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Thursday, April 2, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Madison Square Garden | MSG
Montreal Canadiens MTL
3-2
Final
NYR New York Rangers
44% xGF Expected Goals Share 56% xGF
MTL was expected to score 2.39 goals NYR was expected to score 2.99 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG MTL NYR Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • No goals this period End of Period 1
  • ► Alex Newhook scores at 4:36 in the 2nd period 0.07 xG (1-0)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 6:20 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-0) End of Period 2
  • ► Adam Fox scores at 9:23 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (2-1)
  • ► Will Cuylle scores at 14:08 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (2-2)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 14:55 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (3-2) End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:00 0.23 0 13:18 1.23 0
Even Strength 42:42 1.86 3 42:42 1.76 2
Short-Handed 13:18 0.29 0 4:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 23:03 1.34 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 11:34 0.16 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 25:23 0.89 2 25:23 1.11 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 11:34 0.69 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 23:03 1.19 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.91 2 0 2 20 16:20 7 +2 0 0
NYR Will Cuylle (L) 0.69 1 0 1 21 17:23 6 +1 0 0
NYR Alexis Lafrenière (L) 0.69 0 0 0 22 20:17 4 0 0 0
NYR Conor Sheary (L) 0.47 0 0 0 19 14:29 2 -2 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.39 0 0 0 21 19:11 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.24 0 1 1 22 20:38 2 +2 4 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.16 0 0 0 15 13:58 2 -1 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.15 0 2 2 21 21:17 1 +2 0 0
NYR Noah Laba (C) 0.14 0 0 0 17 12:05 1 0 2 0
NYR Vincent Trocheck (C) 0.14 0 1 1 21 19:13 2 +1 0 0
NYR Mika Zibanejad (C) 0.12 0 1 1 23 23:00 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.12 0 0 0 12 08:50 2 -1 0 0
NYR Jonny Brodzinski (C) 0.11 0 1 1 17 13:27 1 +1 0 0
NYR J.T. Miller (C) 0.10 0 0 0 21 18:40 1 -2 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.09 1 0 1 18 12:32 2 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.07 0 1 1 17 12:30 2 0 0 0
NYR Tye Kartye (L) 0.05 0 0 0 19 13:50 1 -2 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.04 0 0 0 18 16:26 3 0 0 0
NYR Jaroslav Chmelar (R) 0.02 0 0 0 11 08:04 1 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.01 0 0 0 15 13:07 1 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:38 0 -1 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:54 0 0 0 0
NYR Gabe Perreault (R) 0.00 0 0 0 20 16:32 0 0 0 0
NYR Adam Sykora (L) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:16 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NYR Adam Fox (D) 0.20 1 0 1 26 23:10 1 -1 0 0
NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 0.10 0 1 1 25 21:55 2 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.10 0 0 0 25 25:54 1 +1 0 0
NYR Braden Schneider (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 20:16 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.06 0 0 0 25 22:43 1 -1 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.04 0 0 0 21 18:58 1 +1 0 0
NYR Will Borgen (D) 0.04 0 0 0 24 16:47 1 -1 2 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.02 0 0 0 12 09:45 0 +1 0 0
NYR Matthew Robertson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 17:36 0 -1 0 0
NYR Drew Fortescue (D) 0.02 0 0 0 16 14:01 1 +1 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 15:57 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 23:22 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +2.30% 0.917 1.0 2 22 60:00 24 W 0
NYR Igor Shesterkin (G) -1.75% 0.880 -0.6 3 22 57:59 25 L 0