Canadiens 3-2 Coyotes (20 Dec, 2022) Play-by-Play

Montreal Canadiens

15-15-2, 8-6-2 away

	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	2	0	1	3
ARI	0	2	0	0	2

Arizona Coyotes

10-15-5, 4-3-2 home

Travis Boyd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in neutral zone
Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Shot missed by Nick Ritchie
Christian Fischer credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Zack Kassian
Nick Bjugstad credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone
Shot missed by Nick Schmaltz
Giveaway by Nick Schmaltz in offensive zone
Giveaway by Clayton Keller in offensive zone
Giveaway by Christian Fischer in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot missed by Patrik Nemeth
Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot missed by Christian Fischer
Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Christian Fischer saved by Sam Montembeault
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Shot missed by Matias Maccelli
Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault
Giveaway by Nick Schmaltz in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Shayne Gostisbehere saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Schmaltz saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Travis Boyd saved by Sam Montembeault
Barrett Hayton won faceoff against Kirby Dach in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot missed by Barrett Hayton
Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault
Penalty to Jack McBain 2 minutes for Hooking Arber Xhekaj
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Kirby Dach in defensive zone
Takeaway by Josh Brown in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Joel Armia in defensive zone
Shot missed by Nick Bjugstad
Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Matias Maccelli in defensive zone
Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Christian Fischer
Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault
Shayne Gostisbehere credited with hit on Juraj Slafkovsky in neutral zone
Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Josh Anderson in defensive zone
Travis Boyd credited with hit on Anthony Richard in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Lawson Crouse saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by J.J. Moser saved by Sam Montembeault
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Goal scored by Nick Schmaltz assisted by Clayton Keller
Shot on goal by Patrik Nemeth saved by Sam Montembeault
Lawson Crouse credited with hit on Chris Wideman in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot missed by Matias Maccelli
Shot on goal by Matias Maccelli saved by Sam Montembeault
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
Jack McBain won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
Jordan Harris shot blocked by Lawson Crouse
Lawson Crouse credited with hit on Josh Anderson in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Giveaway by Clayton Keller in offensive zone
Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Kirby Dach in offensive zone
Giveaway by Shayne Gostisbehere in defensive zone
Goal scored by Matias Maccelli assisted by Lawson Crouse and Jakob Chychrun
Takeaway by Nick Schmaltz in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault
Jack McBain credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Troy Stecher
Jakob Chychrun credited with hit on Anthony Richard in defensive zone
Giveaway by Lawson Crouse in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Lawson Crouse saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Lawson Crouse in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Troy Stecher saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Nick Schmaltz in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Christian Fischer saved by Sam Montembeault
Barrett Hayton won faceoff against Kirby Dach in neutral zone
Zack Kassian credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Bjugstad credited with hit on Jordan Harris in offensive zone
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in offensive zone
Troy Stecher credited with hit on Kirby Dach in defensive zone
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Jake Evans in offensive zone
Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Kaiden Guhle in neutral zone
Josh Brown credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone
Giveaway by Lawson Crouse in offensive zone
Jack McBain credited with hit on Josh Anderson in offensive zone
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Josh Brown
Jack McBain credited with hit on Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Troy Stecher saved by Sam Montembeault
Jordan Harris shot blocked by Troy Stecher
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Jake Evans in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Josh Brown saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault
Shot missed by Nick Bjugstad
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Nick Schmaltz
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Penalty to Jakob Chychrun 2 minutes for Holding Anthony Richard
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in defensive zone
Cole Caufield shot blocked by Josh Brown
Takeaway by Barrett Hayton in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Christian Fischer saved by Sam Montembeault
Takeaway by Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone
Shot missed by Barrett Hayton
Nick Bjugstad credited with hit on Kirby Dach in defensive zone
Takeaway by Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Shot missed by Shayne Gostisbehere
Kirby Dach shot blocked by J.J. Moser
Shot on goal by Troy Stecher saved by Sam Montembeault
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Shot missed by Jakob Chychrun
Shot on goal by Travis Boyd saved by Sam Montembeault
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
Giveaway by Clayton Keller in neutral zone
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in neutral zone
Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
Shayne Gostisbehere credited with hit on Cole Caufield in defensive zone
