Final · March 28, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 32 — NSH 24 · Bridgestone Arena
Three stars
- 1★
I. DemidovMTL · R · 1B 1A - 2★
J. FowlerMTL · G · 95.8 % - 3★
J. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 0B 0A
MTLGame statsNSH 
- 32Shots on goal24
- 50 %Faceoff win %50 %
- 0/2Power play0/3
- 8Penalty minutes16
- 20Hits25
- 16Blocked shots7
- 20Giveaways18
- 5Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 9 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| NSH | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
Season seriesMTL 2 – 0 NSH
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 4 / 32 / 481 / 24 / 37 NSH →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Ivan DemidovMTL · 11:34Assists : Nick Suzuki1 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Oliver KapanenMTL · 03:12Assists : Alex Newhook, Lane Hutson2 – 0▶ Watch
Cole CaufieldMTL · 14:45Assists : Nick Suzuki3 – 0▶ Watch
Alex NewhookMTL · 16:23Assists : Ivan Demidov, Oliver Kapanen4 – 0▶ Watch
3rd period
Zachary L'HeureuxNSH · 16:26Assists : Ryan Ufko, Matthew Wood4 – 1▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 19:44NSHLuke Evangelista — Interference goalkeeper (2 min) · drawn by Jacob Fowler
2nd period
- 03:59MTLJake Evans — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Luke Evangelista
- 07:46MTLJayden Struble — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Luke Evangelista
- 19:35MTLKaiden Guhle — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Reid Schaefer
- 19:35NSHNicolas Hague — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kaiden Guhle
3rd period
- 14:24MTLJake Evans — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Zachary L'Heureux
- 18:05NSHZachary L'Heureux — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Noah Dobson
- 18:05NSHZachary L'Heureux — Misconduct (10 min)
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13:15 |
| C. CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16:28 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18:53 |
| A. NewhookC | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15:11 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:53 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16:45 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:47 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 13:44 |
| O. KapanenC | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16:05 |
| I. DemidovR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 20:47 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21:19 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:34 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler(W) | 23/24 | 95.8 % | 60:00 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 18:24 |
| T. JostC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 19:11 |
| F. SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| R. SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 12:09 |
| E. HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16:23 |
| Z. L'HeureuxL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13:45 |
| M. WoodR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| L. EvangelistaR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 19:26 |
| J. MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| R. O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 17:41 |
| S. StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| J. BarronD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:10 |
| N. HagueD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| N. PerbixD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:00 |
| R. JosiD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 23:30 |
| B. SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 20:02 |
| A. WilsbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| R. UfkoD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:15 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Saros(L) | 28/32 | 87.5 % | 60:00 |
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