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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Montreal 5, NY Islanders 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 16, 2023
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jonathan Deschamps
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0033
Montreal 0415
Periods:
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1
NY Islanders   Montreal
  0:00 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Shot by Casey Cizikas misses the net 0:21  
Cal Clutterbuck hits Johnathan Kovacevic. 0:26  
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 0:28  
  0:58 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Giveaway by Anders Lee. 1:03  
  1:08 Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Pierre Engvall hits Mike Matheson. 1:41  
Kyle Palmieri blocks shot from Justin Barron. 1:56  
  2:02 Giveaway by Justin Barron.
Julien Gauthier shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 2:06  
Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net 2:13  
  2:23 Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Julien Gauthier.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Christian Dvorak. 2:28  
Casey Cizikas hits Kaiden Guhle. 2:43  
  2:52 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  3:47 Kaiden Guhle shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Shot by Kyle Palmieri misses the net 4:03  
  4:04 Kaiden Guhle hits Kyle Palmieri.
  4:28 Shot by Johnathan Kovacevic misses the net
  5:55 Justin Barron shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 5:58  
  6:08 Cole Caufield blocks shot from Alexander Romanov.
  6:37 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Kyle Palmieri blocks shot from Kaiden Guhle. 7:20  
  8:02 Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Cal Clutterbuck.
Samuel Bolduc hits Jesse Ylonen. 8:08  
  8:27 Jayden Struble blocks shot from Hudson Fasching.
Cal Clutterbuck hits Jayden Struble. 8:34  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 8:52  
Giveaway by Anders Lee. 9:07  
Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 9:15  
  9:52 David Savard blocks shot from Kyle Palmieri.
  10:06 Juraj Slafkovsky shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  10:07 Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 10:37  
  10:47 Michael Pezzetta hits Noah Dobson.
  11:35 Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 11:59  
  12:24 Takeaway by Nick Suzuki.
Takeaway by Brock Nelson. 12:26  
Noah Dobson blocks shot from Juraj Slafkovsky. 12:39  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak. 12:50  
Alexander Romanov hits Brendan Gallagher. 13:10  
  13:12 Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net
Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 13:12  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Brendan Gallagher. 13:13  
  13:15 Joel Armia hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  13:16 Christian Dvorak shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  13:17 Jesse Ylonen wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Hudson Fasching blocks shot from Jayden Struble. 13:19  
Samuel Bolduc hits Mitchell Stephens. 13:38  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 13:50  
  14:12 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:21 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  14:51 Mike Matheson blocks shot from Brock Nelson.
Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 15:02  
Shot by Brock Nelson misses the net 15:09  
  15:42 Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  16:03 Shot by Justin Barron misses the net
  16:13 Shot by Joel Armia misses the net
  16:47 Johnathan Kovacevic shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  16:48 Mitchell Stephens shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  17:13 Jayden Struble shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  17:15 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 17:52  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 17:54  
  17:55 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  18:07 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Sebastian Aho shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 18:19  
Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Brendan Gallagher. 18:54  
  19:04 Kaiden Guhle hits Kyle Palmieri.
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 19:26  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sean Monahan. 19:29  
  19:37 Sean Monahan shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  19:39 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  19:40 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
2
NY Islanders   Montreal
  0:00 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  0:08 Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net
Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Joel Armia. 0:10  
  1:36 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 1:56  
  1:58 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Simon Holmstrom.
  2:15 Shot by Jake Evans misses the net
  2:27 Justin Barron shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  2:28 Sean Monahan shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Giveaway by Simon Holmstrom. 2:31  
Samuel Bolduc blocks shot from Jake Evans. 2:34  
  3:05 Johnathan Kovacevic penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Casey Cizikas.
  3:05 Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 3:58  
Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net 4:13  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 4:29  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 4:35  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Jake Evans. 4:37  
Shot by Mike Reilly misses the net 4:39  
Cal Clutterbuck hits Nick Suzuki. 5:17  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Jayden Struble. 5:26  
  5:40 Cole Caufield shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  5:48 Juraj Slafkovsky hits Robert Bortuzzo.
Hudson Fasching hits Jayden Struble. 5:54  
  5:58 Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Cal Clutterbuck.
  6:31 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Anders Lee blocks shot from Mike Matheson. 6:33  
  6:34 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Takeaway by Noah Dobson. 6:39  
Bo Horvat hits Jake Evans. 6:50  
  7:02 Josh Anderson blocks shot from David Savard.
  7:12 Joel Armia wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  7:29 Kaiden Guhle shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Julien Gauthier hits Joel Armia. 7:40  
  7:45 Joel Armia scores. Assisted by Brendan Gallagher and Kaiden Guhle.
  7:45 Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  8:07 Takeaway by Michael Pezzetta.
Simon Holmstrom hits Michael Pezzetta. 8:09  
  8:18 Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Mike Reilly.
  8:24 Giveaway by Jayden Struble.
Kyle Palmieri hits Jesse Ylonen. 8:33  
  9:06 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Cal Clutterbuck.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 9:37  
Alexander Romanov hits Juraj Slafkovsky. 9:51  
Takeaway by Noah Dobson. 10:05  
  10:08 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  10:31 Jake Evans hits Brock Nelson.
  10:34 Josh Anderson blocks shot from Justin Barron.
  10:35 Josh Anderson scores. Assisted by Justin Barron and Sean Monahan.