Josh Anderson credited with hit on J.J. Moser in offensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Travis Boyd in neutral zone
Shot missed by Mike Hoffman
Giveaway by Christian Dvorak in offensive zone
Barrett Hayton shot blocked by Jordan Harris
Jake Evans won faceoff against Jack McBain in neutral zone
Joel Armia credited with hit on Patrik Nemeth in offensive zone
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Nick Suzuki saved by Karel Vejmelka
Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Christian Fischer in neutral zone
Giveaway by Mike Hoffman in offensive zone
Shot missed by Jordan Harris
Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in offensive zone
Penalty to Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Cross Checking J.J. Moser
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nick Schmaltz in defensive zone
Shayne Gostisbehere shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Karel Vejmelka
Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Karel Vejmelka
Shot missed by Christian Dvorak
Shot on goal by Christian Dvorak saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in offensive zone
Jake Evans won faceoff against Travis Boyd in neutral zone
Shot missed by Anthony Richard
Penalty to Juraj Slafkovsky 2 minutes for Hooking Josh Brown
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in defensive zone
Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
Takeaway by Josh Anderson in defensive zone
Giveaway by Chris Wideman in defensive zone
Matias Maccelli shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin in neutral zone
Takeaway by Josh Anderson in offensive zone
Takeaway by Josh Anderson in offensive zone
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki in offensive zone
Giveaway by Sam Montembeault in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Lawson Crouse in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Mike Hoffman saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Christian Fischer in offensive zone
Goal scored by Cole Caufield assisted by Josh Anderson and Kaiden Guhle
Shot missed by Kaiden Guhle
Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Lawson Crouse in defensive zone
Clayton Keller shot blocked by Jordan Harris
Anthony Richard credited with hit on Jakob Chychrun in neutral zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Karel Vejmelka
Goal scored by Christian Dvorak assisted by Arber Xhekaj and Evgenii Dadonov
Lawson Crouse shot blocked by Josh Anderson
Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky in neutral zone
Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in neutral zone
Jake Evans won faceoff against Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Anthony Richard saved by Karel Vejmelka
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Jordan Harris saved by Karel Vejmelka
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Evgenii Dadonov saved by Karel Vejmelka
Shot missed by Christian Dvorak
Jake Evans won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Nick Schmaltz in defensive zone
Giveaway by Nick Suzuki in offensive zone
Patrik Nemeth shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
Matias Maccelli shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
Shot on goal by Kaiden Guhle saved by Karel Vejmelka
Jake Evans won faceoff against Travis Boyd in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Kaiden Guhle saved by Karel Vejmelka
Jake Evans credited with hit on Juuso Valimaki in offensive zone
Shot on goal by Anthony Richard saved by Karel Vejmelka
Giveaway by Mike Hoffman in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Lawson Crouse in defensive zone
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Mike Hoffman
Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Karel Vejmelka
Anthony Richard credited with hit on Patrik Nemeth in offensive zone
Shot missed by Arber Xhekaj
Shot on goal by Johnathan Kovacevic saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Bjugstad shot blocked by Jordan Harris
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Travis Boyd in neutral zone
Giveaway by Jordan Harris in offensive zone
Johnathan Kovacevic credited with hit on Jack McBain in defensive zone
Jack McBain shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Karel Vejmelka
Shot missed by Mike Hoffman
Shot on goal by Chris Wideman saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Jack McBain in offensive zone
Shot missed by Kirby Dach
Shot on goal by Arber Xhekaj saved by Karel Vejmelka
Anthony Richard credited with hit on Troy Stecher in defensive zone
Jonathan Drouin credited with hit on Troy Stecher in defensive zone
Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Jakob Chychrun in offensive zone
Juraj Slafkovsky credited with hit on Jakob Chychrun in offensive zone
Giveaway by Evgenii Dadonov in defensive zone
Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Jack McBain in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Travis Boyd in offensive zone
Nick Schmaltz shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
Shot missed by Jonathan Drouin
Shot missed by Nick Suzuki
Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Karel Vejmelka
Jake Evans won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone
Shot missed by Jake Evans
Nick Suzuki credited with hit on Juuso Valimaki in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak credited with hit on Matias Maccelli in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Mike Hoffman saved by Karel Vejmelka
Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in offensive zone
Takeaway by Joel Armia in defensive zone
Shayne Gostisbehere shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Jakob Chychrun in defensive zone
Joel Armia credited with hit on Travis Boyd in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in defensive zone
Shot on goal by Nick Suzuki saved by Karel Vejmelka
Kirby Dach credited with hit on Nick Schmaltz in defensive zone
Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in neutral zone
Shot on goal by Kaiden Guhle saved by Karel Vejmelka
Goal scored by Mike Hoffman assisted by Kirby Dach and Joel Edmundson

