Sat, Apr 4, 2026·Prudential Center, Newark
Montréal Canadiens 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 50% of the time.
43%
42%
NJD winsMTL wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NJD 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 | Matheson–Dobson | Struble–Hutson | Guhle–Hutson | Matheson–Guhle | Struble–Xhekaj | Guhle–Xhekaj | Dobson–Guhle | Dobson–Hutson | Dobson–Xhekaj | Matheson–Hutson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meier–Hischier–Mercer | 6:590.81–0.26 | 3:010.05–0.04 | 1:400.13–0.00 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 6:200.61–0.13 | 1:220.01–0.07 | 1:410.04–0.04 | 1:420.21–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.06 | 0:560.13–0.00 | ||||
| Brown–Bratt–Hughes | 3:470.36–0.10 | 4:210.15–0.13 | 2:250.27–0.04 | 1:020.00–0.20 | 1:430.12–0.00 | 5:070.05–0.37 | 3:190.32–0.23 | 1:020.08–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.13 | |||||
| Bjugstad–Glass–Hameenaho | 0:400.00–0.33 | 0:300.00–0.08 | 4:390.00–0.38 | 1:000.02–0.00 | 1:060.02–0.09 | 1:210.00–0.20 | 2:010.00–0.41 | 1:370.00–0.09 | ||||||
| Cotter–McLaughlin–Halonen | 0:360.00–0.07 | 2:380.00–0.36 | 0:520.00–0.36 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.07 | 0:320.00–0.03 | ||||||||
| Bratt–Glass–Hughes | 0:430.00–0.10 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.10 | 0:410.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Cotter–Hughes–Halonen | 0:330.00–0.06 | 0:330.00–0.06 | ||||||||||||
| Kovacevic–Hughes | 6:200.96–0.21 | 1:490.05–0.00 | 2:120.13–0.00 | 2:440.04–0.36 | 6:420.68–0.73 | 1:280.00–0.00 | 1:340.29–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 0:530.04–0.01 | 0:530.00–0.06 | 1:020.17–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | ||
| Hamilton–Siegenthaler | 1:440.05–0.07 | 5:150.15–0.14 | 1:450.00–0.18 | 1:470.00–0.00 | 2:130.05–0.07 | 4:210.05–0.19 | 0:500.02–0.04 | 2:120.04–0.04 | 0:460.00–0.07 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||||
| Dillon–Nemec | 2:520.17–0.16 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 4:530.08–0.29 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 2:070.00–0.28 | 0:570.21–0.00 | 2:090.08–0.20 | 1:280.00–0.06 | 1:440.00–0.12 | 1:000.17–0.00 | |||
| Hamilton–Hughes | 0:510.02–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:450.09–0.20 | 0:470.00–0.00 | 1:210.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.20 | 0:380.09–0.00 | |||||||
| Hughes–Nemec | 1:200.00–0.13 | 1:020.01–0.06 | 0:430.09–0.06 | 0:500.00–0.13 | ||||||||||
| Siegenthaler–Nemec | 0:400.00–0.08 | 0:320.00–0.08 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NJDMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Lane HutsonMTL | 28 | 29:47 | 1:04 | 2:06 | 4 | 2 |
 Luke HughesNJD | 25 | 27:43 | 1:07 | 2:11 | 4 | 7 |
 Jack HughesNJD | 24 | 26:26 | 1:06 | 2:21 | 2 | 0 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 28 | 24:01 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 5 | 5 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 24 | 23:55 | 1:00 | 2:42 | 6 | 2 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 30 | 23:47 | 0:48 | 1:48 | 3 | 12 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 28 | 22:54 | 0:49 | 2:12 | 3 | 4 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 24 | 22:46 | 0:57 | 2:41 | 5 | 2 |
 Connor BrownNJD | 25 | 22:17 | 0:53 | 1:31 | 2 | 0 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 24 | 22:15 | 0:56 | 2:15 | 6 | 2 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 26 | 22:08 | 0:51 | 1:35 | 3 | 3 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 27 | 21:47 | 0:48 | 1:44 | 3 | 10 |
 Johnathan KovacevicNJD | 24 | 21:08 | 0:53 | 1:38 | 3 | 8 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 23 | 20:40 | 0:54 | 2:00 | 7 | 2 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 24 | 20:24 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 4 | 0 |
 Timo MeierNJD | 23 | 20:06 | 0:52 | 1:44 | 4 | 5 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 24 | 18:55 | 0:47 | 1:42 | 4 | 3 |
 Simon NemecNJD | 21 | 18:23 | 0:53 | 1:29 | 1 | 4 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 20 | 16:53 | 0:51 | 2:07 | 2 | 2 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 20 | 15:28 | 0:46 | 1:27 | 2 | 0 |
 Brenden DillonNJD | 20 | 15:15 | 0:46 | 1:49 | 0 | 5 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 18 | 15:15 | 0:51 | 1:25 | 3 | 2 |
 Zachary BolducMTL | 16 | 15:06 | 0:57 | 1:44 | 0 | 2 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 18 | 14:43 | 0:49 | 1:44 | 0 | 4 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 17 | 14:33 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 4 | 2 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 16 | 14:30 | 0:54 | 1:44 | 0 | 2 |
 Cody GlassNJD | 19 | 12:43 | 0:40 | 1:15 | 4 | 5 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 16 | 12:11 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 0 | 3 |
 Joseph VelenoMTL | 12 | 10:06 | 0:51 | 1:10 | 0 | 3 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 12 | 10:00 | 0:50 | 1:14 | 2 | 0 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 13 | 9:48 | 0:45 | 1:11 | 0 | 2 |
 Lenni HameenahoNJD | 12 | 9:39 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 1 | 3 |
 Nick BjugstadNJD | 13 | 9:16 | 0:43 | 1:20 | 0 | 3 |
 Paul CotterNJD | 10 | 6:27 | 0:39 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Brian HalonenNJD | 9 | 5:56 | 0:40 | 1:10 | 1 | 0 |
 Marc McLaughlinNJD | 9 | 4:34 | 0:30 | 0:46 | 1 | 0 |