Montréal Canadiens at Chicago Blackhawks — 2026-10-23

Friday, October 23, 2026Final
Canadiens
4–1
SOG: 28 – 21
Blackhawks
★Jake Evans2G 1A★★Kaiden Guhle1G 1A★★★Mike Matheson1G
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SCORING SUMMARY

P1 15:37
Connor Bedard(Patrick Kane)
0–1
P1 2:31
Jake Evans(Kirby Dach, Owen Beck)
1–1
P2 12:15
Jake Evans(Kaiden Guhle)
2–1
4v5
P2 1:34
Kaiden Guhle(Jake Evans, Alexandre Carrier)
3–1
P3 2:38
Mike Matheson(Phillip Danault)
4–1
5v6
MTL
CHI
Expected goals share

MTL controlled play with 61% of expected goals.

3.262.07
High-danger
2215
Chances
3028
Attempts
5340
Shots
2821
Shots by period
1ST
99
Even
2ND
118
MTL 58%
3RD
84
MTL 67%
Irons (Posts & Crossbars)
2
2
Possession
62.7%
Faceoff %
37.3%
4
Takeaways
3
19
Giveaways · fewer is better
11
Physical & discipline
23
Hits
11
12
Blocks
8
10
Penalty minutes · fewer is better
6
Special teams
Power play · filled = goal, hollow = chance
0 for 3
0 for 5

ANALYTICS LEADERS

Most dangerous shooter
Mike Matheson
MTL · D · #8
0.58
expected goals
1 goal on 3 shots
Drove play *
Kirby Dach
MTL · C · #77
88%
of expected goals while on the ice
11:32 played
High-danger presence
Kaiden Guhle
MTL · D · #21
+8
high-danger chances while on the ice
11 for, 3 against
Goalie
Jacob Fowler
MTL · G · #32
+1.07
goals saved above expected
faced 2.07 expected, allowed 1

* min 10 minutes played

GAME GRADE LEADERS

Top forward
Jake Evans
MTL · C · #71
9.0
Game Grade
Elite
Production 8.9 · Quality 8.8
Top defenceman
Kaiden Guhle
MTL · D · #21
9.0
Game Grade
Elite
Production 8.9 · Quality 8.0
Top goalie
Jacob Fowler
MTL · G · #32
7.1
Game Grade
Good
Production 7.1 · Quality 7.1
Best quality of play
Kirby Dach
MTL · C · #77
7.9
Quality grade
Good
Game Grade 7.7 · Production 7.0

Grades run 0 to 10 and an ordinary game is a six. A skater needs 7 minutes of ice time to be graded, a goalie 20. How the Game Grade works

MA INSIGHTS

Game Summary

Fowler Holds the Fort as Canadiens Win 4-1 in Chicago

Spencer Knight was the busier goalie at the other end, and Connor Bedard's lone strike was all the Blackhawks could find.

The gap between the two creases decided this one. Jacob Fowler gave up one goal, and Spencer Knight gave up three. That carried Montréal to a 4-1 win in Chicago.

Fowler stopped 20 of 21 shots. He also turned aside all 10 of Chicago's shots from the most dangerous areas. Only Connor Bedard solved him. Knight made 24 saves on 27 shots in a busier night. The Canadiens outshot Chicago 28-21.

The Habs earned the result with the better looks all night. Their chances were worth 3.26 expected goals, a measure of how dangerous the shots were, against Chicago's 2.07. Mike Matheson led Montréal with three shots and scored. Jake Evans added two goals.

The posts and crossbars were busy too, rung four times. Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovský hit iron for Montréal. Jordan Greenway and Ryan Donato did the same for Chicago. Neither power play scored.

— by MA Insights AI —
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IRON METRICS

MTL
2Iron Hits
Cole Caufield (1), Juraj Slafkovský (1)
CHI
2Iron Hits
Jordan Greenway (1), Ryan Donato (1)
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