Montreal Canadiens @ Chicago Blackhawks

17-18-3, 7-11-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	1	0	1	2
Blackhawks CHI	1	1	2	4

Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksCHI

13-24-2, 8-10-0 Home

Soderblom stops 38 shots as Blackhawks end 5-game skid with 4-2 win over Canadiens

— Arvid Soderblom made 38 saves, Nick Foligno scored twice and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game slide with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

Jan 4, 2025, 03:53 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	0	1	2
	Blackhawks	1	1	2	4

1st Period			MTL	CHI
3:21		Tyler Bertuzzi (13) (Power Play) Assists: Teuvo Teravainen (18), Connor Bedard (24)	0	1
18:24		Cole Caufield (20) Assists: Mike Matheson (17), Nick Suzuki (26)	1	1

2nd Period			MTL	CHI
7:05		Nick Foligno (9) Assists: Wyatt Kaiser (2), Jason Dickinson (6)	1	2

3rd Period		MTL	CHI
3:01	Pat Maroon (2) Assists: Ryan Donato (11), Craig Smith (5)	1	3
9:45	Emil Heineman (10) (Power Play) Assists: Mike Matheson (18), Kirby Dach (8)	2	3
15:51	Nick Foligno (10) Assists: Taylor Hall (13), Alex Vlasic (15)	2	4

Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Nick Foligno faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Jason Dickinson hit Juraj Slafkovsky
Jason Dickinson hit Mike Matheson
Nick Foligno faceoff won against Jake Evans
Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Foligno Tip-In Wide Left
Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Teuvo Teravainen (18), Connor Bedard (24)
Tyler Bertuzzi Snap Shot Wide Right
Jason Dickinson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jason Dickinson hit Nick Suzuki
Nolan Allan hit Christian Dvorak
Patrick Maroon Fighting against Arber Xhekaj
Craig Smith faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Colton Dach hit Alexandre Carrier
Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Alex Vlasic
Craig Smith hit Jayden Struble
Colton Dach Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Tyler Bertuzzi Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Seth Jones Wrist Shot Wide Right
Colton Dach hit Alexandre Carrier
Frank Nazar faceoff won against Jake Evans
Teuvo Teravainen faceoff won against Jake Evans
Giveaway by Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato Wrist Shot Wide Right
Colton Dach Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Colton Dach Batted saved by Sam Montembeault
Colton Dach Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Craig Smith Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovsky
Louis Crevier Wrist Shot Wide Left
Connor Bedard faceoff won against Kirby Dach
Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Seth Jones
Seth Jones Tripping against Kirby Dach
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Nolan Allan hit Nick Suzuki
Connor Bedard faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Ryan Donato faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
TJ Brodie Slap Shot Wide Left
Jason Dickinson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Taylor Hall hit Lane Hutson
Ryan Donato hit Kaiden Guhle
Takeaway by Patrick Maroon
Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Colton Dach hit Alexandre Carrier
Colton Dach hit Emil Heineman
Colton Dach hit Alexandre Carrier
Takeaway by Louis Crevier
Tyler Bertuzzi Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Tyler Bertuzzi faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Alex Vlasic Wrist Shot Wide Right
Alex Vlasic Tip-In Wide Left
Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Craig Smith faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Ryan Donato Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Craig Smith Tip-In Wide Left
Josh Anderson shot blocked by Craig Smith
Ryan Donato Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Foligno hit Kirby Dach
Giveaway by Louis Crevier
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Nolan Allan hit Christian Dvorak
Nick Foligno Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Foligno Goal (9) Tip-In, assists: Wyatt Kaiser (2), Jason Dickinson (6)
Jason Dickinson hit Alexandre Carrier
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Connor Bedard faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Nick Foligno hit Joel Armia
Takeaway by Taylor Hall
Connor Bedard Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Alex Newhook shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Colton Dach Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Nolan Allan Snap Shot Wide Right
Nolan Allan hit Christian Dvorak
Tyler Bertuzzi faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Takeaway by Connor Bedard
Takeaway by Taylor Hall
Frank Nazar Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Patrick Maroon
Alex Vlasic Hooking against Mike Matheson
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Seth Jones
Nolan Allan hit Nick Suzuki
Wyatt Kaiser Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Patrick Maroon hit Alexandre Carrier
Patrick Maroon Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Donato (11), Craig Smith (5)
Jason Dickinson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Ilya Mikheyev
Takeaway by Nolan Allan
Nolan Allan Snap Shot Wide Right
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Alex Vlasic
Ryan Donato Batted saved by Sam Montembeault
Patrick Maroon Tripping against Arber Xhekaj
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Tyler Bertuzzi Tip-In Wide Left
Ryan Donato faceoff won against Jake Evans
Tyler Bertuzzi Wrist Shot Wide Left
Teuvo Teravainen Snap Shot Wide Right
Connor Bedard Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Giveaway by Taylor Hall
Giveaway by Alex Vlasic
Patrick Maroon Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Alex Vlasic Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
Taylor Hall Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Foligno Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Taylor Hall (13), Alex Vlasic (15)
Jayden Struble shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Ilya Mikheyev Wrist Shot Wide Left
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Louis Crevier
Kirby Dach shot blocked by Alex Vlasic
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Seth Jones
Jason Dickinson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Connor Bedard
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Arber Xhekaj Tripping against Frank Nazar
Jayden Struble Slashing against Frank Nazar
Mike Matheson hit Tyler Bertuzzi
Goalie Stopped
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Nick Foligno
Giveaway by Christian Dvorak
Seth Jones shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj hit Seth Jones
Takeaway by Lane Hutson
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Juraj Slafkovsky hit Seth Jones
Mike Matheson hit Jason Dickinson
Arber Xhekaj Fighting against Patrick Maroon
Josh Anderson shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
Brendan Gallagher Tip-In Wide Right
Michael Pezzetta hit Louis Crevier
Icing
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Connor Bedard
Kirby Dach hit Tyler Bertuzzi
Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
Off-side
Alexandre Carrier Cross-checking against Colton Dach
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
Nick Suzuki hit Nolan Allan
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide Right
Emil Heineman Deflected saved by Arvid Soderblom
Josh Anderson hit Louis Crevier
Jake Evans hit Jason Dickinson
Icing
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Icing
Arber Xhekaj hit Patrick Maroon
Michael Pezzetta hit Nolan Allan
Icing
Jake Evans faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Off-side
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Cole Caufield Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Mike Matheson (17), Nick Suzuki (26)
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
TJ Brodie shot blocked by Kirby Dach
Takeaway by Lane Hutson
Connor Bedard shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Josh Anderson Backhand Wide Left
Goalie Stopped
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nick Foligno
Michael Pezzetta hit Wyatt Kaiser
Jake Evans hit Wyatt Kaiser
Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Joel Armia Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
Jake Evans Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jake Evans Wrist Shot Wide Right
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Lane Hutson Slap Shot Wide Left
Icing
Puck in Netting
Kirby Dach faceoff won against Teuvo Teravainen
Jayden Struble hit Colton Dach
Jayden Struble hit Frank Nazar
Michael Pezzetta Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
Michael Pezzetta Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Kirby Dach hit Frank Nazar
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Alex Newhook Backhand saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
Josh Anderson hit Patrick Maroon
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Nolan Allan shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Left
Juraj Slafkovsky Tip-In Above Crossbar
Puck in Netting
Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
Michael Pezzetta Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Brendan Gallagher hit Teuvo Teravainen
Emil Heineman Tip-In saved by Arvid Soderblom
Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Puck in Netting
Nick Suzuki Backhand Off Crossbar
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Emil Heineman Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Nick Suzuki Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Takeaway by Cole Caufield
Ilya Mikheyev shot blocked by Lane Hutson
Puck in Netting
Kirby Dach faceoff won against Teuvo Teravainen
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman hit TJ Brodie
Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
Christian Dvorak Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Takeaway by Christian Dvorak
Kirby Dach hit TJ Brodie
Goalie Stopped
Jake Evans faceoff won against Frank Nazar
Alexandre Carrier Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot Wide Right
Juraj Slafkovsky Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Joel Armia Backhand saved by Arvid Soderblom
Mike Matheson Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Emil Heineman Goal (10) Batted, assists: Mike Matheson (18), Kirby Dach (8)
Taylor Hall shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle hit Connor Bedard
Kaiden Guhle Holding against Taylor Hall
TV Timeout
Goalie Stopped
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Connor Bedard
Arber Xhekaj hit Taylor Hall
Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Puck in Crowd
Craig Smith shot blocked by Jake Evans
Giveaway by Cole Caufield
Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Lane Hutson hit Nick Foligno
Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Arber Xhekaj hit Tyler Bertuzzi
Jason Dickinson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovsky
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Mike Matheson hit Teuvo Teravainen
Nick Foligno shot blocked by Lane Hutson
Cole Caufield Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
Puck in Netting
Timeout - Visitor
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Takeaway by Mike Matheson
Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Left
Brendan Gallagher Tip-In Wide Right
Emil Heineman Slap Shot saved by Arvid Soderblom
Icing
Icing
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Jason Dickinson
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar

CANADIENS

BLACKHAWKS

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

Canadiens
2
Blackhawks
4

Game 1

4/1

Blackhawks
4
Canadiens
3

Game 2

15/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	25	13	3	53
Detroit	24	15	4	52
Montreal	22	13	6	50
Buffalo	21	15	4	46
Boston	22	18	2	46
Florida	21	16	3	45
Ottawa	20	15	5	45
Toronto	19	15	7	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	31	2	7	69
Minnesota	25	10	8	58
Dallas	25	9	7	57
Nashville	19	18	4	42
St. Louis	17	18	8	42
Utah	19	20	3	41
Chicago	16	18	7	39
Winnipeg	15	21	4	34

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Montreal Canadiens @ Chicago Blackhawks

Stars of the Game

Nick FolignoLW - CHI

Arvid SoderblomG - CHI

Tyler BertuzziLW - CHI

Game Information

Soderblom stops 38 shots as Blackhawks end 5-game skid with 4-2 win over Canadiens

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Central Division Standings

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