Thu, Feb 26, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal
New York Islanders 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 60% of the time.
31%
9%
9%
51%
MTL winsNYI wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NYI's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Palat–Horvat–Barzal | Drouin–Heineman–Ritchie | Lee–Pageau–Holmstrom | Cizikas–MacLean–Gatcomb | Pulock–Schaefer | Pelech–DeAngelo | Mayfield–Soucy | DeAngelo–Schaefer | Pelech–Pulock | Soucy–DeAngelo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki–Dach–Caufield | 8:230.24–0.17 | 1:070.16–0.00 | 1:180.05–0.00 | 7:520.26–0.09 | 2:450.25–0.25 | 0:470.04–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | |||
| Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov | 1:050.00–0.07 | 2:390.02–0.20 | 3:220.00–0.82 | 1:190.23–0.02 | 0:320.00–0.28 | 4:040.23–0.65 | 4:410.23–0.11 | 0:580.00–0.00 | ||
| Evans–Texier–Newhook | 2:050.00–0.07 | 4:210.14–0.13 | 1:430.14–0.00 | 1:160.13–0.03 | 1:420.00–0.00 | 4:380.26–0.14 | 1:510.19–0.00 | |||
| Gallagher–Danault–Anderson | 1:580.00–0.11 | 2:110.05–0.03 | 2:350.00–0.00 | 2:510.00–0.18 | 1:380.05–0.00 | 1:340.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.10 | |||
| Matheson–Guhle | 10:150.04–0.40 | 1:050.00–0.06 | 0:480.09–0.00 | 1:210.05–0.00 | 8:360.07–0.09 | 3:150.24–0.31 | 1:330.11–0.07 | 0:330.04–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.06 | |
| Dobson–Hutson | 0:430.00–0.13 | 5:120.02–0.35 | 4:500.08–0.61 | 2:280.29–0.02 | 1:430.08–0.34 | 6:060.42–0.70 | 5:090.23–0.04 | 0:540.02–0.03 | 0:450.00–0.00 | |
| Carrier–Xhekaj | 2:150.14–0.09 | 1:470.19–0.12 | 2:490.00–0.03 | 2:570.00–0.04 | 2:270.05–0.07 | 2:340.21–0.04 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | ||
| Matheson–Dobson | 1:210.08–0.00 | 0:480.08–0.00 | ||||||||
| Carrier–Guhle | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Matheson–Hutson | 0:380.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
MTLNYIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Matthew SchaeferNYI | 28 | 25:56 | 0:56 | 2:15 | 4 | 4 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 22 | 24:36 | 1:07 | 3:09 | 6 | 2 |
 Lane HutsonMTL | 26 | 24:00 | 0:55 | 2:16 | 3 | 4 |
 Bo HorvatNYI | 27 | 23:50 | 0:53 | 1:40 | 4 | 6 |
 Mathew BarzalNYI | 22 | 22:19 | 1:01 | 1:50 | 3 | 3 |
 Adam PelechNYI | 29 | 22:04 | 0:46 | 1:41 | 3 | 6 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 24 | 21:54 | 0:55 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 25 | 21:45 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 1 | 4 |
 Ryan PulockNYI | 32 | 21:43 | 0:41 | 2:15 | 4 | 7 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 23 | 21:37 | 0:56 | 1:58 | 2 | 5 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 22 | 21:09 | 0:58 | 1:42 | 8 | 2 |
 Tony DeAngeloNYI | 29 | 20:45 | 0:43 | 1:25 | 3 | 4 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 20 | 18:42 | 0:56 | 1:41 | 4 | 2 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 20 | 17:04 | 0:51 | 1:33 | 4 | 2 |
 Ondrej PalatNYI | 21 | 16:25 | 0:47 | 1:08 | 3 | 4 |
 Kirby DachMTL | 20 | 16:09 | 0:48 | 1:21 | 4 | 2 |
 Simon HolmstromNYI | 24 | 16:02 | 0:40 | 1:28 | 1 | 7 |
 Alexandre CarrierMTL | 20 | 15:29 | 0:46 | 2:26 | 1 | 1 |
 Jean-Gabriel PageauNYI | 26 | 14:51 | 0:34 | 0:55 | 0 | 8 |
 Carson SoucyNYI | 22 | 14:51 | 0:41 | 1:30 | 0 | 2 |
 Jonathan DrouinNYI | 19 | 14:27 | 0:46 | 1:12 | 2 | 2 |
 Calum RitchieNYI | 21 | 14:26 | 0:41 | 1:26 | 3 | 3 |
 Anders LeeNYI | 20 | 14:15 | 0:43 | 1:33 | 0 | 4 |
 Scott MayfieldNYI | 24 | 13:52 | 0:35 | 1:04 | 0 | 2 |
 Emil HeinemanNYI | 20 | 13:43 | 0:41 | 1:07 | 2 | 3 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 18 | 13:25 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 4 | 5 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 17 | 13:18 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 2 | 3 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 20 | 13:08 | 0:39 | 1:36 | 4 | 5 |
 Alexandre TexierMTL | 16 | 13:01 | 0:49 | 1:15 | 3 | 3 |
 Casey CizikasNYI | 16 | 12:52 | 0:48 | 2:49 | 2 | 4 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 17 | 12:09 | 0:43 | 1:14 | 2 | 2 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 14 | 11:58 | 0:51 | 1:24 | 1 | 1 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 16 | 11:55 | 0:45 | 1:29 | 3 | 4 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 15 | 11:03 | 0:44 | 1:26 | 2 | 3 |
 Kyle MacLeanNYI | 10 | 9:29 | 0:57 | 2:48 | 2 | 2 |
 Marc GatcombNYI | 11 | 8:59 | 0:49 | 2:34 | 2 | 2 |