It took 4:07 for this game to have a shot on net credited. The shot came from Alex Vlasic — and it went in. But, after review, it was ruled there was goaltender interference (which took the shot on net and the goal off the board). At that point, we got just the second faceoff in the game. The Blackhawks did score first, but the Habs were able to answer seven minutes later. The Blackhawks were officially out-shot 7-2 in the first but were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes.
The second period saw the Blackhawks making fans on social media write like fans in the 300 level shout during games. Shoot the puck! Lots of looks, not much rubber on net. Late in the second, it appeared the Canadiens took a 2-1 lead with a power play goal. But the Blackhawks challenged the play was offside — and won! The numbers were strongly in favor of Montreal before they got two late power plays in the period, but the game remained tied.
Unfortunately, a funky ricochet fooled Knight 20 seconds into the third period and Montreal took the lead. 53 seconds later, Montreal scored again to add to their lead… but the Blackhawks challenged this, too, was offside. And it was. For a second time in the game, the Blackhawks won a challenge and stayed within one. The Canadiens got a fluky third goal and a fourth into the empty net.
Star 1: Frank Nazar
You can go ahead and hit the reset button the “days since Nazar scored a goal” board because, for the first time since Oct. 28, he put the puck in the net! The goal came at 7:27 into the first period and was the Blackhawks’ first shot officially credited as being on net. Nazar had a lot of giddyup all night and was one of few guys on the roster consistently looking to shoot the puck. At the end of two periods, Nazar had three individual scoring chances; nobody else on the Chicago roster had more than one.
GOAL: Grzelcyk to Nazar who's FINALLY on the board! pic.twitter.com/R4QpzwQH42
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 19, 2025Star 2: Spencer Knight
This game was tied after two periods because Knight was awesome in the second. He officially faced 16 shots in the middle frame and stopped them all. The Canadiens had 13 high danger chances in the opening 40 minutes but only one goal to show for it. Montreal’s third goal looked like Knight thought he had it and batted it in with his glove.
Star 3: Matt Grzelcyk
Grzelcyk had the primary assist on Nazar’s goal and was the Blackhawks’ best defenseman at trying to generate offense.
Key Takeaways
The Canadiens put 16 shots on net in the second period. The Blackhawks put 15 shots on net in the game. That can’t happen, even if Montreal is one of the better shot blocking teams in the league. You know that goal took a weight off Nazar’s back!Frank Nazar scores his first goal since October 28th. Matt Grzelcyk and Andre Burakovsky pick up assists t.co/NR8YuDkSn6 pic.twitter.com/hsDQ8lRJNg
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 19, 2025 Artyom Levshunov returned to the lineup and led the team with 6:57 of ice time and two hits in the first period. He was on the ice for six of the Blackhawks’ 12 shot attempts in the first period as well. He led Blackhawks defensemen in ice time in the game (21:58). Colton Dach got mixed up with Arber Xhekaj late in the first period and appeared to be in a good amount of pain on the bench. Thankfully, he was able to stay in the game. Here’s the contact:Colton Dach is hunched over in pain on the bench after getting tangled up with Xhekaj pic.twitter.com/8PCjZo0Lh6
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) December 19, 2025 The Blackhawks won only 11 of 32 faceoffs thru two periods (34 percent). Ryan Greene won four of eight. Jason Dickinson was once again taking the largest share at the dot; he won just four of 13 thru two periods. For Montreal, Jake Evans won nine of ten in the first two periods. The kids line of Greene, Nick Lardis and Oliver Moore had a tough night. They were the Blackhawks’ worst in shot attempts percentage, and the Hawks didn’t put a shot on net while they were on the ice. Here’s the goaltender interference from the first period:Montreal challenges and the goal is overturned t.co/dCgPxPjK6c pic.twitter.com/zZGY0Cwh6Q
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