National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 5, Detroit 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 9, 2025
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Stephen Hiff, Chris Lee
Linesmen: CJ Murray, James Tobias
Attendance: 19515
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 3205
Detroit 1001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:50 - Red Wings Dylan Larkin (PP) Assists: Patrick Kane , Moritz Seider
10:14 - Canadiens Zack Bolduc (EV) Assists: Brendan Gallagher , Mike Matheson
12:43 - Canadiens Oliver Kapanen (EV) Assists: Alex Newhook , Ivan Demidov
19:53 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (EV) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Noah Dobson
Penalties
3:13 - Canadiens Noah Dobson (2) Interference
 5:51 - Red Wings Marco Kasper (2) Roughing
 13:15 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
5:19 - Canadiens Alexandre Carrier (EV) Assists: Arber Xhekaj , Brendan Gallagher
17:12 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (PP) Assists: Cole Caufield , Nick Suzuki
Penalties
12:53 - Red Wings Simon Edvinsson (2) Interference
 17:05 - Red Wings Moritz Seider (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:32 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (2) Holding the stick
 16:42 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) Tripping
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:16 4:07 6:37 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 23 20:22 16:21 0:19 3:42 0 0 1 2 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 2 2 +2 4 0 19 14:03 12:03 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 19 14:30 12:23 2:07 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 19 15:46 12:50 2:56 0:00 0 0 - - 3 9 25
Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 15:50 12:08 0:00 3:42 0 0 2 - 4 3 57
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 16:15 13:21 0:00 2:54 0 0 1 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 15:26 12:32 2:54 0:00 1 0 2 - 1 0 100
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 20:46 18:02 0:00 2:44 0 0 5 2 - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 1 0 1 +2 0 1 24 17:10 14:09 0:00 3:01 0 0 - 2 - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 22:41 20:12 2:19 0:10 0 0 2 1 - - -
Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 23 19:50 14:35 1:48 3:27 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:36 12:30 0:00 3:06 0 0 1 2 7 4 64
Arber Xhekaj D 0 1 1 +2 2 21 15:37 15:28 0:00 0:09 0 0 6 2 - - -
Zack Bolduc RW 1 0 1 +2 0 4 18 14:52 11:55 2:57 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 17 14:10 13:00 1:10 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 3 25
Oliver Kapanen C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 14:40 11:07 0:00 3:33 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Patrik Laine RW 0 0 0 E 0 15 13:45 12:34 1:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ivan Demidov RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15 12:04 11:10 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
John Gibson G 0 0 0 0 0 37:12 30:28 2:37 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Cam Talbot G 0 0 0 0 0 22:37 18:37 4:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Chiarot D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 16:55 15:09 0:00 1:46 0 0 2 1 - - -
Andrew Copp C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 16:03 14:16 0:54 0:53 0 0 1 1 5 5 50
Albert Johansson D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 20 15:04 14:07 0:00 0:57 0 0 2 3 - - -
Mason Appleton C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:53 11:44 0:10 1:59 0 0 3 - - - -
Lucas Raymond LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 17:52 11:03 5:28 1:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Rasmussen C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16 11:13 10:22 0:07 0:44 0 0 1 - 4 3 57
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 20 14:34 13:35 0:59 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
J.T. Compher LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 14:47 12:30 1:02 1:15 0 0 2 2 4 1 80
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 22:34 20:00 1:13 1:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Travis Hamonic D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 19 13:33 12:40 0:00 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Moritz Seider D 0 1 1 -1 2 5 29 22:51 15:57 5:22 1:32 0 0 3 - - - -
Emmitt Finnie C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:22 12:00 0:00 0:22 0 0 1 - - - -
Dylan Larkin C 1 0 1 E 0 5 22 18:20 11:34 5:27 1:19 1 0 2 - 8 4 67
Simon Edvinsson D 0 0 0 E 2 2 29 23:14 21:03 0:25 1:46 0 0 3 3 - - -
Elmer Soderblom LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 15 10:43 10:35 0:08 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Patrick Kane RW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 19 18:23 12:54 5:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Kasper C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 17 14:41 13:34 0:47 0:20 0 0 5 1 2 2 50
Alex DeBrincat RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 19 19:02 13:28 5:34 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jakub Dobes W (1-0-0) 31 30 1 .968 0 60:00
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Talbot 4 4 0 1.000 0 22:37
John Gibson L (0-1-0) 13 8 5 .615 0 37:12