National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 5, NY Islanders 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 16, 2023
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jonathan Deschamps
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0033
Montreal 0415
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
7:45 - Canadiens Joel Armia (EV) Assists: Brendan Gallagher , Kaiden Guhle
10:35 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (EV) Assists: Justin Barron , Sean Monahan
19:06 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (EV) Assists: Sean Monahan , Justin Barron
19:21 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (EV) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Juraj Slafkovsky
Penalties
3:05 - Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (2) Tripping
 13:47 - Islanders Brock Nelson (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:07 - Islanders Brock Nelson (SH) Assists: Noah Dobson
3:43 - Islanders Brock Nelson (EV) Assists: Noah Dobson
14:06 - Islanders Bo Horvat (EV) Assists: Noah Dobson , Alexander Romanov
19:40 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (EV) (EN) Assists: Nick Suzuki
Penalties
0:37 - Islanders Anders Lee (2) Slashing
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ilya Sorokin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 58:57 52:57 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 27 19:51 19:23 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Samuel Bolduc D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 13:27 13:26 0:00 0:01 0 0 4 1 - - -
Noah Dobson D 0 3 3 E 0 1 29 26:43 23:03 1:32 2:08 0 0 1 2 - - -
Simon Holmstrom RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 12:31 10:53 0:00 1:38 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 21:04 19:32 1:32 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Bo Horvat C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 23 20:03 18:31 1:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 13 38
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 12:23 10:29 0:00 1:54 0 0 5 - 0 2 0
Julien Gauthier RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 10:03 10:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Pierre Engvall LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 16:08 15:40 0:28 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Hudson Fasching RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 10:36 10:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Kyle Palmieri RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 15:44 14:12 1:32 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
Sebastian Aho D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 29 23:47 21:49 0:28 1:30 0 0 - 2 - - -
Anders Lee LW 0 0 0 E 2 5 22 16:06 15:38 0:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alexander Romanov D 0 1 1 E 0 0 26 18:54 16:25 0:00 2:29 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brock Nelson C 2 0 2 -1 2 4 22 15:19 13:05 1:32 0:42 0 1 - 1 3 6 33
Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 15:59 14:06 0:00 1:53 0 0 - - - - -
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 15:10 13:06 0:28 1:36 0 0 3 2 6 7 46
Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 13:15 11:06 0:00 2:09 0 0 2 - 0 6 0
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 27 25:12 21:12 2:28 1:32 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 13:11 11:24 1:47 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Mitchell Stephens C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:18 9:46 0:00 1:32 0 0 - - 4 1 80
Nick Suzuki C 0 2 2 +1 0 6 23 19:17 17:06 2:11 0:00 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Josh Anderson RW 2 0 2 E 0 6 21 16:40 15:03 1:37 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 19:26 17:15 2:11 0:00 0 0 4 3 - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 1 1 +4 0 2 25 19:51 19:22 0:01 0:28 0 0 3 2 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 22 18:57 16:29 2:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 21 15:18 15:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Christian Dvorak C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 16:52 13:31 1:49 1:32 0 0 2 - 8 2 80
Joel Armia RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 14:25 13:57 0:00 0:28 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 15:34 15:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Barron D 0 2 2 +3 0 2 24 17:55 15:56 1:31 0:28 0 0 1 - - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:49 9:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:06 8:34 1:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
David Savard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 22:17 20:43 0:02 1:32 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:26 14:58 0:00 0:28 0 0 1 1 5 3 62
Sean Monahan C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 20 16:26 14:03 2:23 0:00 0 0 - 1 8 3 73
Goaltending
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Semyon Varlamov L (6-6-3) 40 36 4 .900 0 58:57
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (12-8-4) 33 30 3 .909 0 60:00