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Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild

NHLFebruary 2, 2026Grand Casino Arena

CanadiensMontrealMTL31-17-8

Canadiens 3, Wild 4

Final/OT
WildMinnesotaMINWon33-14-10
Score by period
Team123OTT
MTL11103
MIN20114

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:38Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (23), Matt Boldy (28)
  4. 0:38Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  5. 0:55Oliver Kapanen Hooking against Mats Zuccarello
  6. 0:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Matt Boldy
  7. 1:01Takeaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  8. 1:14Phillip Danault Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  9. 1:22Icing
  10. 1:22Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  11. 1:55Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
  12. 2:00Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  13. 2:18Ryan Hartman Tip-In High and Wide Right
  14. 3:01Off-side
  15. 3:01Danila Yurov faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  16. 3:15Yakov Trenin hit Mike Matheson
  17. 3:36Kirby Dach hit Zach Bogosian
  18. 4:32Giveaway by Jakub Dobes
  19. 4:33Tyler Pitlick Tip-In Wide Left
  20. 4:38Tyler Pitlick hit Alexandre Carrier
  21. 4:39Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
  22. 4:46Takeaway by Jared Spurgeon
  23. 4:58Daemon Hunt shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  24. 5:06Takeaway by Oliver Kapanen
  25. 5:23Noah Dobson hit Matt Boldy
  26. 5:31Oliver Kapanen shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
  27. 6:06Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  28. 6:08Goalie Stopped
  29. 6:08Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  30. 6:26Noah Dobson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  31. 6:35Cole Caufield shot blocked by Ryan Hartman
  32. 6:37Puck in Netting
  33. 6:37Jake Evans faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  34. 6:46Jake Middleton hit Jake Evans
  35. 7:53Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Daemon Hunt
  36. 7:55Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
  37. 7:57On-Ice Official
  38. 7:57Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  39. 8:33Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Ryan Hartman
  40. 8:41Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  41. 8:50Kirill Kaprizov Tip-In Wide Right
  42. 9:07Takeaway by Ivan Demidov
  43. 9:46Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  44. 9:47Goalie Stopped
  45. 9:47Phillip Danault faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  46. 10:03Giveaway by Marcus Johansson
  47. 10:12Puck Frozen - Goalie
  48. 10:12Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  49. 10:26Matt Boldy hit Kirby Dach
  50. 10:32Matt Boldy Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  51. 10:50Jake Evans hit Brock Faber
  52. 10:59Giveaway by Vinnie Hinostroza
  53. 11:00Tyler Pitlick hit Jake Evans
  54. 11:12Vinnie Hinostroza Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  55. 11:20Vincent Hinostroza shot blocked by Jake Evans
  56. 11:22Puck in Crowd
  57. 11:22Mats Zuccarello faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  58. 11:29Kirill Kaprizov shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  59. 13:30Nico Sturm shot blocked by Tyler Pitlick
  60. 13:54Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot Wide Right
  61. 13:56Goalie Stopped
  62. 13:56Joseph Veleno faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  63. 14:06Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 14:08Goalie Stopped
  65. 14:08Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  66. 14:26Kirby Dach Tip-In saved by Filip Gustavsson
  67. 14:37Off-side
  68. 14:37Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  69. 14:57Joel Eriksson Ek hit Kirby Dach
  70. 15:24Hand Pass
  71. 15:24Mats Zuccarello faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  72. 15:48Kirill Kaprizov Goal (31) Tip-In, assists: Quinn Hughes (48), Ryan Hartman (12)
  73. 15:48Phillip Danault faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  74. 17:04Zachary Bolduc hit Tyler Pitlick
  75. 17:08Giveaway by Nico Sturm
  76. 17:09Zachary Bolduc hit Vincent Hinostroza
  77. 17:21Noah Dobson hit Quinn Hughes
  78. 17:49Joel Eriksson Ek Backhand Wide Right
  79. 18:02Marcus Johansson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  80. 18:54Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 19:08Brendan Gallagher Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (11), Mike Matheson (23)
  82. 19:08Phillip Danault faceoff won against Yakov Trenin
  83. 19:34Puck in Netting
  84. 19:34Danila Yurov faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  85. 19:40Yakov Trenin hit Lane Hutson
  86. 19:51Giveaway by Filip Gustavsson
  87. 19:52Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Vladimir Tarasenko
  88. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:07Nick Suzuki hit Jared Spurgeon
  4. 0:18Puck Frozen - Goalie
  5. 0:18Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  6. 0:34Marcus Johansson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:15Giveaway by Quinn Hughes
  8. 1:16Lane Hutson shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  9. 1:20Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot Wide Right
  10. 2:12Arber Xhekaj hit Yakov Trenin
  11. 2:15Vladimir Tarasenko hit Alexandre Carrier
  12. 2:32Phillip Danault hit Danila Yurov
  13. 2:53Kaiden Guhle Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  14. 3:06Jake Middleton hit Jake Evans
  15. 3:07Zachary Bolduc Wrist Shot Wide Right
  16. 3:09Puck Frozen - Goalie
  17. 3:09Jake Evans faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  18. 3:23Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Right
  19. 3:33Vincent Hinostroza Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. 3:46Giveaway by Vinnie Hinostroza
  21. 4:28Matt Boldy Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 4:32Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  23. 5:15Off-side
  24. 5:15Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  25. 5:43Giveaway by Ryan Hartman
  26. 5:54Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  27. 6:06Icing
  28. 6:06Danila Yurov faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  29. 6:11Quinn Hughes shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  30. 6:25Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Danila Yurov
  31. 6:30Josh Anderson hit Jared Spurgeon
  32. 6:35Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  33. 6:50Vladimir Tarasenko Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  34. 6:53Puck Frozen - Goalie
  35. 6:53Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  36. 7:00Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  37. 7:02Goalie Stopped
  38. 7:02Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  39. 7:11Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  40. 7:28Ryan Hartman shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  41. 7:50Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  42. 7:53Lane Hutson Tripping against Quinn Hughes
  43. 7:53Jake Evans faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  44. 8:19Joel Eriksson Ek shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  45. 8:22Kirill Kaprizov Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  46. 8:24Goalie Stopped
  47. 8:24Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  48. 9:00Takeaway by Oliver Kapanen
  49. 9:23Kaiden Guhle hit Marcus Johansson
  50. 9:45Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  51. 10:05Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  52. 10:06Vladimir Tarasenko Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 10:07Goalie Stopped
  54. 10:07Phillip Danault faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  55. 10:17Phillip Danault Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  56. 10:20Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  57. 10:54Yakov Trenin hit Nick Suzuki
  58. 11:14Zach Bogosian Tripping against Oliver Kapanen
