Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers: game summary
Final · April 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 25 — NYR 24 · Madison Square Garden
Three stars
- 1★
C. CaufieldMTL · R · 2B 0A - 2★
J. FowlerMTL · G · 91.7 % - 3★
W. CuylleNYR · L · 1B 0A
MTLGame stats
NYR
- 25Shots on goal24
- 58 %Faceoff win %42 %
- 0/2Power play0/3
- 6Penalty minutes4
- 22Hits27
- 13Blocked shots5
- 15Giveaways18
- 3Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| NYR | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
Season series MTL 1 – 2 NYR
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 3 / 25 / 382 / 24 / 43 NYR →
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
2nd period
Alex NewhookMTL · 04:36Assists : Ivan Demidov1 – 0▶ Watch- Cole CaufieldMTL · 06:20Assists : Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki2 – 0▶ Watch
3rd period
Adam FoxNYR · 09:23Assists : Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov2 – 1▶ Watch- Will CuylleNYR · 14:08Assists : Jonny Brodzinski, Vincent Trocheck2 – 2▶ Watch
- Cole CaufieldMTL · 14:55Assists : Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki3 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 07:21MTLJuraj Slafkovský — High sticking double minor (4 min) · drawn by Vladislav Gavrikov
- 11:49NYRNoah Laba — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Oliver Kapanen
2nd period
- 09:12NYRWill Borgen — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
- 13:41MTLBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by Ivan Demidov
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 08:50 |
| C. CaufieldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 16:20 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| A. NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:32 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:26 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20:38 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 13:58 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:07 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:54 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:30 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18:58 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:57 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25:54 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 22:43 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:45 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler(W) | 22/24 | 91.7 % | 60:00 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. MillerC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| A. LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20:17 |
| V. TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:13 |
| J. BrodzinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| T. KartyeL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| A. SykoraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 07:16 |
| N. LabaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| C. ShearyL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 14:29 |
| J. ChmelarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:04 |
| W. CuylleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17:23 |
| M. ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:00 |
| G. PerreaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| B. SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 |
| W. BorgenD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| A. FoxD | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 23:10 |
| M. RobertsonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| V. GavrikovD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:55 |
| D. FortescueD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Shesterkin(L) | 22/25 | 88.0 % | 57:59 |
| J. Quick | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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