CANADIENS

COYOTES

TIME	PLAY		MTL	ARI
0:00		Start of 1st period	0	0
0:00		Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in neutral zone	0	0
0:11		Josh Anderson credited with hit on J.J. Moser in offensive zone	0	0
0:18		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
0:18		Travis Boyd won faceoff against Nick Suzuki in neutral zone	0	0
0:24		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
0:24		Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Travis Boyd in neutral zone	0	0
0:38		Shot missed by Mike Hoffman	0	0
0:46		Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun	0	0
0:54		Giveaway by Christian Dvorak in offensive zone	0	0
1:34		Shot missed by Nick Ritchie	0	0
1:36		Christian Fischer credited with hit on Johnathan Kovacevic in offensive zone	0	0
1:41		Barrett Hayton shot blocked by Jordan Harris	0	0
1:43		Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
1:58		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
1:58		Jake Evans won faceoff against Jack McBain in neutral zone	0	0
2:31		Joel Armia credited with hit on Patrik Nemeth in offensive zone	0	0
2:45		Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Zack Kassian	0	0
3:05		Nick Bjugstad credited with hit on Arber Xhekaj in offensive zone	0	0
3:35		Takeaway by Nick Suzuki in defensive zone	0	0
3:39		Shot on goal by Nick Suzuki saved by Karel Vejmelka	0	0
3:50		Shot missed by Nick Schmaltz	0	0
3:57		Giveaway by Nick Schmaltz in offensive zone	0	0
4:25		Giveaway by Clayton Keller in offensive zone	0	0
4:37		Arber Xhekaj credited with hit on Christian Fischer in neutral zone	0	0
4:48		Giveaway by Mike Hoffman in offensive zone	0	0
4:50		Giveaway by Christian Fischer in neutral zone	0	0
4:53		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
4:53		Kirby Dach won faceoff against Jack McBain in neutral zone	0	0
5:25		Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
5:37		Shot on goal by Nick Bjugstad saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
5:44		Shot missed by Jordan Harris	0	0
6:01		Shot missed by Patrik Nemeth	0	0
6:27		Shot on goal by Joel Armia saved by Karel Vejmelka	0	0
6:27		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
6:27		Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in offensive zone	0	0
6:36		Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
6:38		Shot missed by Christian Fischer	0	0
7:20		Shot on goal by Nick Ritchie saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
7:22		Shot on goal by Christian Fischer saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
7:22		Penalty to Josh Anderson 2 minutes for Cross Checking J.J. Moser	0	0
7:22		Travis Boyd won faceoff against Christian Dvorak in offensive zone	0	0
7:44		Shot missed by Matias Maccelli	0	0
7:50		Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
7:51		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
7:51		Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Nick Schmaltz in defensive zone	0	0
8:09		Giveaway by Nick Schmaltz in neutral zone	0	0
8:41		Shot on goal by Shayne Gostisbehere saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
8:46		Shot on goal by Nick Schmaltz saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
8:57		Shayne Gostisbehere shot blocked by Nick Suzuki	0	0
9:28		Shot on goal by Travis Boyd saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
9:36		Shot on goal by Josh Anderson saved by Karel Vejmelka	0	0
9:37		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
9:37		Barrett Hayton won faceoff against Kirby Dach in defensive zone	0	0
10:03		Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
