New York Islanders at Montréal Canadiens

Sat, Dec 16, 2023 · Centre Bell · 2023–24 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 5

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at Centre Bell. Josh Anderson scored twice; Brock Nelson scored twice. Samuel Montembeault made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	0	3	3	33
MTL	0	4	1	5	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	07:45	MTL	EV	Joel Armia (4) · wrist	Brendan Gallagher (6), Kaiden Guhle (7)	0–1
2nd	10:35	MTL	EV	Josh Anderson (2) · wrist	Justin Barron (4), Sean Monahan (9)	0–2
2nd	19:06	MTL	EV	Josh Anderson (3) · backhand	Sean Monahan (10), Justin Barron (5)	0–3
2nd	19:21	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (8) · wrist	Nick Suzuki (16), Juraj Slafkovský (6)	0–4
3rd	02:07	NYI	SH	Brock Nelson (14) · wrist	Noah Dobson (25)	1–4
3rd	03:43	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (15) · snap	Noah Dobson (26)	2–4
3rd	14:06	NYI	EV	Bo Horvat (12) · snap	Noah Dobson (27), Alexander Romanov (5)	3–4
3rd	19:40	MTL	SH EN	Christian Dvorak (2) · wrist	Nick Suzuki (17)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	03:05	MTL	Johnathan Kovacevic	tripping	2
2nd	13:47	NYI	Brock Nelson	slashing	2
3rd	00:37	NYI	Anders Lee	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NYI 3.60 · MTL 5.30 · xG% NYI 40.4

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	2		26:43	29
29	Brock Nelson	C	2	0	2	-1	2	4	0	1	33.3	15:19	22
14	Bo Horvat	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0	38.1	20:03	23
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1		18:54	26
25	Sebastian Aho	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		23:47	29
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		21:04	23
2	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	1	0		19:51	27
18	Pierre Engvall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		16:08	20
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1		16:06	22
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:59	24
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	3		15:44	20
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	2	46.2	15:10	24
4	Samuel Bolduc	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1		13:27	21
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		13:15	20
10	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:31	21
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		12:23	20
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		10:36	18
16	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		10:03	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Semyon Varlamov	L	40	36	4	.900	58:57

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	+1	0	6	0	0	53.8	19:17	23
52	Justin Barron	D	0	2	2	+3	0	2	1	0		17:55	24
17	Josh Anderson	R	2	0	2	0	0	6	1	0		16:40	21
91	Sean Monahan	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	1	72.7	16:26	20
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	+4	0	2	3	2		19:51	25
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	3		19:26	23
22	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1		18:57	22
28	Christian Dvorak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	80.0	16:52	21
40	Joel Armia	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	50.0	14:25	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	13:11	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		25:12	27
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		22:17	25
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		15:34	17
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	62.5	15:26	20
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	4		15:18	21
13	Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80.0	11:18	15
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	10:06	15
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		9:49	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00