  59. 11:14Juraj Slafkovský faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  60. 11:35Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Brock Faber
  61. 11:38Goalie Stopped
  62. 11:38Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  63. 11:47Takeaway by Nico Sturm
  64. 12:31Yakov Trenin hit Lane Hutson
  65. 12:58Jared Spurgeon hit Kirby Dach
  66. 13:15Jared Spurgeon Backhand Wide Right
  67. 13:30Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  68. 13:43Icing
  69. 13:43Phillip Danault faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  70. 13:48Mike Matheson shot blocked by Brock Faber
  71. 13:55Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  72. 13:57Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:57Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  74. 14:04Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  75. 14:17Mike Matheson shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
  76. 14:48Ryan Hartman Wrist Shot Wide Right
  77. 14:56Ryan Hartman Slap Shot Short
  78. 15:39Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Jared Spurgeon
  79. 15:58Jake Middleton shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  80. 16:12Joel Eriksson Ek hit Kaiden Guhle
  81. 16:32Matt Boldy Wrist Shot Wide Left
  82. 16:50Kirby Dach Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  83. 16:52Goalie Stopped
  84. 16:52Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  85. 17:01Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Brock Faber
  86. 17:13Takeaway by Brock Faber
  87. 17:18Off-side
  88. 17:18Nico Sturm faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  89. 17:25Josh Anderson hit Jared Spurgeon
  90. 17:33Vinnie Hinostroza Wrist Shot Wide Left
  91. 17:59Zach Bogosian shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  92. 18:23Giveaway by Mats Zuccarello
  93. 18:46Takeaway by Quinn Hughes
  94. 18:58Takeaway by Jake Evans
  95. 19:12Brock Faber Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  96. 19:26Oliver Kapanen Wrist Shot Wide Left
  97. 19:30Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  98. 19:43Ivan Demidov Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (48), Alexandre Carrier (12)
  99. 19:43Jake Evans faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  100. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  3. 0:12Kirby Dach Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Nick Suzuki (47), Noah Dobson (26)
  4. 0:12Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:42Ryan Hartman Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:44Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:44Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Jake Evans
  8. 1:23Off-side
  9. 1:23Danila Yurov faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  10. 1:27Jared Spurgeon Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  11. 1:49Yakov Trenin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  12. 1:57Danila Yurov Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  13. 1:59Puck in Netting
  14. 1:59Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  15. 2:04Mats Zuccarello shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  16. 2:31Josh Anderson hit Jared Spurgeon
  17. 3:05Marcus Johansson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  18. 3:16Icing
  19. 3:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  20. 3:39Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  21. 3:50Puck Frozen - Goalie
  22. 3:50Jake Evans faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  23. 4:27Zach Bogosian Slap Shot Short
  24. 4:34Zachary Bolduc Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  25. 5:12Kirill Kaprizov hit Lane Hutson
  26. 5:27Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  27. 5:29Goalie Stopped
  28. 5:29Phillip Danault faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  29. 5:32Mike Matheson shot blocked by Jared Spurgeon
  30. 5:54Danila Yurov Snap Shot Wide Left
  31. 6:03Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko
  32. 6:34Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  33. 6:42Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  34. 6:52Matt Boldy Wrist Shot Wide Left
  35. 7:05Brock Faber Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (24), Quinn Hughes (49)
  36. 7:05Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  37. 7:21Mats Zuccarello Wrist Shot Wide Left
  38. 8:04Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko
  39. 8:07Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  40. 8:12Danila Yurov Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  41. 8:15Goalie Stopped
  42. 8:15Phillip Danault faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  43. 8:50Danila Yurov hit Phillip Danault
  44. 9:02Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko
  45. 9:38Brock Faber shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  46. 10:48Puck Frozen - Goalie
  47. 10:48Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  48. 10:52Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  49. 11:11Icing
  50. 11:11Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  51. 11:16Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  52. 11:20Goalie Stopped
  53. 11:20Jake Evans faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
  54. 11:27Puck in Benches
  55. 11:27Ryan Hartman faceoff won against Joseph Veleno
  56. 11:56Brock Faber Slap Shot Wide Left
  57. 12:12Quinn Hughes Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  58. 12:14Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  59. 12:15Kirill Kaprizov shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  60. 12:37Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  61. 12:43Off-side
  62. 12:43Danila Yurov faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  63. 12:48Jared Spurgeon Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 12:52Goalie Stopped
  65. 12:52Jake Evans faceoff won against Danila Yurov
  66. 13:01Mike Matheson Backhand High and Wide Right
  67. 13:04Yakov Trenin hit Nick Suzuki
  68. 13:06Noah Dobson shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
  69. 13:12Noah Dobson shot blocked by Vladimir Tarasenko
  70. 13:24Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  71. 13:30Marcus Johansson Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  72. 13:32Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:32Phillip Danault faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  74. 13:50Icing
  75. 13:50Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  76. 14:07Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  77. 14:19Kirby Dach Wrap-around saved by Filip Gustavsson
  78. 14:28Noah Dobson shot blocked by Vincent Hinostroza
  79. 14:59Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  80. 15:18Joseph Veleno hit Jared Spurgeon
  81. 15:21Zachary Bolduc hit Ryan Hartman
  82. 15:27Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
  83. 15:48Noah Dobson hit Ryan Hartman
  84. 15:50Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  85. 15:56Ryan Hartman hit Noah Dobson
  86. 16:30Danila Yurov Backhand Hit Right Post
  87. 16:58Yakov Trenin hit Kirby Dach
  88. 17:02Icing
  89. 17:02Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  90. 17:41Quinn Hughes Wrist Shot Wide Right
  91. 18:32Ryan Hartman Batted Wide Right
  92. 19:22Puck Frozen - Skater
  93. 19:22Phillip Danault faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  94. 19:30Takeaway by Marcus Johansson
  95. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  3. 1:05Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  4. 1:21Matt Boldy Backhand Hit Right Post
  5. 1:43Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
  6. 1:45Goalie Stopped
  7. 1:45Joel Eriksson Ek faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  8. 2:33Kirill Kaprizov Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  9. 2:34Phillip Danault Hooking against Kirill Kaprizov
  10. 2:34Timeout - Home
  11. 2:34Jake Evans faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
  12. 3:14Kirill Kaprizov Snap Shot Wide Right
  13. 3:38Kirill Kaprizov Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (50), Matt Boldy (29)
  14. 3:38End of OT
  15. 3:38Game End

