Montreal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues — January 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The St. Louis Blues shut out the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 on January 3, 2026. Despite the result, the Montreal Canadiens held the edge in expected goals (6.50 to 5.89) at 5-on-5, indicating the St. Louis Blues received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Montreal Canadiens created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the St. Louis Blues at 5-on-5. Brendan Gallagher was the most dangerous skater with 2.38 individual expected goals on 6 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the St. Louis Blues 26-19 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues progressed on Jan 3, 2026
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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MTL0 - 2STL

Jan 3, 2026 · 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	%
STL	P1	14	16	46.7	10	11	47.6	8	9	47.1	12	13	48.0	2	3	40.0	2.66	2.97	47.2	1	0	100.0
	P2	13	21	38.2	10	16	38.5	7	10	41.2	12	16	42.9	3	4	42.9	2.56	2.68	48.9	1	0	100.0
	P3	11	28	28.2	8	21	27.6	4	7	36.4	7	19	26.9	1	7	12.5	1.39	4.70	22.9	0	0	—
	Total	38	65	36.9	28	48	36.8	19	26	42.2	31	48	39.2	6	14	30.0	6.61	10.35	39.0	2	0	100.0
MTL	P1	16	14	53.3	11	10	52.4	9	8	52.9	13	12	52.0	3	2	60.0	2.97	2.66	52.8	0	1	0.0
	P2	21	13	61.8	16	10	61.5	10	7	58.8	16	12	57.1	4	3	57.1	2.68	2.56	51.1	0	1	0.0
	P3	28	11	71.8	21	8	72.4	7	4	63.6	19	7	73.1	7	1	87.5	4.70	1.39	77.1	0	0	—
	Total	65	38	63.1	48	28	63.2	26	19	57.8	48	31	60.8	14	6	70.0	10.35	6.61	61.0	0	2	0.0

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

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

STL ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Danault	Kapanen	Beck	Veleno	Slafkovský	Texier	Blais	Caufield	Demidov	Bolduc	Gallagher	Dobson	Hutson	Matheson	Carrier	Xhekaj	Struble
Thomas	35	25	33	100	100	19	47	100	33	22	29	29	34	35	43	57	—	—
Schenn	45	47	53	67	67	57	63	67	45	48	23	27	60	35	83	36	60	50
Stenberg	30	40	33	—	—	25	67	—	22	25	38	38	33	29	—	50	33	25
Fabbri	0	33	0	50	50	0	0	50	0	0	33	25	20	0	33	0	60	60
Neighbours	43	57	0	67	50	0	53	50	41	13	20	33	27	40	41	67	75	100
Buchnevich	17	38	60	100	100	53	33	100	17	47	27	27	64	32	88	32	50	50
Snuggerud	33	40	60	50	50	59	33	50	33	53	31	31	67	33	78	33	50	50
Toropchenko	23	0	33	50	43	25	50	50	18	23	25	20	31	25	33	0	50	40
Kyrou	47	50	0	100	—	—	50	—	44	20	0	0	28	50	36	71	67	—
Joseph	25	33	50	50	50	33	50	50	0	33	50	40	40	17	50	0	60	60
Dvorsky	100	25	33	—	0	33	100	—	100	33	25	25	—	50	—	50	33	20
Berggren	100	57	33	—	0	33	100	—	100	33	25	25	100	67	100	60	60	20
Broberg	34	0	20	67	50	22	42	50	32	22	11	13	33	28	42	27	0	0
Parayko	32	0	25	67	50	23	33	50	29	22	13	14	32	23	36	23	0	0
Faulk	36	53	46	67	50	37	75	67	30	37	43	43	39	45	63	50	67	57
Tucker	67	45	50	67	50	50	67	67	50	50	46	46	50	47	50	50	67	57
Fowler	29	38	56	50	50	45	100	50	40	33	17	17	50	22	78	38	50	33
Mailloux	50	38	56	50	50	63	100	50	100	50	17	17	63	30	75	44	50	33