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New York Islanders at Montréal Canadiens

Feb 26, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 4 26
Montréal Canadiens 3 25

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:11 MTL Noah Dobson (11) Lane Hutson (49) 0 - 1
2nd Period
10:06 MTL Noah Dobson (12) PP Alexandre Texier (12), Alex Newhook (7) 0 - 2
17:56 NYI Matthew Schaefer (17) PP Mathew Barzal (35), Calum Ritchie (9) 1 - 2
18:51 NYI Matthew Schaefer (18) Tony DeAngelo (21), Ilya Sorokin (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
09:11 MTL Cole Caufield (33) PP Ivan Demidov (35), Juraj Slafkovský (25) 2 - 3
18:19 NYI Anders Lee (12) Bo Horvat (17), Simon Holmstrom (17) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:46 NYI Jean-Gabriel Pageau (13) Simon Holmstrom (18) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
08:19 NYI Scott Mayfield Hooking 2
16:30 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Interference 2
16:38 MTL Mike Matheson High sticking 2
3rd Period
00:18 NYI Simon Holmstrom Tripping 2
07:44 NYI Kyle MacLean Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 64 43 26 4 3.3 54.5
Montréal Canadiens 56 36 25 3 3.0 45.5

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadNew York Islanders ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 3.3 expected, 4 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTNYI goal, 17:56 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNYI goal, 18:51 of 2nd, a 4% chanceNYI goal, 18:19 of 3rd, a 14% chanceNYI goal, 1:46 of overtime, a 16% chanceMTL goal, 12:11 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 10:06 of 2nd, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 9:11 of 3rd, a 55% chanceNYI 3.3MTL 3.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New York Islanders
Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ondrej Palat · Bo Horvat · Mathew Barzal13:5766.771.40-0
Jonathan Drouin · Emil Heineman · Calum Ritchie9:5958.879.80-0
Anders Lee · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Simon Holmstrom9:3663.274.81-1
Casey Cizikas · Kyle MacLean · Marc Gatcomb7:2146.224.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Pulock · Matthew Schaefer15:3455.975.21-1
Adam Pelech · Tony DeAngelo14:4354.159.10-0
Scott Mayfield · Carson Soucy10:0050.020.70-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
48 Matthew Schaefer D 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 25:56 0.19 25-18 0.99-0.30
92 Simon Holmstrom R 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 16:02 0.28 12-11 1.08-0.53
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 14:51 0.45 16-11 1.12-0.45
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:15 0.67 17-9 1.19-0.53
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 22:19 24-19 0.60-0.57
14 Bo Horvat C 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 23:50 0.79 22-14 0.59-0.37
64 Calum Ritchie C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:26 0.04 10-10 0.58-0.33
77 Tony DeAngelo D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:45 0.07 23-20 1.21-0.95
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:04 0.02 24-19 1.36-0.86
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:43 0.07 22-16 0.86-0.23
7 Carson Soucy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:51 0.04 8-7 0.24-0.53
17 Marc Gatcomb C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 08:59 0.02 7-7 0.12-0.37
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:52 8-11 0.14-0.73
32 Kyle MacLean C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:29 6-11 0.12-0.65
51 Emil Heineman L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:43 0.24 12-10 0.60-0.34
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:52 0.10 7-11 0.12-0.65
81 Ondrej Palat L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:25 0.13 21-15 0.52-0.23
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:27 0.21 11-11 0.58-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ilya Sorokin W 25 22 3 61:01 2.88 -0.12

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield13:4359.470.21-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov11:0819.023.60-0
Jake Evans · Alexandre Texier · Alex Newhook10:2955.664.60-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson7:4446.719.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Kaiden Guhle16:3040.547.60-0
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson15:4042.937.11-0
Alexandre Carrier · Arber Xhekaj10:2350.051.20-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
53 Noah Dobson D 2 0 2 -2 0 3 0 21:54 0.13 17-19 0.84-1.34
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:09 0.79 22-14 0.75-0.27
15 Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:18 0.26 12-9 0.58-0.35
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 1 1 -2 2 0 1 18:42 0.10 5-20 0.41-1.32
48 Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:00 0.11 14-16 0.84-1.24
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:01 0.04 13-8 0.67-0.25
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:04 0.06 5-19 0.43-1.32
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:03 0.01 8-10 0.06-0.27
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 21:45 0.05 20-26 0.65-0.77
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 3 24:36 0.66 23-16 0.76-0.40
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:55 0.04 8-13 0.06-0.46
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:37 0.14 18-24 0.56-0.54
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:08 8-12 0.17-0.39
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:29 12-15 0.36-0.63
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:25 0.13 10-10 0.46-0.41
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:58 0.02 10-11 0.36-0.34
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:09 0.04 21-14 0.65-0.37
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:09 0.39 4-19 0.41-1.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault OTL 26 22 4 61:16 3.20 -0.80