Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal Canadiens: game summary
Final · January 12, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Shots on goal : VAN 23 — MTL 41 · Centre Bell
Three stars
- 1★
A. CarrierMTL · D · 2B 0A - 2★
J. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 1B 2A - 3★
I. DemidovMTL · R · 0B 3A
VANGame stats
MTL
- 23Shots on goal41
- 44 %Faceoff win %56 %
- 0/2Power play1/1
- 2Penalty minutes4
- 12Hits26
- 9Blocked shots26
- 18Giveaways19
- 4Takeaways4
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| MTL | 13 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
Season series VAN 0 – 2 MTL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VAN 3 / 23 / 346 / 41 / 57 MTL →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Elias PetterssonVAN · 11:53Assists : Linus Karlsson, Filip Hronek1 – 0▶ Watch
Noah DobsonMTL · 18:13 · PPAssists : Nick Suzuki1 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
Evander KaneVAN · 01:50Assists : Aatu Räty2 – 1▶ Watch- Alexandre CarrierMTL · 04:31Assists : Nick Suzuki, Alexandre Texier2 – 2▶ Watch
- Alexandre CarrierMTL · 04:51Assists : Juraj Slafkovský, Ivan Demidov2 – 3▶ Watch
Max SassonVAN · 09:42Assists : Drew O'Connor, Pierre-Olivier Joseph3 – 3▶ Watch
3rd period
Mike MathesonMTL · 00:29Assists : Cole Caufield, Alexandre Texier3 – 4▶ Watch- Juraj SlafkovskýMTL · 01:07Assists : Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson3 – 5▶ Watch
Oliver KapanenMTL · 06:05Assists : Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský3 – 6▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 18:09VANBrock Boeser — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Phillip Danault
3rd period
- 10:19MTLAlexandre Carrier — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Liam Ohgren
- 17:48MTLNoah Dobson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Nils Hoglander
Box score
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. BoeserR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 21:41 |
| C. GarlandR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 18:33 |
| D. O'ConnorL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| N. HoglanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 |
| E. PetterssonC | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 16:41 |
| A. RätyC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12:25 |
| M. SassonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| D. KampfC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| J. DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 14:51 |
| E. KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:33 |
| L. OhgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:37 |
| L. KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| T. WillanderD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| P. JosephD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| F. HronekD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 21:16 |
| M. PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:45 |
| T. MyersD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 19:47 |
| V. ManciniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. Lankinen | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| N. Tolopilo(L) | 35/41 | 85.4 % | 60:00 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 13:39 |
| C. CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16:16 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 16:34 |
| S. BlaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:06 |
| O. BeckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 13:29 |
| A. TexierL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:21 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12:40 |
| O. KapanenC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16:21 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14:27 |
| M. MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23:04 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 19:56 |
| A. CarrierD | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20:01 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20:01 |
| N. DobsonD | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22:18 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 14:54 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Dobes(W) | 20/23 | 87.0 % | 60:00 |
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