Minnesota Wild vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Wild

28-14-9, 65 PTS

3-4

Final

Canadiens

28-15-7, 63 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MIN shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	2	10	8	20
MTL	15	9	9	33

In net

Jesper Wallstedt29/33 SV, .879

Jakub Dobes17/20 SV, .850

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

Who won: Canadiens 4-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Bell Centre. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. Lane Hutson led the Canadiens in goals (1). Vladimir Tarasenko led the Wild in goals (2).

MIN

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	2	0	1	12:11	0:02	0:00	12:09	16	0	11	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Zack BolducRW	0	1	0	0	10:57	1:33	0:00	9:24	14	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	1	0	1	1	18:37	2:53	0:00	15:44	21	1	26	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Kirby DachC	3	1	0	0	16:46	1:29	0:00	15:17	22	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	3	14:53	0:00	2:07	12:46	19	1	1	0	1	0	10	5	66.7	0	1	2
Ivan DemidovRW	0	1	1	1	15:07	2:51	0:00	12:16	18	0	11	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jake EvansC	2	0	0	0	14:03	0:02	0:56	13:05	18	0	5	0	2	1	4	4	50.0	2	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	0	1	11:55	1:31	0:00	10:24	15	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	1	0	13:24	1:30	0:15	11:39	17	0	16	0	1	1	4	3	57.1	1	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	0	1	0	1	17:08	2:54	0:00	14:14	19	0	19	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	2	1	0	1	20:10	2:55	0:00	17:15	20	0	16	1	1	0	11	12	47.8	1	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	2	0	0	13:54	0:02	1:27	12:25	18	0	2	0	2	1	2	5	28.6	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	1	18:01	0:00	2:18	15:43	24	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Noah DobsonD	1	1	0	1	24:00	1:23	0:30	22:07	28	0	9	0	1	2	2	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	1	2	0	0	19:31	0:00	0:51	18:40	21	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	2	19:29	3:03	0:07	16:19	22	1	9	1	2	0	0	2	4
Mike MathesonD	2	0	0	1	23:40	0:02	1:57	21:41	27	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	2
Jayden StrubleD	0	4	1	1	11:08	0:00	0:00	11:08	13	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0