Islanders 3–5 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Dec 16, 2023)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🏝️ NYI	0	0	3	3
🇨🇦 MTL	0	4	1	5

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Noah Dobson

3 A

1 shots · 26:43 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Josh Anderson

2 G

6 shots · 16:40 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Sam Montembeault

30 saves

0.909 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

2nd period

🇨🇦 Joel Armia Go-ahead 2nd · 07:45

Assists: Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle · beat Semyon Varlamov

0–1

🇨🇦 Josh Anderson 2nd · 10:35

Assists: Justin Barron, Sean Monahan · beat Semyon Varlamov

0–2

🇨🇦 Josh Anderson 2nd · 19:06

Assists: Sean Monahan, Justin Barron · beat Semyon Varlamov

0–3

🇨🇦 Cole Caufield 2nd · 19:21

Assists: Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky · beat Semyon Varlamov

0–4

3rd period

🏝️ Brock Nelson SH 3rd · 02:07

Assists: Noah Dobson · beat Sam Montembeault

1–4

🏝️ Brock Nelson 3rd · 03:43

Assists: Noah Dobson · beat Sam Montembeault

2–4

🏝️ Bo Horvat 3rd · 14:06

Assists: Noah Dobson, Alexander Romanov · beat Sam Montembeault

3–4

🇨🇦 Christian Dvorak Empty net 3rd · 19:40

Assists: Nick Suzuki

3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Engvall · Barzal · Horvat 20:03

L2 Lee · Palmieri · Nelson 15:44

L3 Pageau · Cizikas · Holmstrom 13:15

L4 Clutterbuck · Fasching · Gauthier 10:36

D1 Dobson · Aho 25:15

D2 Reilly · Romanov 19:22

D3 Bortuzzo · Bolduc 14:43

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Slafkovsky · Suzuki · Caufield 19:17

L2 Dvorak · Monahan · Anderson 16:40

L3 Evans · Armia · Gallagher 14:25

L4 Pezzetta · Stephens · Ylonen 10:06

D1 Matheson · Savard 23:44

D2 Guhle · Barron 18:53

D3 Struble · Kovacevic 15:26

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦

33 Shots on goal 41

27 Hits 20

14 Blocked shots 18

5 Takeaways 6

7 Giveaways 6

4 Penalty minutes 2

NYI shooting 9.1% (3/33) MTL shooting 12.2% (5/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Semyon Varlamov

36/40

.900 SV% · 4 GA · 58:57 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Sam Montembeault

30/33

.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

NYI MTL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 14-7-8 (48% win rate, 29 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-13-4 (41% win rate, 29 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Apr 122023 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 2–4 Feb 112023 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT Jan 142023 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 Apr 152022 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Feb 202022 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–2 SO

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❓ NYI vs MTL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on December 16, 2023?

Canadiens won 5–3. The final score was Islanders 3, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

Brock Nelson (2), Bo Horvat.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Josh Anderson (2), Christian Dvorak, Cole Caufield, Joel Armia.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Sam Montembeault made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏝️ Islanders

BeforeDec 15 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 5–4 AfterDec 19 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 1–3

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 13 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterDec 18 🇨🇦MTL @ ✈️WPG 3–2

Also on December 16

🐋VAN 1–2 🌲MIN 🗽NYR 2–1 🐻BOS 🐧PIT 0–7 🍁TOR 😈NJD 6–3 🧥CBJ 🐙DET 0–1 🔔PHI 🏔️COL 2–6 ✈️WPG 🦅WSH 1–3 🐯NSH ⭐DAL 3–4 🎵STL

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