Sun, Apr 5, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal
New Jersey Devils 3, Montréal Canadiens 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 19 | 16 | 15 | 320 |
| MTL | 04 | 04 | 010 | 018 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 10:47NJDTimo MeierGWGAssists: Jack Hughes · Snap, 0.25 xG1–0
- P2 18:12NJDCody GlassUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
- P3 16:35NJDConnor BrownENAssists: Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.68 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
- P1 8:37MTLKaiden Guhle: Tripping2 min
- P2 6:18NJDBrian Halonen: Holding2 min
- P2 8:27MTLLane Hutson: High sticking2 min
- P3 0:50NJDLuke Hughes: Cross checking2 min
- P3 0:50NJDLuke Hughes: Roughing2 min
- P3 0:50MTLJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
- P3 0:50NJDJohnathan Kovacevic: Misconduct10 min
- P3 6:11NJDDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
- P3 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon: Instigator2 min
- P3 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
- P3 13:00MTLJosh Anderson: Fighting5 min
- P3 13:00NJDBrenden Dillon: Instigator misconduct10 min
- P3 19:06NJDConnor Brown: Misconduct10 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Evans
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestBrown – Bratt – Hughes11:02
xG 0.93–0.38 (71%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0
- Cotter – McLaughlin – Halonen4:36
xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Bjugstad – Glass – Hameenaho7:18
xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0
- Meier – Hischier – Mercer12:07
xG 0.26–0.68 (28%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHamilton – Siegenthaler12:22
xG 0.86–0.40 (68%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0
- Dillon – Nemec9:34
xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0
- Siegenthaler – Nemec3:09
xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0
Montréal Canadiens
Forward lines
- bestNewhook – Kapanen – Demidov7:31
xG 0.69–0.24 (74%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1
- Gallagher – Danault – Veleno7:28
xG 0.19–0.07 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
- Anderson – Evans – Bolduc7:12
xG 0.18–0.13 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský11:20
xG 0.42–0.78 (35%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGuhle – Xhekaj7:19
xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
- Matheson – Guhle4:32
xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0
- Matheson – Dobson10:01
xG 0.51–0.38 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it NJD. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MTL − NJD), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).