Philadelphia – Vancouver 2:0 (end) | Montreal – Minnesota 2:5 (end) | Buffalo – Tampa 3:2 (after OT)
NY Islanders – Arizona 1:0 (end) | Nashville – Edmonton 1:6 (end) | Winnipeg – Los Angeles 1:5 (end)
Seattle – Colorado 1:4 (end) | San Jose – Carolina 3:6 (end) | Vegas – Dallas 3:2 (2:1 after SO)
final
Montreal Canadiens
2:5 (0:2, 1:2, 1:1)
Minnesota Wild
Wednesday 18.10.2023, 01:00 • Bell Centre, Montreal • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:45:46)
     
    58:15
    Penalty for Minnesota Wild:
    Marcus Foligno – 2 min., tripping.
    57:35 Alex Newhook (MTL) - 2:5
     
    57:35
    Team Montreal with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ALEX NEWHOOK. Assisted by David Savard, Cole Caufield.
     
    54:08
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Josh Anderson – 2 min., roughing + 10 min. misconduct penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct.

    Penalty for Minnesota Wild:
    Joel Eriksson Ek – 10 min. misconduct penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct + 2 min., roughing,
    Mats Zuccarello – 2 min., roughing.
     
    53:15
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Michael Pezzetta – 5 min., fighting.

    Penalty for Minnesota Wild:
    Jon Merrill – 5 min., fighting + 2 min., unsportsmanlike conduct.
    45:20 Joel Eriksson Ek (MNS) - 1:5
     
    45:20
    Team Minnesota with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is JOEL ERIKSSON EK. Assisted by Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello.
     
    43:41
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Tanner Pearson – 2 min., high-sticking.
    41:08
     
    40:35
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Michael Matheson – 2 min., roughing.

    Penalty for Minnesota Wild:
    Joel Eriksson Ek – 2 min., slashing.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    40:00
    Penalty for Montreal Canadiens:
    Arber Xhekaj – 2 min., roughing.
    39:58
     
    38:00
    Penalty for Minnesota Wild:
    Brandon Duhaime – 2 min., hooking.
    37:22 Kirill Kaprizov (MNS) - 1:4
     
    37:22
    Team Minnesota with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is KIRILL KAPRIZOV. Assisted by Mats Zuccarello, Calen Addison.
    Goals and assists: 30. Pearson, 58. Newhook (Savard, Caufield) – 10. Duhaime (Middleton), 10. Dewar, 23. Eriksson Ek (Zuccarello, Kaprizov), 38. Kaprizov (Zuccarello, Addison), 46. Eriksson Ek (Kaprizov, Zuccarello)


    Montreal Canadiens: Montembeault (Allen) – Matheson, Savard, Guhle, Kovacevic, Xhekaj, Harris – Caufield, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard – Pearson, Newhook, Slafkovský – J. Anderson, Monahan, Gallagher – Pezzetta, Evans, Ylonen.
    Coach: Martin St. Louis

    Minnesota Wild: M. Fleury (Gustavsson) – Brodin, Addison, Faber, Middleton, Merrill, Mermis – Kaprizov, Hartman, Zuccarello – M. Foligno, Rossi, F. – Maroon, Dewar, Duhaime – Eriksson Ek, M. Johansson.
    Coach: Dean Evason

    Referees: O´Rourke, Markovic – Cormier, Smith

    Attendance: 21 105