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Canadiens MTL	2	1	1	4
Canucks VAN	0	0	2	2

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Slafkovsky helps Canadiens beat struggling Canucks 4-2 to move closer to wild card spot

— Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and two assists as the Montreal Canadiens beat the struggling Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Mar 12, 2025, 05:22 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	2	1	1	4
	Canucks	0	0	2	2

1st Period			MTL	VAN
1:06		Nick Suzuki (20) Assists: Cole Caufield (26), Juraj Slafkovsky (25)	1	0
8:34		Juraj Slafkovsky (12) Unassisted	2	0

2nd Period			MTL	VAN
8:59		Cole Caufield (32) Assists: Nick Suzuki (47), Juraj Slafkovsky (26)	3	0

3rd Period		MTL	VAN
4:05	Filip Hronek (4) Assists: Marcus Pettersson (17)	3	1
11:08	Elias Pettersson (13) (Power Play) Assists: Filip Hronek (20), Conor Garland (23)	3	2
19:43	Mike Matheson (6) (Empty Net) Unassisted	4	2

Kiefer Sherwood Wrist Shot Wide Left
Dakota Joshua hit Jayden Struble
Jonathan Lekkerimaki Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Marcus Pettersson hit Josh Anderson
Filip Chytil Wrap-around saved by Sam Montembeault
Pius Suter faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
Filip Hronek hit Nick Suzuki
Kiefer Sherwood hit Jayden Struble
Giveaway by Kiefer Sherwood
Brock Boeser hit Alexandre Carrier
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
Marcus Pettersson hit Emil Heineman
Teddy Blueger hit Joshua Roy
Giveaway by Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk Snap Shot Wide Left
Filip Chytil faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Filip Chytil Tip-In Wide Left
Pius Suter Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
Marcus Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Derek Forbort Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Jake Evans
Dakota Joshua Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Derek Forbort Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Derek Forbort
Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Nils Hoglander
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Filip Hronek
Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Teddy Blueger
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Pius Suter faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Tyler Myers hit Nick Suzuki
Nils Hoglander Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Nils Hoglander
Giveaway by Pius Suter
Filip Chytil Backhand Wide Right
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot Wide Right
Conor Garland Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
Dakota Joshua Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Dakota Joshua Wrist Shot Short
Tyler Myers Slap Shot Wide Right
Conor Garland Snap Shot Wide Right
Filip Chytil faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Teddy Blueger hit Alexandre Carrier
Marcus Pettersson Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Kiefer Sherwood hit Mike Matheson
Jake Evans shot blocked by Pius Suter
Filip Hronek Wrist Shot Wide Left
Filip Hronek Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Elias Pettersson Backhand Wide Right
Derek Forbort Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Pius Suter faceoff won against Jake Evans
Nils Hoglander Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Kiefer Sherwood hit Lane Hutson
Derek Forbort hit Alex Newhook
Brock Boeser Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Tyler Myers Slap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Tyler Myers
Jake DeBrusk hit Alexandre Carrier
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Dakota Joshua
Teddy Blueger Deflected Wide Right
Marcus Pettersson Slashing against Nick Suzuki
Teddy Blueger Snap Shot Short
Kiefer Sherwood faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Giveaway by Filip Hronek
Filip Hronek Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Brock Boeser Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson Tip-In Above Crossbar
Tyler Myers hit Juraj Slafkovský
Pius Suter Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Josh Anderson
Elias Pettersson Tip-In Wide Right
Filip Hronek Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Giveaway by Pius Suter
Pius Suter Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Filip Hronek
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Giveaway by Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Giveaway by Teddy Blueger
Victor Mancini Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Cole Caufield
Jayden Struble shot blocked by Victor Mancini
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Giveaway by Dakota Joshua
Kiefer Sherwood hit Emil Heineman
Kiefer Sherwood hit Lane Hutson
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Filip Hronek
Dakota Joshua faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Giveaway by Derek Forbort
Marcus Pettersson hit Emil Heineman
Pius Suter Wrist Shot Wide Right
Filip Hronek Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Pettersson (17)
Tyler Myers Wrist Shot Wide Left
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Giveaway by Jake DeBrusk
Filip Chytil faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Kiefer Sherwood faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Kiefer Sherwood hit Arber Xhekaj
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Derek Forbort hit Emil Heineman
Conor Garland Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Dakota Joshua hit Mike Matheson
Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Elias Pettersson
Joshua Roy shot blocked by Filip Chytil
Filip Hronek shot blocked by Pius Suter
Pius Suter Wrist Shot Wide Left
Kiefer Sherwood hit Christian Dvorak
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Brock Boeser Backhand Wide Left
Elias Pettersson Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Hronek (20), Conor Garland (23)
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Derek Forbort
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Brock Boeser
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson
Filip Chytil Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
Josh Anderson shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson
Jake Evans shot blocked by Kiefer Sherwood
Giveaway by Elias Pettersson
Takeaway by Elias Pettersson
Pius Suter faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
Filip Hronek Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Teddy Blueger hit Joel Armia
Lane Hutson shot blocked by Tyler Myers
Kiefer Sherwood hit Cole Caufield
David Savard shot blocked by Elias Pettersson
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Tyler Myers
Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Tyler Myers
Filip Hronek Slap Shot Wide Right
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Jake Evans
Filip Hronek shot blocked by Brock Boeser
Giveaway by Filip Hronek
Pius Suter faceoff won against Alex Newhook
Nils Hoglander Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