  10:35 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau blocks shot from Johnathan Kovacevic. 10:52  
  11:04 Jayden Struble shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Samuel Bolduc shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 11:21  
  11:37 Jesse Ylonen shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  11:57 Giveaway by Mike Matheson.
  11:58 Michael Pezzetta blocks shot Bo Horvat shoots
  12:33 Juraj Slafkovsky blocks shot from Sebastian Aho.
  13:17 Johnathan Kovacevic shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  13:47 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Brock Nelson penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Josh Anderson. 13:47  
  14:16 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:17 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:28 Takeaway by Cole Caufield.
  14:36 Juraj Slafkovsky shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:37 Sean Monahan shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:43 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:45 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  14:48 Josh Anderson blocks shot from Justin Barron.
  15:23 Josh Anderson blocks shot from Christian Dvorak.
  15:24 Brendan Gallagher shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  15:29 Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net
  15:41 Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Brock Nelson blocks shot from Michael Pezzetta. 16:22  
  16:47 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  16:50 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  17:03 Juraj Slafkovsky hits Mike Reilly.
  17:05 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  17:26 David Savard blocks shot from Noah Dobson.
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 17:28  
  17:31 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  17:50 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Casey Cizikas hits Joel Armia. 17:58  
Alexander Romanov hits Christian Dvorak. 18:06  
Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Sean Monahan. 18:19  
  18:42 Sean Monahan blocks shot from Mike Reilly.
Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Josh Anderson. 18:52  
  18:58 Shot by Justin Barron misses the net
  19:05 Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  19:06 Josh Anderson scores. Assisted by Sean Monahan and Justin Barron.
  19:06 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  19:21 Cole Caufield scores. Assisted by Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Mitchell Stephens. 19:21  
  19:38 Jesse Ylonen hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  19:44 Michael Pezzetta hits Simon Holmstrom.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau blocks shot from Michael Pezzetta. 19:58  
3
NY Islanders   Montreal
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 0:00  
  0:03 Juraj Slafkovsky hits Alexander Romanov.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Nick Suzuki. 0:13  
  0:23 Juraj Slafkovsky blocks shot from Alexander Romanov.
  0:36 Shot by Cole Caufield misses the net
Anders Lee penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cole Caufield. 0:37  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sean Monahan. 0:37  
  1:35 Sean Monahan shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 1:40  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 1:48  
Brock Nelson scores a short handed goal. Assisted by Noah Dobson. 2:07  
  2:07 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  2:32 Shot by Brendan Gallagher misses the net
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 2:44  
Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net 2:45  
Shot by Mike Reilly misses the net 2:54  
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 3:01  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 3:30  
  3:32 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Brock Nelson scores. Assisted by Noah Dobson. 3:43  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Jake Evans. 3:43  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Jayden Struble. 3:52  
  4:08 Jayden Struble hits Julien Gauthier.
  4:09 Jake Evans blocks shot from Sebastian Aho.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 4:13  
  4:16 Giveaway by Jake Evans.
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 4:18  
  4:19 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Noah Dobson blocks shot from Juraj Slafkovsky. 4:51  
Cal Clutterbuck hits Kaiden Guhle. 5:29  
Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 5:54  
Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 5:55  
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 5:56  
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 5:57  
  5:58 Sean Monahan wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  6:36 Josh Anderson shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  6:53 David Savard blocks shot from Julien Gauthier.
  7:45 Juraj Slafkovsky hits Bo Horvat.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Joel Armia. 7:51  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Christian Dvorak. 7:57  
Giveaway by Anders Lee. 8:05  
  8:06 Joel Armia shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
Takeaway by Mathew Barzal. 8:22  
  8:33 Takeaway by Mike Matheson.
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 8:46  
  9:11 Shot by Jayden Struble misses the net
  10:16 Kaiden Guhle blocks shot from Brock Nelson.
  10:33 Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Julien Gauthier.
  11:03 Giveaway by Jayden Struble.
Samuel Bolduc hits Brendan Gallagher. 11:35  
Samuel Bolduc hits Brendan Gallagher. 11:50  
Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net 12:07  
Cal Clutterbuck hits Kaiden Guhle. 12:36  
Pierre Engvall shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 13:10  
  13:20 Shot by Sean Monahan misses the net
Giveaway by Mike Reilly. 13:25  
  13:58 Johnathan Kovacevic blocks shot from Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  13:59 Jake Evans wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 14:02  
Bo Horvat scores. Assisted by Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov. 14:06  
  14:06 Nick Suzuki wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  14:33 Nick Suzuki shoots Saved by Semyon Varlamov.
  14:49 Juraj Slafkovsky blocks shot from Noah Dobson.
Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net 15:04  
  15:55 Takeaway by Christian Dvorak.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Sam Montembeault. 16:07  
  16:10 Christian Dvorak wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  16:59 Brendan Gallagher wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  17:09 Brendan Gallagher hits Samuel Bolduc.
Takeaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 17:12  
Shot by Jean-Gabriel Pageau misses the net 17:48  
  18:08 Shot by Josh Anderson misses the net
Kyle Palmieri blocks shot from Mike Matheson. 18:26  
  18:44 Giveaway by David Savard.
  19:09 Takeaway by Nick Suzuki.
  19:15 Shot by Juraj Slafkovsky misses the net
  19:34 Kaiden Guhle hits Kyle Palmieri.
  19:40 Christian Dvorak scores on an empty net. Assisted by Nick Suzuki.
  19:40 Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.