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.
27%
8%
8%
57%
MTL winsNJD wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NJD'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.
| Meier–Hischier–Mercer | Brown–Bratt–Hughes | Bjugstad–Glass–Hameenaho | Cotter–McLaughlin–Halonen | Brown–Meier–Hughes | Kovacevic–Hughes | Hamilton–Siegenthaler | Dillon–Nemec | Siegenthaler–Nemec | Hughes–Nemec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský | 1:360.02–0.20 | 7:070.30–0.51 | 0:480.02–0.00 | 3:190.08–0.39 | 4:450.06–0.17 | 1:420.19–0.16 | 0:380.06–0.00 | |||
| Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov | 2:170.39–0.00 | 2:400.30–0.24 | 1:350.01–0.00 | 1:250.26–0.00 | 1:340.30–0.07 | 3:210.01–0.17 | 0:470.13–0.00 | |||
| Gallagher–Danault–Veleno | 3:400.19–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 3:190.09–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:530.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||
| Anderson–Evans–Bolduc | 2:230.03–0.02 | 2:000.08–0.00 | 1:380.00–0.00 | 4:070.15–0.06 | 2:130.03–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||
| Danault–Evans–Veleno | 0:580.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 1:520.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Danault–Anderson–Evans | 0:310.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Caufield–Kapanen–Slafkovský | 0:470.00–0.27 | 0:530.00–0.27 | ||||||||
| Newhook–Bolduc–Kapanen | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.04 | ||||||||
| Matheson–Dobson | 2:480.19–0.00 | 3:540.21–0.23 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 4:080.19–0.19 | 1:350.00–0.04 | 1:440.19–0.09 | 1:120.13–0.00 | |||
| Struble–Hutson | 3:570.14–0.02 | 1:400.03–0.16 | 0:530.20–0.07 | 1:080.03–0.00 | 3:470.03–0.02 | 1:340.20–0.07 | 1:570.01–0.16 | 0:340.06–0.00 | ||
| Guhle–Xhekaj | 1:020.21–0.00 | 3:130.10–0.00 | 1:510.00–0.00 | 1:020.21–0.00 | 1:520.10–0.00 | 3:110.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.05 | |||
| Dobson–Hutson | 2:260.09–0.20 | 0:460.00–0.13 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:590.09–0.20 | 1:230.00–0.13 | |||||
| Matheson–Guhle | 0:590.04–0.00 | 1:330.15–0.00 | 1:290.11–0.04 | 1:550.10–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | |||||
| Struble–Xhekaj | 0:350.00–0.04 | 1:050.00–0.09 | 1:300.00–0.09 | 0:330.00–0.04 | ||||||
| Struble–Guhle | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Guhle–Hutson | 1:100.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Dobson–Xhekaj | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
MTLNJDFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Lane HutsonMTL | 24 | 24:41 | 1:02 | 2:50 | 7 | 4 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 26 | 23:44 | 0:55 | 2:10 | 3 | 9 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 22 | 23:41 | 1:05 | 2:04 | 1 | 5 |
 Noah DobsonMTL | 23 | 23:39 | 1:02 | 2:57 | 6 | 2 |
 Luke HughesNJD | 22 | 23:08 | 1:03 | 2:03 | 2 | 6 |
 Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 19 | 22:27 | 1:11 | 2:33 | 7 | 1 |
 Nick SuzukiMTL | 18 | 21:42 | 1:12 | 2:30 | 4 | 1 |
 Jack HughesNJD | 23 | 21:41 | 0:57 | 3:20 | 2 | 2 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 24 | 21:34 | 0:54 | 1:40 | 1 | 9 |
 Cole CaufieldMTL | 19 | 20:57 | 1:06 | 2:27 | 7 | 1 |
 Mike MathesonMTL | 21 | 20:57 | 1:00 | 2:10 | 5 | 2 |
 Connor BrownNJD | 23 | 20:57 | 0:55 | 2:35 | 4 | 3 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 24 | 20:51 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 2 | 7 |
 Timo MeierNJD | 20 | 18:22 | 0:55 | 1:32 | 1 | 5 |
 Simon NemecNJD | 18 | 17:30 | 0:58 | 2:10 | 2 | 1 |
 Johnathan KovacevicNJD | 18 | 17:29 | 0:58 | 1:40 | 1 | 4 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 23 | 17:16 | 0:45 | 2:01 | 4 | 2 |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL | 20 | 17:05 | 0:51 | 1:08 | 0 | 4 |
 Ivan DemidovMTL | 17 | 16:32 | 0:58 | 2:09 | 7 | 0 |
 Jayden StrubleMTL | 15 | 14:23 | 0:58 | 1:40 | 2 | 2 |
 Phillip DanaultMTL | 14 | 14:12 | 1:01 | 1:26 | 4 | 2 |
 Brenden DillonNJD | 17 | 14:07 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Jake EvansMTL | 20 | 13:59 | 0:42 | 1:11 | 1 | 6 |
 Zachary BolducMTL | 18 | 13:54 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 1 | 2 |
 Oliver KapanenMTL | 15 | 13:22 | 0:53 | 1:50 | 4 | 0 |
 Alex NewhookMTL | 15 | 13:13 | 0:53 | 1:20 | 4 | 0 |
 Joseph VelenoMTL | 14 | 12:37 | 0:54 | 1:25 | 2 | 4 |
 Cody GlassNJD | 19 | 12:05 | 0:38 | 1:11 | 3 | 4 |
 Arber XhekajMTL | 12 | 11:58 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 1 | 1 |
 Josh AndersonMTL | 15 | 11:31 | 0:46 | 1:22 | 1 | 2 |
 Brendan GallagherMTL | 12 | 11:22 | 0:57 | 1:38 | 2 | 1 |
 Lenni HameenahoNJD | 15 | 10:59 | 0:44 | 1:06 | 1 | 2 |
 Nick BjugstadNJD | 13 | 9:00 | 0:42 | 1:02 | 2 | 2 |
 Paul CotterNJD | 11 | 7:14 | 0:39 | 1:08 | 0 | 0 |
 Marc McLaughlinNJD | 11 | 7:03 | 0:38 | 1:06 | 0 | 0 |
 Brian HalonenNJD | 9 | 5:19 | 0:35 | 0:59 | 0 | 0 |