Montreal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild

NHL

Canadiens

14-13-5, 33 PTS

3-4

Final/OT

Wild

14-13-4, 32 PTS

Grand Casino Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftMIN shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	3	12	8	2	25
MIN	13	4	5	2	24

In net

Sam Montembeault20/24 SV, .833

Filip Gustavsson22/25 SV, .880

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	1	2	0	3
MIN	2	0	1	1	4

Who won: Wild 4-3

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Grand Casino Arena. The Wild win the series 2-0. The Wild outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 1st period. Kirill Kaprizov led the Wild in goals (1). Juraj Slafkovsky led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Recap · Dec 21

Kirill Kaprizov scores with 4.9 seconds left in OT as Wild beat Canadiens 4-3

Kirill Kaprizov scored with 4.9 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

What it means

Season series: MIN wins series 2-0.
Canadiens 7-4-3 on the road; Wild 8-4-2 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens7th in Atlantic Division

Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Bryce Pickford D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Kaiden Guhle D
Groin, Surgery
Injured Reserve
Lucas Condotta LW
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve

Wild2nd in Central Division

Nick Foligno LW
Upper Body
Day-To-Day
Brock Faber D
Skull, Surgery
Injured Reserve
Filip Gustavsson G
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens7th in Atlantic Division

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Wild2nd in Central Division

Filip Gustavsson G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

MIN wins series 2-0

Last meeting: Wild 5, Canadiens 2 (Oct 17)

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Game info

Venue: Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN · Attendance 18,387
Officials: Chris Schlenker (Referee), Furman South (Referee), Bevan Mills (Linesman), Mitch Hunt (Linesman)