New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal Canadiens: game summary
Final · April 5, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : NJD 20 — MTL 18 · Centre Bell
Three stars
- 1★
J. HughesNJD · C · 0B 2A - 2★
N. HischierNJD · C · 0B 0A - 3★
J. AndersonMTL · R · 0B 0A
NJDGame stats
MTL
- 20Shots on goal18
- 56 %Faceoff win %44 %
- 0/2Power play0/4
- 45Penalty minutes11
- 20Hits27
- 19Blocked shots11
- 19Giveaways13
- 7Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| MTL | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
Season series NJD 2 – 1 MTL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← NJD 3 / 20 / 350 / 18 / 38 MTL →
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
Timo MeierNJD · 10:47Assists : Jack Hughes1 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Cody GlassNJD · 18:122 – 0▶ Watch
3rd period
Connor BrownNJD · 16:35Assists : Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt3 – 0▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 08:37MTLKaiden Guhle — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jack Hughes
2nd period
- 06:18NJDBrian Halonen — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Mike Matheson
- 08:27MTLLane Hutson — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Connor Brown
3rd period
- 00:50NJDLuke Hughes — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
- 00:50NJDLuke Hughes — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Zachary Bolduc
- 00:50MTLJosh Anderson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Connor Brown
- 00:50NJDJohnathan Kovacevic — Misconduct (10 min)
- 06:11NJDDougie Hamilton — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Josh Anderson
- 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon — Instigator (2 min) · drawn by Josh Anderson
- 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Josh Anderson
- 13:00MTLJosh Anderson — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Brenden Dillon
- 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon — Instigator misconduct (10 min)
- 19:06NJDConnor Brown — Misconduct (10 min)
Box score
New Jersey Devils
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. GlassC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| N. HischierC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23:44 |
| C. BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20:57 |
| M. McLaughlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:03 |
| T. MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| L. HameenahoR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| P. CotterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:14 |
| B. HalonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 05:19 |
| J. BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| N. BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| J. HughesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21:41 |
| D. MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:34 |
| B. DillonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| D. HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:51 |
| J. KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17:29 |
| S. NemecD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| L. HughesD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 |
| J. SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:41 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Markstrom(W) | 18/18 | 100.0 % | 60:00 |
| J. Allen | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| C. CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 20:57 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| A. NewhookC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 22:27 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:54 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 12:37 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 13:22 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 20:57 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:23 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 24:41 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 23:39 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:58 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fowler(L) | 17/19 | 89.5 % | 57:29 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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