Game #25 - December 2, 2025 - Ottawa 5 at Montreal 2
Game #25 - December 2, 2025
  Ottawa   5   at     Montreal   2
All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
20 Slafkovsky91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 12:30 12:30 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki76 Bolduc
 8:59 8:59 0:00 0:00 -1
85 Texier90 Veleno11 Gallagher
 8:13 8:13 0:00 0:00 E
63 F. Xhekaj71 Evans17 Anderson
 3:11 3:11 0:00 0:00 -1
63 F. Xhekaj90 Veleno11 Gallagher
 2:41 2:41 0:00 0:00 E
85 Texier71 Evans17 Anderson
 2:10 2:10 0:00 0:00 -1
90 Veleno91 Kapanen
 2:03 0:00 0:00 2:03 E
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 93 Demidov 2:02 0:02 2:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 76 Bolduc 1:42 0:00 1:42 0:00 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
 1:36 1:36 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki
 1:26 1:26 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki17 Anderson
 1:20 1:20 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson71 Evans
 1:02 0:15 0:00 0:47 E
Others 11:05 9:55 0:00 1:10 -2
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson53 Dobson
 17:44 15:49 0:00 1:55 -2
47 Struble48 Hutson
 14:35 14:35 0:00 0:00 -3
72 A. Xhekaj45 Carrier
 8:54 8:54 0:00 0:00 E
48 Hutson45 Carrier
 5:59 5:49 0:00 0:10 E
48 Hutson
 3:44 0:02 3:42 0:00 E
  8 Matheson45 Carrier
 2:02 0:09 0:00 1:53 E
  8 Matheson72 A. Xhekaj
 1:34 1:34 0:00 0:00 E
72 A. Xhekaj47 Struble
 1:31 1:31 0:00 0:00 E
  8 Matheson48 Hutson
 1:11 1:11 0:00 0:00 E
Others 2:46 2:44 0:00 0:02 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 20JS
91OK
93ID		 13CC
14NS
76ZB		 85AT
90JV
11BG		 63FX
71JE
17JA		 63FX
90JV
11BG		 85AT
71JE
17JA		 90JV
91OK		 13CC
14NS
20JS
93ID		 8MM
53ND		 47JS
48LH		 72AX
45AC		 48LH
45AC		 48LH 8MM
45AC
22 Amadio - 12 Pinto - 28 Giroux 4:42 2:54 1:14   0:35       4:31 2:43 2:22 1:07    
7 Tkachuk - 18 StÜtzle - 20 Zetterlund 1:30 2:23 0:28 0:09   0:44     3:07 1:48 0:18 0:31   0:08
57 Perron - 24 Cozens - 19 Batherson 2:46 0:11 2:07 1:24   0:32     0:46 2:48 1:22 1:17    
71 Greig - 24 Cozens - 19 Batherson 0:44 0:03 1:41           0:51 1:09 0:08 1:01    
23 MacDermid - 89 Eller - 71 Greig 0:13   0:15 0:30 1:06         0:03 1:44 0:13    
2 Zub - 85 Sanderson 6:02 4:24 0:54 0:36   0:48   1:11 8:20 5:20 2:18 1:25 2:53 0:09
10 Spence - 43 Kleven 4:08 1:29 3:52 1:03 0:54 0:59     3:54 3:20 3:34 2:52    
3 Jensen - 33 Matinpalo 1:28 1:14 2:47 1:28 1:17 0:21 0:10   2:53 3:41 1:32 1:20    
85 Sanderson             1:53   0:23   0:02     1:53

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)

