Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning — December 28, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on December 28, 2025. Despite the result, the Montreal Canadiens held the edge in expected goals (9.92 to 8.09) at 5-on-5, indicating the Tampa Bay Lightning received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Montreal Canadiens created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 9 from the Tampa Bay Lightning at 5-on-5. Nikita Kucherov scored 2 goals. Juraj Slafkovský scored 2 goals. Brendan Gallagher was the most dangerous skater with 1.99 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the Tampa Bay Lightning 36-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning progressed on Dec 28, 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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MTL4 - 5TBL (SO)

Dec 28, 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	%
TBL	P1	7	24	22.6	4	16	20.0	3	11	21.4	5	15	25.0	1	6	14.3	0.97	3.37	22.3	0	0	—
	P2	23	18	56.1	18	15	54.5	12	6	66.7	19	9	67.9	7	3	70.0	6.18	3.51	63.8	3	0	100.0
	P3	15	40	27.3	10	25	28.6	5	16	23.8	9	27	25.0	2	8	20.0	1.80	5.64	24.2	1	4	20.0
	OT	2	4	33.3	2	4	33.3	1	2	33.3	2	3	40.0	1	0	100.0	1.00	0.61	62.0	0	0	—
	SO	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	2	1	66.7	2	2	50.0	1	2	33.3	0.83	1.09	43.2	2	0	100.0
	Total	49	88	35.8	36	62	36.7	23	36	39.0	37	56	39.8	12	19	38.7	10.77	14.21	43.1	6	4	60.0
MTL	P1	24	7	77.4	16	4	80.0	11	3	78.6	15	5	75.0	6	1	85.7	3.37	0.97	77.7	0	0	—
	P2	18	23	43.9	15	18	45.5	6	12	33.3	9	19	32.1	3	7	30.0	3.51	6.18	36.2	0	3	0.0
	P3	40	15	72.7	25	10	71.4	16	5	76.2	27	9	75.0	8	2	80.0	5.64	1.80	75.8	4	1	80.0
	OT	4	2	66.7	4	2	66.7	2	1	66.7	3	2	60.0	0	1	0.0	0.61	1.00	38.0	0	0	—
	SO	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	1	2	33.3	2	2	50.0	2	1	66.7	1.09	0.83	56.8	0	2	0.0
	Total	88	49	64.2	62	36	63.3	36	23	61.0	56	37	60.2	19	12	61.3	14.21	10.77	56.9	4	6	40.0

Win Probability

TBL Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

TBL

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

TBL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootTBL Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = TBL players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the TBL 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:

TBL ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Danault	Kapanen	Veleno	Slafkovský	Texier	Blais	Demidov	Caufield	Anderson	Bolduc	Gallagher	Dobson	Matheson	Hutson	Carrier	Struble	Xhekaj
Cirelli	44	11	20	43	26	15	50	24	50	13	42	33	25	7	45	27	75	57
Point	11	31	22	50	21	50	33	17	11	33	29	17	25	23	21	29	0	100
Guentzel	83	8	29	57	14	20	43	14	83	9	64	44	24	17	42	33	83	57
Goncalves	100	35	33	67	41	50	63	33	100	35	11	60	42	42	38	46	0	100
Gourde	55	0	50	0	29	50	0	17	57	0	70	25	44	50	45	60	50	57
Girgensons	55	0	25	0	17	50	0	0	55	0	75	25	33	38	44	63	50	57
Hagel	38	8	22	44	23	21	50	21	43	13	43	35	29	11	38	24	75	57
Paul	20	28	40	86	33	50	80	33	20	29	9	38	47	50	21	25	—	—
Kucherov	36	41	29	63	27	44	33	23	36	40	43	50	33	29	38	44	20	67
Bjorkstrand	33	27	60	88	50	50	80	50	33	27	18	45	63	69	15	20	—	—
Holmberg	63	33	0	0	17	55	0	0	67	33	67	0	43	44	50	55	57	67
Sabourin	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	—	—
Crozier	38	0	31	29	29	18	33	27	42	0	27	22	21	19	17	18	56	57
Raddysh	47	50	40	50	29	60	—	19	47	57	80	50	61	43	40	56	63	86
Moser	43	43	40	50	23	42	100	25	43	40	80	60	45	33	46	58	40	50
Carlile	71	0	24	25	24	20	25	21	83	0	29	25	29	26	7	6	56	57
D'Astous	—	40	9	63	31	20	53	10	100	43	14	50	33	35	58	44	0	50
Groshev	43	25	33	62	20	50	50	20	43	27	40	39	29	33	40	40	75	60