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Saturday, April 4, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Prudential Center | NHLN
Montreal Canadiens MTL
4-3
Final/SO
NJD New Jersey Devils
49% xGF Expected Goals Share 51% xGF
MTL was expected to score 3.94 goals NJD was expected to score 4.16 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG MTL NJD Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jayden Struble scores at 15:58 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (1-0) End of Period 1
  • ► Ivan Demidov scores at 8:12 in the 2nd period 0.18 xG (2-0)
  • ► Lane Hutson scores at 9:28 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (3-0)
  • ► Dawson Mercer scores at 13:08 in the 2nd period 0.05 xG (3-1)
  • ► Jack Hughes scores at 17:40 in the 2nd period 0.22 xG (3-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Timo Meier scores at 17:45 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (3-3) End of Period 3
  • No goals this period End of OT
  • MTL wins in the shootout End of Game
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xG by State
Montreal Canadiens
New Jersey Devils
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 8:34 0.76 1 2:07 0.56 0
Even Strength 54:19 3.18 2 54:19 3.01 2
Short-Handed 2:07 0.00 0 8:34 0.58 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 9:28 0.41 1 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 32:19 1.96 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 22:48 1.58 1 22:48 1.60 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 32:19 1.87 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 9:28 0.68 2
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.79 1 1 2 24 26:26 5 +1 2 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.77 0 0 0 25 22:17 4 +1 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.70 0 2 2 24 22:15 5 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.62 1 0 1 23 20:40 4 -1 2 1
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.62 1 1 2 23 20:06 7 +2 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.52 0 1 1 24 20:24 4 +1 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.47 0 0 0 13 09:48 4 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.43 0 0 0 24 22:46 2 -1 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.41 0 1 1 30 23:47 3 +2 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.39 0 0 0 17 14:33 3 -2 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.29 0 0 0 16 12:11 2 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.29 0 0 0 18 15:15 4 -1 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.23 1 0 1 27 21:47 3 +1 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.15 0 1 1 24 23:55 1 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.15 0 0 0 18 14:43 1 0 0 0
NJD Brian Halonen (L) 0.14 0 0 0 9 05:56 1 0 0 0
NJD Lenni Hameenaho (R) 0.11 0 0 0 12 09:39 1 -1 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.11 0 0 0 16 14:30 0 +1 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.10 0 0 0 16 15:06 0 0 0 0
NJD Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.06 0 0 0 13 09:16 1 -1 2 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 12:43 1 -2 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.00 0 0 0 12 10:06 0 0 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.00 0 0 0 10 06:27 0 0 0 0
NJD Marc McLaughlin (C) 0.00 0 0 0 9 04:34 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.28 0 0 0 21 18:23 2 0 0 0
NJD Luke Hughes (D) 0.17 0 0 0 25 27:43 3 +1 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.15 1 0 1 28 29:47 1 +1 0 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.06 0 1 1 28 22:54 3 +1 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.06 1 0 1 20 15:28 1 +2 0 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 16:53 1 -1 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.00 0 1 1 12 10:00 0 0 0 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 15:15 0 -1 4 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 28 24:01 0 -1 0 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.00 0 1 1 24 18:55 0 -1 2 0
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 21:08 0 +1 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 26 22:08 0 -2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +2.37% 0.921 1.2 3 35 65:00 38 W 0
NJD Jake Allen (G) +1.92% 0.897 0.9 3 26 64:53 29 O 0