Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Montreal Canadiens 3 31-31-9
at Detroit Red Wings 4 17-49-5

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 1 3
Detroit Red Wings 0 1 3 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Montreal Canadiens 6 10 10 26
Detroit Red Wings 12 11 7 30

Three stars

  1. F. Zadina, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  2. F. Nielsen, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals)
  3. N. Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:48 Montreal Canadiens Artturi Lehkonen (10) Unassisted Shorthanded MTL 1, DET 0
2nd 06:31 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (8) Max Domi (21), Ilya Kovalchuk (8) Power play MTL 2, DET 0
2nd 12:22 Detroit Red Wings Frans Nielsen (2) Givani Smith (1), Madison Bowey (11) Even strength MTL 2, DET 1
3rd 00:51 Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri (11) Tyler Bertuzzi (17), Dylan Larkin (18) Even strength MTL 2, DET 2
3rd 06:13 Montreal Canadiens Victor Mete (4) Ilya Kovalchuk (9), Nick Suzuki (18) Even strength MTL 3, DET 2
3rd 11:19 Detroit Red Wings Frans Nielsen (3) Mike Green (6), Darren Helm (5) Even strength MTL 3, DET 3
3rd 16:08 Detroit Red Wings Filip Zadina (5) Adam Erne (1), Valtteri Filppula (12) Even strength MTL 3, DET 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings
Stat Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 26 30
Power play 1 of 5 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 10
Hits 23 18
Blocked shots 9 12
Giveaways 7 12
Takeaways 3 2
Faceoffs won 25/56 (44.6%) 31/56 (55.4%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 13 M. Domi C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 20% 20:09
Number 14 N. Suzuki C 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 0 1 33.3% 18:00
Number 15 J. Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 54.5% 14:37
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk L 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 1 0 100% 21:22
Number 21 N. Cousins C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 0 0 12:17
Number 22 D. Weise R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 08:39
Number 24 P. Danault C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 37.5% 19:36
Number 25 R. Poehling C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 11:05
Number 42 L. Vejdemo C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 07:48
Number 44 N. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 12:13
Number 62 A. Lehkonen L 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 19:27
Number 90 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 100% 17:17
Number 6 S. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 1 0 28:24
Number 8 B. Chiarot D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 19:55
Number 26 J. Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 2 0 22:04
Number 28 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 16:55
Number 53 V. Mete D 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 13:10
Number 77 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:03
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 39 C. Lindgren 30 26 4 .867 57:59 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 100% 11:02
Number 11 F. Zadina R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 15:08
Number 14 R. Fabbri C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 100% 17:48
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 50% 15:35
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 14:05
Number 48 G. Smith R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 09:44
Number 51 V. Filppula C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 0 33.3% 17:49
Number 59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 18:34
Number 70 C. Ehn C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 75% 08:39
Number 71 D. Larkin C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 60% 19:49
Number 73 A. Erne L 0 1 1 +2 2 0 3 0 0 11:29
Number 81 F. Nielsen C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 0 1 0 60% 16:59
Number 3 A. Biega D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 11:35
Number 17 F. Hronek D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 24:48
Number 22 P. Nemeth D 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 23:13
Number 25 M. Green D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 0 21:24
Number 32 B. Lashoff D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 14:24
Number 74 M. Bowey D 0 1 1 +2 2 3 0 2 0 18:36
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 45 J. Bernier 26 23 3 .885 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:29 Montreal Canadiens Dale Weise Interference 2
1st 12:13 Montreal Canadiens Nick Cousins Cross checking 2
1st 14:29 Detroit Red Wings Madison Bowey Tripping 2
1st 19:46 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Tatar Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 05:12 Detroit Red Wings Adam Erne Roughing 2
2nd 06:04 Detroit Red Wings Patrik Nemeth Boarding 2
2nd 10:16 Montreal Canadiens Bench Delaying game bench face off violation (bench minor) 2
3rd 02:23 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 06:44 Detroit Red Wings Patrik Nemeth Slashing 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Claude Julien
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Garrett Rank, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen
Ryan Gibbons, Devin Berg
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Jordan Weal, Cale Fleury
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Trevor Daley, Jonathan Ericsson, Brendan Perlini

2019-2020 season series

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Sources and further reading

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