Thu, Apr 2, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York
Montréal Canadiens 3, New York Rangers 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 70% of the time.
23%
63%
NYR winsMTL wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NYR forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MTL'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.
| Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský | Anderson–Evans–Bolduc | Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov | Gallagher–Danault–Veleno | Danault–Anderson–Evans | Matheson–Dobson | Struble–Hutson | Guhle–Xhekaj | Matheson–Hutson | Guhle–Hutson | Struble–Guhle | Matheson–Guhle | Dobson–Hutson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Perreault | 7:200.11–0.50 | 1:080.09–0.00 | 0:450.11–0.00 | 1:090.00–0.00 | 5:120.11–0.06 | 2:320.11–0.12 | 0:310.00–0.07 | 1:180.00–0.24 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | |||
| Trocheck–Brodzinski–Cuylle | 0:320.00–0.02 | 4:170.11–0.18 | 2:230.15–0.04 | 1:160.12–0.00 | 1:550.14–0.00 | 1:310.07–0.00 | 3:560.05–0.24 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | ||||
| Miller–Sheary–Kartye | 3:360.23–0.52 | 2:210.14–0.09 | 2:230.03–0.07 | 1:290.00–0.17 | 6:170.39–0.61 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Chmelar–Sykora–Laba | 0:550.11–0.00 | 1:340.05–0.04 | 3:160.01–0.06 | 2:470.00–0.05 | 1:080.05–0.00 | 1:520.12–0.05 | |||||||
| Sheary–Kartye–Laba | 1:080.10–0.00 | 1:090.10–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Gavrikov–Fox | 6:510.11–0.87 | 3:230.25–0.02 | 0:400.11–0.00 | 1:500.00–0.10 | 1:130.15–0.00 | 6:420.26–0.18 | 3:170.24–0.55 | 0:470.11–0.00 | 1:420.00–0.24 | 1:290.00–0.00 | |||
| Borgen–Robertson | 3:230.13–0.06 | 1:340.05–0.04 | 2:550.14–0.07 | 1:540.01–0.01 | 0:390.00–0.10 | 3:380.13–0.07 | 3:180.13–0.07 | 2:330.06–0.04 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.10 | 0:560.01–0.00 | |
| Schneider–Fortescue | 1:430.10–0.02 | 3:560.15–0.11 | 3:130.09–0.08 | 1:300.12–0.05 | 1:520.01–0.04 | 5:030.25–0.09 | 2:200.00–0.12 | ||||||
| Gavrikov–Robertson | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Borgen–Schneider | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Fox–Schneider | 0:590.00–0.07 | 0:300.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NYRMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Lane HutsonMTL | 25 | 25:54 | 1:02 | 2:19 | 4 | 1 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 26 | 23:22 | 0:54 | 1:51 | 1 | 6 |
 Adam FoxNYR | 26 | 23:10 | 0:53 | 1:53 | 3 | 2 |
 Mika ZibanejadNYR | 23 | 23:00 | 1:00 | 3:10 | 0 | 0 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 25 | 22:43 | 0:55 | 1:59 | 4 | 3 |
 Vladislav GavrikovNYR | 25 | 21:55 | 0:53 | 2:16 | 2 | 2 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 21 | 21:17 | 1:01 | 2:25 | 3 | 1 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 22 | 20:38 | 0:56 | 2:21 | 3 | 1 |
 Braden SchneiderNYR | 23 | 20:18 | 0:53 | 2:06 | 3 | 2 |
 Alexis LafrenièreNYR | 22 | 20:17 | 0:55 | 2:14 | 1 | 0 |
 Vincent TrocheckNYR | 21 | 19:13 | 0:55 | 1:59 | 1 | 3 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 21 | 19:11 | 0:55 | 1:47 | 1 | 3 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 21 | 18:58 | 0:54 | 1:38 | 2 | 0 |
 J.T. MillerNYR | 21 | 18:40 | 0:53 | 2:01 | 3 | 2 |
 Matthew RobertsonNYR | 23 | 17:34 | 0:46 | 1:46 | 0 | 4 |
 Will CuylleNYR | 21 | 17:23 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 1 | 4 |
 Will BorgenNYR | 24 | 16:47 | 0:42 | 1:12 | 1 | 3 |
 Gabe PerreaultNYR | 20 | 16:32 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 0 | 0 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 18 | 16:26 | 0:55 | 1:46 | 1 | 2 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 20 | 16:20 | 0:49 | 2:12 | 4 | 1 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 17 | 15:57 | 0:56 | 2:20 | 0 | 1 |
 Conor ShearyNYR | 19 | 14:29 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 3 | 0 |
 Drew FortescueNYR | 16 | 14:01 | 0:53 | 1:29 | 2 | 1 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 15 | 13:58 | 0:56 | 2:09 | 0 | 3 |
 Tye KartyeNYR | 19 | 13:50 | 0:44 | 1:24 | 2 | 2 |
 Jonny BrodzinskiNYR | 17 | 13:27 | 0:47 | 1:16 | 1 | 3 |
 Zachary BolducMTL | 15 | 13:07 | 0:52 | 1:10 | 3 | 1 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 18 | 12:32 | 0:42 | 1:14 | 5 | 1 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 17 | 12:30 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 5 | 1 |
 Noah LabaNYR | 17 | 12:05 | 0:43 | 1:43 | 4 | 2 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 17 | 11:54 | 0:42 | 1:11 | 5 | 1 |
 Joseph VelenoMTL | 15 | 10:38 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 0 | 3 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 12 | 9:45 | 0:49 | 2:01 | 2 | 0 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 12 | 8:50 | 0:44 | 1:27 | 1 | 2 |
 Jaroslav ChmelarNYR | 11 | 8:04 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 3 | 1 |
 Adam SykoraNYR | 11 | 7:16 | 0:40 | 0:52 | 3 | 1 |