For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

11 Gallagher
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Texier-Veleno 63.4% 63.4%    
F. Xhekaj-Veleno 20.7% 20.7%    
Slafkovsky-Veleno 5.1% 5.1%    
F. Xhekaj-Texier 5.1% 5.1%    
F. Xhekaj-Evans 1.3% 1.3%    
Others 4.2% 4.2%    
Totals   100.0%    
13 Caufield
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Bolduc 48.1% 48.1%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Demidov 10.9% 0.2% 10.7%  
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Bolduc 9.1%   9.1%  
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 8.6% 8.6%    
Suzuki 7.7% 7.7%    
Others 15.7% 15.7%    
Totals   80.2% 19.8%  
14 Suzuki
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Bolduc 44.5% 44.5%    
Caufield-Slafkovsky-Demidov 10.1% 0.2% 9.9%  
Caufield-Slafkovsky-Bolduc 8.4%   8.4%  
Caufield-Slafkovsky 7.9% 7.9%    
Caufield 7.1% 7.1%    
Others 21.9% 17.3%   4.6%
Totals   77.0% 18.3% 4.6%
17 Anderson
Linemates Total EV PP SH
F. Xhekaj-Evans 31.6% 31.6%    
Texier-Evans 21.5% 21.5%    
Caufield-Suzuki 13.2% 13.2%    
Evans 10.3% 2.5%   7.8%
Suzuki 8.9%     8.9%
Others 14.4% 13.7%   0.7%
Totals   82.6%   17.4%
20 Slafkovsky
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Kapanen-Demidov 55.4% 55.4%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Demidov 9.0% 0.1% 8.9%  
Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc 7.5%   7.5%  
Caufield-Suzuki 7.1% 7.1%    
Demidov 3.8% 3.8%    
Others 17.1% 17.1%    
Totals   83.6% 16.4%  
63 F. Xhekaj
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Evans-Anderson 41.3% 41.3%    
Veleno-Gallagher 34.8% 34.8%    
Texier-Gallagher 8.6% 8.6%    
Evans-Caufield 7.8% 7.8%    
Suzuki-Bolduc 2.8% 2.8%    
Others 4.8% 4.8%    
Totals   100.0%    
71 Evans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
F. Xhekaj-Anderson 34.0% 34.0%    
Texier-Anderson 23.1% 23.1%    
Anderson 11.0% 2.7%   8.4%
Slafkovsky 8.0% 8.0%    
Caufield-Bolduc 7.8% 7.8%    
Others 16.0% 14.2%   1.8%
Totals   89.9%   10.1%
76 Bolduc
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki 72.3% 72.3%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky 13.7%   13.7%  
Caufield-Evans 5.9% 5.9%    
Slafkovsky-Suzuki 3.9% 3.9%    
F. Xhekaj-Suzuki 1.7% 1.7%    
Others 2.4% 2.4%    
Totals   86.3% 13.7%  
85 Texier
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Veleno-Gallagher 64.7% 64.7%    
Evans-Anderson 17.1% 17.1%    
F. Xhekaj-Gallagher 5.2% 5.2%    
Kapanen-Anderson 3.3% 3.3%    
Kapanen 2.8% 2.8%    
Others 7.0% 7.0%    
Totals   100.0%    
90 Veleno
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Texier-Gallagher 55.6% 55.6%    
F. Xhekaj-Gallagher 18.2% 18.2%    
Kapanen 13.9%     13.9%
Slafkovsky-Gallagher 4.5% 4.5%    
Slafkovsky-Demidov 2.3% 2.3%    
Others 5.5% 4.4%   1.1%
Totals   85.0%   15.0%
91 Kapanen
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Demidov 75.8% 75.8%    
Veleno 12.4%     12.4%
Texier-Anderson 2.5% 2.5%    
Demidov 2.4% 2.4%    
Texier 2.1% 2.1%    
Others 4.7% 4.2%   0.4%
Totals   87.2%   12.8%
93 Demidov
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Slafkovsky-Kapanen 72.5% 72.5%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky 11.8% 0.2% 11.6%  
Slafkovsky 5.0% 5.0%    
Slafkovsky-Suzuki 2.6% 2.6%    
Kapanen 2.3% 2.3%    
Others 5.8% 5.8%    
Totals   88.4% 11.6%  

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

8 Matheson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Dobson 76.1% 67.8%   8.2%
Carrier 8.7% 0.6%   8.1%
A. Xhekaj 6.7% 6.7%    
Hutson 5.1% 5.1%    
Struble 1.4% 1.4%    
Others 2.1% 1.9%   0.1%
Totals   83.6%   16.4%
45 Carrier
Partner Total EV PP SH
A. Xhekaj 48.8% 48.8%    
Hutson 32.8% 31.9%   0.9%
Matheson 11.2% 0.8%   10.3%
Struble 4.9% 4.9%    
Dobson 1.9% 1.9%    
Others 0.4% 0.3%   0.1%
Totals   88.7%   11.3%
47 Struble
Partner Total EV PP SH
Hutson 82.5% 82.5%    
A. Xhekaj 8.6% 8.6%    
Carrier 5.1% 5.1%    
Matheson 1.8% 1.8%    
Matheson-Hutson 0.7% 0.7%    
Others 1.4% 1.4%    
Totals   100.0%    
48 Hutson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Struble 56.0% 56.0%    
Carrier 23.0% 22.3%   0.6%
  14.3% 0.1% 14.2%  
Matheson 4.5% 4.5%    
A. Xhekaj 0.8% 0.8%    
Others 1.4% 1.3%   0.1%
Totals   85.1% 14.2% 0.7%
53 Dobson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Matheson 94.1% 83.9%   10.2%
Carrier 1.9% 1.9%    
A. Xhekaj 1.8% 1.8%    
Matheson-A. Xhekaj 1.0% 1.0%    
Matheson-Struble 0.5% 0.5%    
Others 0.8% 0.6%   0.2%
Totals   89.7%   10.3%
72 A. Xhekaj
Partner Total EV PP SH
Carrier 69.5% 69.5%    
Matheson 12.2% 12.2%    
Struble 11.8% 11.8%    
Dobson 2.6% 2.6%    
Hutson 1.6% 1.6%    
Others 2.2% 2.2%    
Totals   100.0%    
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