Red Wings 1–5 Canadiens — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2024)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Lane Hutson

2 A

21:31 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Nick Suzuki

2 A

16:18 TOI

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Patrik Laine

1 G

6 shots · 16:03 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Joe Veleno Go-ahead 1st · 06:41

Assists: Jonatan Berggren, Moritz Seider · beat Sam Montembeault

1–0

🇨🇦 Juraj Slafkovsky Tying 1st · 14:14

Assists: Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson · beat Alex Lyon

1–1

🇨🇦 Jake Evans Go-ahead 1st · 15:26

Assists: Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier · beat Alex Lyon

1–2

🇨🇦 Patrik Laine PP 1st · 19:21

Assists: Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki · beat Alex Lyon

1–3

2nd period

🇨🇦 Emil Heineman 2nd · 02:40

Assists: Christian Dvorak · beat Alex Lyon

1–4

🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher 2nd · 13:03

Assists: Josh Anderson, David Savard · beat Alex Lyon

1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Compher · Kasper · Kane 15:32

L2 Raymond · Larkin · Rasmussen 15:17

L3 Copp · Tarasenko · DeBrincat 14:42

L4 Motte · Veleno · Berggren 13:26

D1 Seider · Holl 23:06

D2 Petry · Gustafsson 18:29

D3 Lagesson · Chiarot 15:03

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Slafkovsky · Suzuki · Caufield 16:29

L2 Laine · Evans · Armia 15:35

L3 Dvorak · Newhook · Anderson 14:28

L4 Heineman · Dach · Gallagher 12:44

D1 Hutson · Matheson 21:28

D2 Guhle · Carrier 19:30

D3 Savard · Xhekaj 15:48

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET MTL🇨🇦

21 Shots on goal 24

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

20 Hits 19

17 Blocked shots 12

3 Takeaways 4

22 Giveaways 17

10 Penalty minutes 8

DET shooting 4.8% (1/21) MTL shooting 20.8% (5/24)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Alex Lyon

19/24

.792 SV% · 5 GA · 59:35 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Sam Montembeault

20/21

.952 SV% · 1 GA · 59:27 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

DET MTL

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Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Red Wings

Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

After 2nd — 1–5

Red Wings

Red Wings — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–0

Dec 202024 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 4–3 Apr 162024 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 SO Apr 152024 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 4–5 OT Dec 22023 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 OT Nov 92023 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 3–2 OT

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Who won Red Wings vs Canadiens on December 21, 2024?

Canadiens won 5–1. The final score was Red Wings 1, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Joe Veleno.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brendan Gallagher, Emil Heineman, Jake Evans, Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Alex Lyon made 19 saves on 24 shots (.792 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Sam Montembeault made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐙 Red Wings

BeforeDec 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 4–3 AfterDec 23 🎵STL @ 🐙DET 4–0

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 4–3 AfterDec 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🧥CBJ 4–5

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