Minnesota Wild vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Wild

2-1-0, 4 PTS

5-2

Final

Canadiens

1-1-1, 3 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MIN shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	11	15	9	35
MTL	5	9	14	28

In net

Marc-Andre Fleury26/28 SV, .929

Sam Montembeault30/35 SV, .857

Team	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	2	1	5
MTL	0	1	1	2

Who won: Wild 5-2

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at Bell Centre. The Wild lead the series 1-0. The Wild outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 1st period. Joel Eriksson Ek led the Wild in goals (2). Tanner Pearson led the Canadiens in goals (1).

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What it means

Season series: MIN leads series 1-0.
Wild 1-1-0 on the road; Canadiens 1-1-0 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

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

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

Starting goalies

Wild2nd in Central Division

Marc-Andre Fleury G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Canadiens7th in Atlantic Division

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

MIN leads series 1-0

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Game info

Venue: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada · Attendance 21,105
Officials: Dan O'Rourke (Referee), Michael Markovic (Referee), Michel Cormier (Linesman), Andrew Smith (Linesman)