	19:45	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (25) · slap	Nick Suzuki (40), Lane Hutson (43)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:29	MTL	Phillip Danault	slashing	2
1st	15:53	MIN	Ryan Hartman	tripping	2
2nd	18:21	MIN	Ryan Hartman	interference	2
2nd	18:47	MTL	Lane Hutson	tripping	2
3rd	04:45	MIN	Nico Sturm	tripping	2
3rd	10:33	MTL	Lane Hutson	hooking	2
3rd	11:49	MTL	Mike Matheson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MIN 2.59 · MTL 2.86 · xG% MIN 47.6

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		23:40	24
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	1		21:52	23
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	2	0	2	-2	0	3	1	1		15:46	18
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3		30:03	27
7	Brock Faber	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		27:47	28
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		13:30	15
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	50.0	20:44	22
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		19:54	24
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:29	25
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	6	2	50.0	15:59	18
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		15:50	20
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	45.5	13:26	19
37	Hunter Haight	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	37.5	11:34	13
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	53.8	11:27	17
48	Daemon Hunt	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	3		11:02	15
82	David Spacek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		9:31	14
39	Ben Jones	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	66.7	7:19	11
19	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		6:13	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Jesper Wallstedt	L	33	29	4	.879	58:54

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Lane Hutson	D	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0		19:29	22
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0		15:07	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2		23:40	27
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	47.8	20:10	20
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1		19:31	21
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1		18:37	21
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0		18:01	24
24	Phillip Danault	C	1	0	1	+3	2	1	0	0	66.7	14:53	19
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		12:11	16
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0		11:08	13
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		24:00	28
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		17:08	19
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		16:46	22
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	50.0	14:03	18
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	28.6	13:54	18
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	57.1	13:24	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		11:55	15
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:57	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	19	16	3	.842	60:00