Chicago Blackhawks vs Montreal Canadiens — December 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on December 18, 2025. The Montreal Canadiens controlled play with 56.8% Corsi and generated 8.17 expected goals compared to 5.04 from the Chicago Blackhawks at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Montreal Canadiens created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Chicago Blackhawks at 5-on-5. Zachary Bolduc scored 2 goals. Frank Nazar was the most dangerous skater with 1.48 individual expected goals on 1 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the Chicago Blackhawks 35-15 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Chicago Blackhawks vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Dec 18, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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CHI1 - 4MTL

Dec 18, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	18	12	60.0	16	7	69.6	7	4	63.6	9	8	52.9	2	3	40.0	3.15	2.01	61.0	1	1	50.0
	P2	28	17	62.2	20	13	60.6	16	6	72.7	21	12	63.6	6	2	75.0	4.20	2.68	61.0	0	0	—
	P3	19	18	51.4	18	13	58.1	12	5	70.6	11	9	55.0	3	1	75.0	2.85	1.30	68.7	3	0	100.0
	Total	65	47	58.0	54	33	62.1	35	15	70.0	41	29	58.6	11	6	64.7	10.20	6.00	63.0	4	1	80.0
CHI	P1	12	18	40.0	7	16	30.4	4	7	36.4	8	9	47.1	3	2	60.0	2.01	3.15	39.0	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	28	37.8	13	20	39.4	6	16	27.3	12	21	36.4	2	6	25.0	2.68	4.20	39.0	0	0	—
	P3	18	19	48.6	13	18	41.9	5	12	29.4	9	11	45.0	1	3	25.0	1.30	2.85	31.3	0	3	0.0
	Total	47	65	42.0	33	54	37.9	15	35	30.0	29	41	41.4	6	11	35.3	6.00	10.20	37.0	1	4	20.0

Win Probability

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CHI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

CHI Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (CHI) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = CHI players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / CHI →	Nazar	Dickinson	Teravainen	Greene	Donato	Dach	Moore	Toninato	Bertuzzi	Burakovsky	Lardis	Mikheyev	Grzelcyk	Levshunov	Vlasic	Crevier	Murphy	Kaiser
Suzuki	67	63	52	100	0	0	50	0	67	67	100	60	50	60	55	59	78	88
Veleno	75	100	83	62	44	33	60	36	75	50	55	100	33	50	60	64	60	69
Kapanen	50	71	55	63	75	50	71	100	56	59	63	67	65	59	83	100	60	60
Evans	46	100	80	71	40	40	60	50	38	38	67	100	40	47	71	60	67	75
Beck	60	100	100	67	53	38	64	43	60	33	60	100	30	55	67	58	64	71
Slafkovský	53	81	59	71	100	100	71	100	63	63	71	71	63	61	85	100	73	69
Texier	31	67	100	67	60	50	67	75	31	31	67	100	31	31	75	50	75	83
Demidov	64	88	82	75	80	75	67	67	67	69	67	83	69	71	93	100	73	67
Caufield	88	70	64	—	0	0	0	—	86	88	—	67	75	88	65	67	75	86
Bolduc	78	40	36	—	0	0	0	0	86	86	—	43	55	67	33	50	0	67
Gallagher	60	100	100	64	50	33	60	38	67	50	60	100	40	56	56	54	60	71
Anderson	33	100	100	67	50	40	67	60	30	30	67	100	38	36	60	60	71	80
Dobson	25	56	52	86	40	33	83	38	25	31	83	50	30	43	68	65	60	67
Hutson	88	70	73	100	40	25	75	33	76	73	100	73	74	89	71	71	67	73
Carrier	60	67	53	50	55	29	100	50	64	61	50	73	59	59	55	62	80	100
Engstrom	43	67	89	67	63	57	56	63	33	33	63	67	17	55	71	64	63	65
Xhekaj	44	—	75	50	64	50	45	56	56	56	42	—	38	55	57	25	53	61
Struble	33	40	40	33	40	33	50	40	33	40	33	25	35	29	29	20	67	67