Game

Canadiens at Red Wings

Canadiens 5, Red Wings 1 · first star Mike Matheson (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 5 at Detroit Red Wings 1

Canadiens MTL

5 FINAL 1

Red Wings DET

Thursday, October 9, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	3	2	0	5	17
Red Wings	1	0	0	1	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Red Wings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 17, DET 31.

MTL in red DET in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 17 shots on goal (5 goals, 8 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Red Wings 31 shots on goal (1 goal, 13 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	DET SOG	DET G	DET ATT
1st	9	3	14	11	1	25
2nd	5	2	18	11	0	18
3rd	3	0	6	9	0	18
Total	17	5	38	31	1	61

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	DET SOG	DET G
Even strength	12	4	22	0
Power play	4	1	8	1
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Red Wings took 61.6% of the shot attempts, and 62.3% of the 77 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Red Wings and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Red Wings
Period	DET CF%	DET FF%
1st	64.1	61.5
2nd	50.0	59.1
3rd	75.0	71.4
Game	61.6	63.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:50 Dylan Larkin (1) PP Patrick Kane (1), Moritz Seider (1) · snap 0–1
10:14 Zachary Bolduc (2) Brendan Gallagher (2), Mike Matheson (1) · wrist 1–1
12:43 Oliver Kapanen (2) Alex Newhook (1), Ivan Demidov (1) · snap 2–1
19:53 Mike Matheson (1) Nick Suzuki (1), Noah Dobson (1) · wrist 3–1

2nd period

05:19 Alexandre Carrier (1) Arber Xhekaj (1), Brendan Gallagher (3) · wrist 4–1
17:12 Juraj Slafkovský (1) PP Cole Caufield (1), Nick Suzuki (2) · snap 5–1

Three stars

Mike Matheson MTL · D #8 · 1 G, 1 A
Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 0 G, 2 A
Brendan Gallagher MTL · R #11 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:13	MTL	Noah Dobson	interference	2	Elmer Soderblom
1st	05:51	DET	Marco Kasper	roughing	2	Kirby Dach
1st	13:15	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	high sticking	2	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
2nd	12:53	DET	Simon Edvinsson	interference	2	Josh Anderson
2nd	17:05	DET	Moritz Seider	tripping	2	Alex Newhook
3rd	05:32	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	holding the stick	2	J.T. Compher
3rd	16:42	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	tripping	2	Simon Edvinsson

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mike Matheson #8	D	1	1	2	+1	3	1	2	0	0.0	20:22
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	25.0	15:46
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	4	0.0	14:03
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:40
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	100.0	15:26
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	33.3	14:52
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	1	0	1	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	17:10
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	57.1	15:50
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	14:30
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:04
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	1	1	+2	0	6	2	2	0.0	15:37
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	0.0	19:50
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	63.6	15:36
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	25.0	14:10
Patrik Laine #92	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:45
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	16:15
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	0	0.0	20:46
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	22:41

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	31	30	1	.968	22/22	7/8	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dylan Larkin #71	C	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	66.7	18:20
Patrick Kane #88	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:23
Moritz Seider #53	D	0	1	1	-1	5	3	0	2	0.0	22:51
Andrew Copp #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	50.0	16:03
Emmitt Finnie #58	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:22
Marco Kasper #92	C	0	0	0	-2	1	5	1	2	50.0	14:41
Mason Appleton #22	C	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	13:53
Michael Rasmussen #27	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	57.1	11:13
Elmer Soderblom #85	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	0.0	10:43
J.T. Compher #37	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	80.0	14:47
Lucas Raymond #23	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:52
Alex DeBrincat #93	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0.0	19:02
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård #28	R	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0	0	0.0	14:34
Albert Johansson #20	D	0	0	0	-3	1	2	3	0	0.0	15:04
Axel Sandin-Pellikka #44	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	22:34
Ben Chiarot #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	16:55
Simon Edvinsson #77	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0.0	23:14
Travis Hamonic #52	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:33

Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
John Gibson #36	L	13	8	5	.615	5/9	3/4	37:12
Cam Talbot #39	—	4	4	0	1.000	3/3	0/0	22:37

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.