10:11		Shot missed by Barrett Hayton	0	0
10:14		Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
10:18		Penalty to Jack McBain 2 minutes for Hooking Arber Xhekaj	0	0
10:18		Stoppage - TV timeout	0	0
10:18		Jonathan Drouin won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in offensive zone	0	0
11:09		Shot on goal by Cole Caufield saved by Karel Vejmelka	0	0
11:09		Shot missed by Christian Dvorak	0	0
11:10		Shot on goal by Christian Dvorak saved by Karel Vejmelka	0	0
11:12		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
11:12		Nick Bjugstad won faceoff against Kirby Dach in defensive zone	0	0
11:47		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd	0	0
11:47		Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Barrett Hayton in offensive zone	0	0
12:13		Stoppage - Referee or Linesman	0	0
12:13		Jake Evans won faceoff against Travis Boyd in neutral zone	0	0
12:48		Shot missed by Anthony Richard	0	0
13:04		Takeaway by Josh Brown in defensive zone	0	0
13:11		Shot on goal by Barrett Hayton saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
13:12		Penalty to Juraj Slafkovsky 2 minutes for Hooking Josh Brown	0	0
13:12		Nick Suzuki won faceoff against Nick Bjugstad in defensive zone	0	0
13:48		Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Joel Armia in defensive zone	0	0
14:04		Shot missed by Nick Bjugstad	0	0
14:18		Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
14:25		Shot on goal by Jakob Chychrun saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
14:29		Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Travis Boyd in defensive zone	0	0
14:37		Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Joel Edmundson	0	0
14:56		Takeaway by Josh Anderson in defensive zone	0	0
15:09		Takeaway by Matias Maccelli in defensive zone	0	0
15:47		Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Christian Fischer	0	0
16:26		Giveaway by Chris Wideman in defensive zone	0	0
16:39		Shot on goal by Clayton Keller saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
16:49		Shayne Gostisbehere credited with hit on Juraj Slafkovsky in neutral zone	0	0
17:06		Matias Maccelli shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle	0	0
17:24		Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin in neutral zone	0	0
17:57		Nick Ritchie credited with hit on Josh Anderson in defensive zone	0	0
18:14		Takeaway by Josh Anderson in offensive zone	0	0
18:23		Takeaway by Josh Anderson in offensive zone	0	0
18:33		Giveaway by Nick Suzuki in offensive zone	0	0
18:58		Travis Boyd credited with hit on Anthony Richard in defensive zone	0	0
19:16		Giveaway by Sam Montembeault in defensive zone	0	0
19:18		Shot on goal by Lawson Crouse saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
19:18		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
19:18		Christian Dvorak won faceoff against Lawson Crouse in defensive zone	0	0
19:51		Stoppage - Offside	0	0
19:51		Barrett Hayton won faceoff against Kirby Dach in neutral zone	0	0
20:00		End of 1st period	0	0

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-0

Coyotes
2
Canadiens
6

Game 1

21/10

Canadiens
3
Coyotes
2

Game 2

20/12

Mullett Arena

3:00 AM, 20 December 2022

Tempe, AZ

Attendance: 4,600

Referees:
Francis Charron
Brian Pochmara

Linesmen:
Tyson Baker

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	12	5	1	25
Toronto	11	6	2	24
Tampa Bay	9	6	1	19
Boston	8	9	3	19
Ottawa	8	8	1	17
Buffalo	8	9	1	17
Detroit	7	9	2	16
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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