Dakota Joshua faceoff won against Jake Evans
Giveaway by Joel Armia
Joel Armia hit Derek Forbort
David Savard Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Nick Suzuki Goal (20) Backhand, assists: Cole Caufield (26), Juraj Slafkovský (25)
Jayden Struble hit Conor Garland
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Michael Pezzetta Snap Shot Wide Left
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Jayden Struble
On-Ice Official
Giveaway by Joshua Roy
Takeaway by Joshua Roy
Brendan Gallagher hit Conor Garland
Arber Xhekaj hit Conor Garland
Icing
David Savard hit Kiefer Sherwood
Kiefer Sherwood shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
Tyler Myers shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
Goalie Stopped
Emil Heineman hit Victor Mancini
Goalie Stopped
Emil Heineman hit Elias Pettersson
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Juraj Slafkovský Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
Michael Pezzetta hit Marcus Pettersson
Giveaway by Christian Dvorak
Takeaway by Josh Anderson
Icing
Jake Evans faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
Icing
Cole Caufield hit Elias Pettersson
Giveaway by Lane Hutson
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Brendan Gallagher Slap Shot Wide Left
Hand Pass
Josh Anderson Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Puck in Crowd
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Filip Chytil shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Emil Heineman hit Derek Forbort
Teddy Blueger shot blocked by Alex Newhook
Off-side
Video Review
Puck in Benches
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Michael Pezzetta hit Derek Forbort
Off-side
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Teddy Blueger
Nick Suzuki hit Dakota Joshua
Takeaway by Alexandre Carrier
Joel Armia Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Victor Mancini shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
Alex Newhook hit Brock Boeser
Nick Suzuki hit Marcus Pettersson
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Puck in Netting
Emil Heineman Snap Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Jayden Struble hit Drew O'Connor
Marcus Pettersson shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
Icing
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Michael Pezzetta hit Dakota Joshua
Tyler Myers shot blocked by David Savard
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Teddy Blueger
Cole Caufield Backhand Wide Left
Conor Garland shot blocked by David Savard
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Off-side
Juraj Slafkovský Interference against Kiefer Sherwood
Jake Evans faceoff won against Pius Suter
Goalie Stopped
Mike Matheson hit Jake DeBrusk
Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
Cole Caufield Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (47), Juraj Slafkovský (26)
Alex Newhook hit Kiefer Sherwood
Kiefer Sherwood shot blocked by Lane Hutson
Josh Anderson Backhand Wide Left
Michael Pezzetta hit Filip Hronek
Goalie Stopped
Josh Anderson Interference against Elias Pettersson
Jake Evans faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
Nick Suzuki Backhand Wide Left
Mike Matheson Backhand saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Jake Evans faceoff won against Pius Suter
Giveaway by Joel Armia
Goalie Stopped
Dakota Joshua shot blocked by Lane Hutson
Puck in Netting
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Pius Suter
Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Drew O'Connor shot blocked by Cole Caufield
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Tyler Myers shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Icing
Jake Evans faceoff won against Teddy Blueger
Puck in Benches
Icing
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Pius Suter
Lane Hutson hit Kiefer Sherwood
Goalie Stopped
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Alex Newhook hit Victor Mancini
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot Short
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Short
Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot Wide Left
Icing
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Cole Caufield
Puck in Benches
Cole Caufield hit Elias Pettersson
Elias Pettersson shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Pius Suter
Alex Newhook Backhand saved by Kevin Lankinen
Brendan Gallagher Backhand saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
Giveaway by Alexandre Carrier
Emil Heineman Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Jayden Struble
Puck in Netting
Giveaway by David Savard
David Savard hit Dakota Joshua
Arber Xhekaj hit Conor Garland
Giveaway by Alex Newhook
Michael Pezzetta hit Derek Forbort
Christian Dvorak hit Derek Forbort
Timeout - Visitor
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Puck in Benches
Alex Newhook hit Filip Hronek
Jayden Struble hit Filip Chytil
Icing
Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Hand Pass
Michael Pezzetta hit Tyler Myers
Nils Hoglander shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Puck in Netting
Joel Armia Backhand Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Jayden Struble Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Alex Newhook faceoff won against Filip Chytil
Joshua Roy Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Pius Suter
David Savard Slashing against Pius Suter
TV Timeout
Brock Boeser shot blocked by Joel Armia
Elias Pettersson shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Juraj Slafkovský hit Pius Suter
Takeaway by Joshua Roy
Puck in Netting
Emil Heineman faceoff won against Pius Suter
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Elias Pettersson
Emil Heineman hit Teddy Blueger
Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Dakota Joshua
Conor Garland shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Icing
Timeout - Home
Goalie Stopped
Mike Matheson Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Icing
Puck in Netting
Alex Newhook Wrist Shot saved by Kevin Lankinen

CANADIENS

CANUCKS

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-0

Canucks
4
Canadiens
5

Game 1

7/1

Canadiens
4
Canucks
2

Game 2

12/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	25	15	4	54
Tampa Bay	25	13	3	53
Montreal	23	13	6	52
Florida	22	16	3	47
Buffalo	21	15	4	46
Boston	22	18	2	46
Toronto	19	15	7	45
Ottawa	20	16	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	17	11	12	46
Edmonton	20	16	6	46
Seattle	19	14	7	45
Los Angeles	18	14	9	45
Anaheim	21	18	3	45
San Jose	20	18	3	43
Calgary	18	20	4	40
Vancouver	16	20	5	37

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Montreal Canadiens @ Vancouver Canucks

Stars of the Game

Juraj SlafkovskyLW - MTL

Filip HronekD - VAN

Nick SuzukiC - MTL

Game Information

Slafkovsky helps Canadiens beat struggling Canucks 4-2 to move closer to wild card spot

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-0

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