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Sunday, April 5, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
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New Jersey Devils NJD
3-0
Final
MTL Montreal Canadiens
55% xGF Expected Goals Share 45% xGF
NJD was expected to score 3.43 goals MTL was expected to score 2.83 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG NJD MTL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Timo Meier scores at 10:47 in the 1st period 0.44 xG (1-0) End of Period 1
  • ► Cody Glass scores at 18:12 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (2-0) End of Period 2
  • ► Connor Brown scores at 16:35 in the 3rd period (3-0) End of Game
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xG by State
New Jersey Devils
Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:00 0.46 0 10:31 0.44 0
Even Strength 45:29 2.50 2 45:29 1.97 0
Short-Handed 10:31 0.47 0 4:00 0.42 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 21:48 0.77 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 27:25 1.42 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 10:47 1.24 1 10:47 0.39 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 27:25 1.04 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 21:48 1.40 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.81 0 2 2 23 21:41 6 +2 0 0
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.68 0 0 0 19 20:57 3 -1 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.61 0 0 0 26 23:44 3 +1 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.59 0 0 0 15 13:22 2 -1 0 0
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.53 1 0 1 20 18:22 1 +1 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.48 0 0 0 24 21:34 1 0 0 0
MTL Joe Veleno (C) 0.36 0 0 0 14 12:37 2 -1 0 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.25 1 0 1 23 20:57 2 +1 10 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.21 1 0 1 19 12:05 1 +1 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.19 0 0 0 17 16:32 1 -2 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.17 0 0 0 15 11:31 0 0 7 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.15 0 0 0 18 21:42 1 -1 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.14 0 1 1 23 17:16 1 +1 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.11 0 0 0 18 13:54 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.10 0 0 0 15 13:13 1 -1 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.09 0 0 0 14 14:12 0 0 0 0
NJD Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.08 0 0 0 13 09:00 1 +1 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.06 0 0 0 19 22:27 2 -1 0 0
NJD Lenni Hameenaho (R) 0.05 0 0 0 15 10:59 1 +1 0 0
NJD Brian Halonen (L) 0.00 0 0 0 9 05:19 1 0 2 0
NJD Marc McLaughlin (C) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:03 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.00 0 0 0 12 11:22 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 13:59 0 -1 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.00 0 0 0 11 07:14 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.25 0 0 0 18 17:30 1 +1 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.20 0 0 0 21 20:57 2 -2 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.05 0 0 0 23 23:39 1 -3 0 0
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.03 0 0 0 12 11:58 0 0 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.03 0 0 0 15 14:23 2 0 0 0
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.02 0 0 0 18 17:29 1 +1 10 0
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 17:05 1 -1 2 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 20:51 0 +1 2 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 23:41 0 +1 0 0
NJD Luke Hughes (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 23:08 0 +1 4 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 14:07 0 +1 17 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 24:41 0 -1 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NJD Jacob Markstrom (G) +7.44% 1.000 2.8 0 18 60:00 18 W 1
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +4.20% 0.895 1.4 2 17 57:29 19 L 0