MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
L
L
Final
3—2
2026-04-02 · Madison Square Garden
NYR
NYR
New York Rangers
33-38-9 · L2 · L10: 5-5-0
W
W
W
L
L
SO
L
L
L
W
NYR controlled xG 3.0 to 2.2 but MTL won on execution

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
2.23
ACTUAL
3 — 2
NYR xG
3.02

Scoring Timeline

0.05
MED xG
MTL2P 4:36Even Strength
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook(12)
C · MTL · #15
Ivan Demidov (43)
MTL 1 - 0 NYR
0.07
MED xG
MTL2P 6:20Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(48)
R · MTL · #13
Juraj Slafkovský (38), Nick Suzuki (66)
MTL 2 - 0 NYR
0.05
MED xG
NYR3P 9:23Even Strength
Adam Fox
23
Adam Fox(7)
D · NYR · #23
Mika Zibanejad (38), Vladislav Gavrikov (18)
MTL 2 - 1 NYR
0.20
HIGH xG
NYR3P 14:08Even Strength
Will Cuylle
50
Will Cuylle(17)
L · NYR · #50
Jonny Brodzinski (8), Vincent Trocheck (35)
MTL 2 - 2 NYR
0.09
MED xG
MTL3P 14:55Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(49)
R · MTL · #13
Mike Matheson (30), Nick Suzuki (67)
MTL 3 - 2 NYR

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jacob Fowler
Jacob Fowler
G · MTL
22/24 saves, .916 SV%, +1.1 GSAx
★2
Igor Shesterkin
31
Igor Shesterkin
G · NYR · #31
22/25 saves, .880 SV%, -0.9 GSAx
★3
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield
R · MTL · #13
2G, 7 SOG

Team Stats

MTLNYR
25Shots24
1.84xGF2.58
49.3CF%50.7
57.7FO%42.3
0/2PP0/3
22Hits27
13Blocks5
15Giveaways18
3Takeaways5
6PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGNYR SOGMTL xGNYR xG
1st870.461.12
2nd950.750.65
3rd5101.021.25
Total22222.233.02

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 7:21
MTL
Juraj Slafkovskýhigh-sticking-double-minor (4 min)
Drawn by Vladislav Gavrikov
1P 11:49
NYR
Noah Labahooking (2 min)
Drawn by Oliver Kapanen
2P 9:12
NYR
Will Borgenhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Zack Bolduc
2P 13:41
MTL
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)