Montréal Canadiens at New York Rangers

Apr 2, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	3	25
New York Rangers	2	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
04:36	MTL	Alex Newhook (12)	Ivan Demidov (43)	1 - 0
06:20	MTL	Cole Caufield (48)	Juraj Slafkovský (38), Nick Suzuki (66)	2 - 0
3rd Period
09:23	NYR	Adam Fox (7)	Mika Zibanejad (38), Vladislav Gavrikov (18)	2 - 1
14:08	NYR	Will Cuylle (17)	Jonny Brodzinski (8), Vincent Trocheck (35)	2 - 2
14:55	MTL	Cole Caufield (49)	Mike Matheson (30), Nick Suzuki (67)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:21	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	High sticking double minor	4
11:49	NYR	Noah Laba	Hooking	2
2nd Period
09:12	NYR	Will Borgen	High sticking	2
13:41	MTL	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	43	38	25	3	3.5	46.6
New York Rangers	58	43	24	2	3.0	53.4

How the game went

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 New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 3.5 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

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

Montréal Canadiens

New York Rangers

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	14:05	56.5	71.7	2-0
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Zachary Bolduc	9:34	33.3	34.3	0-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov	8:40	26.7	28.1	1-1
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Joseph Veleno	6:16	75.0	41.8	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson	14:46	45.0	42.9	1-1
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson	13:33	40.9	46.0	1-0
Kaiden Guhle · Arber Xhekaj	7:36	53.3	65.9	1-0

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
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	2	0	7	0	16:20	0.91	13-10	1.14-0.45
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	21:17	0.28	13-10	1.14-0.45
15	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	12:32	0.11	4-11	0.20-0.51
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	23:22		17-12	0.89-0.55
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	2	4	2	0	20:38	0.25	14-10	1.15-0.45
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	12:30	0.09	4-12	0.20-0.52
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	08:50	0.09	6-2	0.14-0.20
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:26	0.07	10-15	0.44-0.66
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	18:58	0.03	12-9	0.52-0.23
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	13:58	0.18	11-7	0.30-0.33
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15:57		10-14	0.67-0.96
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	25:54	0.08	11-16	1.00-0.79
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	22:43	0.05	9-17	0.40-0.83
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:11	0.37	11-16	0.45-0.67
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	09:45	0.03	9-10	0.38-0.30
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:07	0.01	6-10	0.29-0.53
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	10:38		6-2	0.14-0.20
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:54		4-12	0.20-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Jacob Fowler	W	24	22	2	60:00	2.91	+0.91

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mika Zibanejad · Alexis Lafrenière · Gabe Perreault	11:43	56.3	37.6	1-1
Vincent Trocheck · Jonny Brodzinski · Will Cuylle	10:11	64.3	70.1	1-0
J.T. Miller · Conor Sheary · Tye Kartye	9:30	50.0	39.9	0-2
Jaroslav Chmelar · Adam Sykora · Noah Laba	6:27	50.0	69.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Vladislav Gavrikov · Adam Fox	14:49	55.6	40.4	1-1
Will Borgen · Matthew Robertson	12:50	50.0	64.3	0-1
Braden Schneider · Drew Fortescue	12:01	60.0	67.8	1-0

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
23	Adam Fox	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	23:10	0.19	18-14	0.71-1.13
50	Will Cuylle	L	1	0	1	1	0	6	6	17:23	0.82	11-7	0.66-0.30
16	Vincent Trocheck	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	19:13	0.17	9-6	0.62-0.28
22	Jonny Brodzinski	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	13:27	0.09	9-5	0.62-0.27
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	21:55	0.09	16-13	0.70-1.06
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	23:00	0.02	10-11	0.41-0.82
4	Braden Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:18	0.06	17-13	0.64-0.65
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	18:40	0.15	9-12	0.47-0.83
13	Alexis Lafrenière	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	20:17	0.58	11-8	0.44-0.66
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	16:47	0.03	9-12	0.56-0.53
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	13:50	0.07	13-9	0.58-0.71
29	Matthew Robertson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	17:34	0.01	13-10	1.11-0.35
38	Adam Sykora	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	07:16		6-6	0.20-0.09
42	Noah Laba	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	12:05	0.14	11-11	0.33-0.25
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	14:29	0.53	12-9	0.55-0.71
45	Drew Fortescue	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:01	0.03	13-9	0.57-0.31
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:04	0.04	6-7	0.20-0.13
94	Gabe Perreault	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:32		10-9	0.40-0.70

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Igor Shesterkin	L	25	22	3	57:59	2.46	-0.54