National Hockey League

FINAL
Vancouver Canucks 4
–
Montreal Canadiens 5
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VAN022004
MTL121015
Bell Centre

Match Report

Tomas Tatar scores shootout winner, Canadiens edge Canucks

— Tomas Tatar scored the shootout winner in the Montreal Canadiens' 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

VAN MTL
21
Blocked Shots
14
26
Hits
28
4
Takeaways
7
18
Shots
40
1
Power Play Goals
1
1
Power Play Opportunities
1
100.0
Power Play Percentage
100.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
25
Faceoffs Won
28
47.2
Faceoff Win Percent
52.8
15
Giveaways
12
1
Total Penalties
1
2
Penalty Minutes
2

Top Performers

VAN

  • Braden Holtby G GA 4 · SA 40 · SOS 0
  • Bo Horvat C BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • J.T. Miller LW BS 2 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Adam Gaudette RW BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 1

MTL

  • Carey Price G GA 4 · SA 18 · SOS 0
  • Joel Armia RW BS 1 · HT 6 · TK 0
  • Nick Suzuki C BS 3 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Tomas Tatar LW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

Head to Head

MTL wins series 6-3

Injuries

Montreal Canadiens

  • Nick Suzuki Out
  • Sam Montembeault Injured Reserve
  • Ivan Demidov Injured Reserve
  • Bryce Pickford Injured Reserve
  • Lucas Condotta Injured Reserve

Vancouver Canucks

  • Akil Thomas Injured Reserve
  • Mackenzie MacEachern Injured Reserve
  • Thatcher Demko Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Shootout End 0:00 0-1
    SO
  2. Missed 0:00 0-1
    Nils Hoglander SO
  3. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Tomas Tatar SO
  4. Missed 0:00 0-1
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi SO
  5. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Brock Boeser SO
  6. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Corey Perry SO
  7. Missed 4:16 4-4
    Tomas Tatar OT
  8. Missed 1:30 4-4
    Tomas Tatar OT
  9. Missed 16:21 4-4
    Quinn Hughes 3rd
  10. Missed 12:42 4-4
    Shea Weber 3rd
  11. Goal 5:29 4-4
    Brendan Gallagher 3rd
  12. Missed 5:26 4-3
    Jeff Petry 3rd
  13. Missed 1:19 4-3
    Paul Byron 3rd
  14. Goal 0:55 4-3
    Tyler Motte 3rd
  15. Goal 0:22 3-3
    Bo Horvat 3rd
  16. Goal 18:21 2-3
    Joel Edmundson 2nd
  17. Missed 16:59 2-2
    Artturi Lehkonen 2nd
  18. Goal 13:44 2-2
    Tomas Tatar 2nd
  19. Missed 13:22 2-1
    Brendan Gallagher 2nd
  20. Missed 13:14 2-1
    Phillip Danault 2nd
  21. Missed 10:44 2-1
    Brett Kulak 2nd
  22. Missed 10:26 2-1
    Brock Boeser 2nd
  23. Missed 9:36 2-1
    Jake Evans 2nd
  24. Goal 8:08 2-1
    Brock Boeser 2nd
  25. Missed 7:24 1-1
    Quinn Hughes 2nd
  26. Missed 6:52 1-1
    Bo Horvat 2nd
  27. Penalty 6:41 1-1
    Brett Kulak 2nd
  28. Missed 6:09 1-1
    Alexander Romanov 2nd
  29. Missed 5:59 1-1
    Nick Suzuki 2nd
  30. Missed 4:48 1-1
    Brendan Gallagher 2nd
  31. Missed 4:26 1-1
    Tyler Motte 2nd
  32. Missed 1:06 1-1
    Brendan Gallagher 2nd
  33. Goal 0:22 1-1
    Jake Virtanen 2nd
  34. Missed 19:05 0-1
    Tyler Motte 1st
  35. Missed 18:59 0-1
    Zack MacEwen 1st
  36. Missed 16:22 0-1
    Tomas Tatar 1st
  37. Missed 14:56 0-1
    Jake Virtanen 1st
  38. Missed 10:35 0-1
    Joel Edmundson 1st
  39. Goal 6:26 0-1
    Nick Suzuki 1st
  40. Missed 5:49 0-0
    Shea Weber 1st
  41. Penalty 5:26 0-0
    Tyler Myers 1st
  42. Missed 5:16 0-0
    Artturi Lehkonen 1st
  1. End of Game 0:00 0-1
    SO
  2. Shootout End 0:00 0-1
    SO
  3. Missed 0:00 0-1
    Nils Hoglander SO
  4. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Tomas Tatar SO
  5. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Jimmy Vesey SO
  6. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Paul Byron SO
  7. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Adam Gaudette SO
  8. Missed 0:00 0-1
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi SO
  9. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Bo Horvat SO
  10. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Nick Suzuki SO
  11. Shot 0:00 0-1
    J.T. Miller SO
  12. Shot 0:00 0-1
    Jonathan Drouin SO
  13. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Brock Boeser SO
  14. Goal 0:00 0-1
    Corey Perry SO
  15. Period Start 0:00 0-1
    SO
  16. Period End 5:00 4-4
    OT
  17. Shot 4:59 4-4
    Nick Suzuki OT
  18. Shot 4:51 4-4
    Brock Boeser OT
  19. Shot 4:40 4-4
    Jonathan Drouin OT
  20. Hit 4:26 4-4
    Quinn Hughes OT
  21. Missed 4:16 4-4
    Tomas Tatar OT
  22. Shot 4:14 4-4
    Phillip Danault OT
  23. Shot 4:05 4-4
    Bo Horvat OT
  24. Hit 3:54 4-4
    Jeff Petry OT
  25. Missed 1:30 4-4
    Tomas Tatar OT
  26. Face Off 0:00 4-4
    Jesperi Kotkaniemi OT
  27. Period Start 0:00 4-4
    OT
  28. Period End 20:00 4-4
    3rd
  29. Blocked 19:34 4-4
    Brock Boeser 3rd
  30. Giveaway 19:31 4-4
    Shea Weber 3rd
  31. Face Off 19:05 4-4
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  32. Stoppage 19:05 4-4
    3rd
  33. Shot 19:04 4-4
    Phillip Danault 3rd
  34. Face Off 19:02 4-4
    Bo Horvat 3rd
  35. Stoppage 19:02 4-4
    3rd
  36. Shot 19:01 4-4
    Josh Anderson 3rd
  37. Blocked 18:48 4-4
    Jonathan Drouin 3rd
  38. Face Off 18:40 4-4
    Nick Suzuki 3rd
  39. Stoppage 18:40 4-4
    3rd
  40. Hit 17:49 4-4
    Jordie Benn 3rd

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