1st

  1. 0:38MTL 0, MIN 1Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (23), Matt Boldy (28)
  2. 15:48MTL 0, MIN 2Kirill Kaprizov Goal (31) Tip-In, assists: Quinn Hughes (48), Ryan Hartman (12)
  3. 19:08MTL 1, MIN 2Brendan Gallagher Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Phillip Danault (11), Mike Matheson (23)

2nd

  1. 19:43MTL 2, MIN 2Ivan Demidov Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (48), Alexandre Carrier (12)

3rd

  1. 0:12MTL 3, MIN 2Kirby Dach Goal (7) Tip-In, assists: Nick Suzuki (47), Noah Dobson (26)
  2. 7:05MTL 3, MIN 3Brock Faber Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (24), Quinn Hughes (49)

OT

  1. 3:38MTL 3, MIN 4Kirill Kaprizov Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (50), Matt Boldy (29)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

WildMinnesota

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brendan Gallagher RW101000013:030.0200000016512:290:340:00
Ivan Demidov RW100001014:110.01001001181212:431:280:00
Kirby Dach C10-1010017:190.0410100022716:370:290:13
Cole Caufield RW00-1000019:030.01001000223217:371:260:00
Jake Evans C000011015:4490.91110000124712:340:003:10
Joe Veleno C000010011:2440.0032000016210:440:000:40
Josh Anderson RW001030013:060.00000000181111:450:001:21
Juraj Slafkovsky LW000000018:09100.02010020222116:381:260:05
Nick Suzuki C01-1010020:3443.80971011251818:141:290:51
Oliver Kapanen C000000214:2320.01411112211713:080:320:43
Phillip Danault C011013216:2652.62910110023214:250:002:01
Zack Bolduc RW000030011:180.01002010141010:440:340:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D012002019:4200000010.024616:400:003:02
Arber Xhekaj D00001005:5100000000.0815:510:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D00-2011020:4110010000.024118:300:002:11
Lane Hutson D013000225:5500011100.028924:181:370:00
Mike Matheson D01-3002025:4110010200.029522:280:023:11
Noah Dobson D010033025:1030000100.0281023:030:231:44
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G24420.83362:5200191000

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