Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 4, 2026

Final / SOSaturday, Apr 4, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	2	0	0	1	4		MTL	9	8	10	2	29
NJD	0	2	1	0	0	3		NJD	15	10	12	1	38

: MTL 62NJD 58
: MTL 3.73NJD 3.61
PP goals: MTL 1NJD 0
Hits: MTL 16NJD 17
Blocks: MTL 6NJD 13
PIM: MTL 2NJD 10
: MTL 42%NJD 58%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout at NJD. Timo Meier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:21 together.

Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:26.Hughes
Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:06.Meier
Points
Cole Caufield had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:15.Caufield
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:21 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +10 against a season average of 27.6; the win.Dobes
Usage
Lane Hutson (MTL) played 29:47, +6:05 up on his 23:42 season average over 81 games.Hutson
Usage
Ivan Demidov (MTL) played 20:40, +5:14 up on his 15:26 season average over 81 games.Demidov
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 26:26, +5:12 up on his 21:14 season average over 60 games.Hughes

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · NJD 58 · MTL 62

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 36% of the game, NJD 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NJD skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NJD side.

Matchup matrix

NJD xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	NJD
	59	53
	3.38	2.38
	3.24	2.24
	12	14
	4	4
	18	12
	−0.067	+0.067
	36%	26%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:4342% CF
L2Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
10:4633% CF
L3Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
10:1160% CF
L4Gallagher – Danault – Veleno
7:3675% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
11:5046% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
10:3558% CF
D3Guhle – Xhekaj
3:2760% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
6:2178% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Newhook – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:29
PK1FAnderson – Veleno
0:35
PK2FDanault – Evans
0:30
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
1:22
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
0:36

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
14:0368% CF
L2Brown – Bratt – Hughes
13:1158% CF
L3Bjugstad – Glass – Hameenaho
7:1421% CF
L4Cotter – McLaughlin – Halonen
3:300% CF
D1Kovacevic – Hughes
14:5954% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:2243% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
11:0843% CF

PP1Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
1:30100% CF
PP2Hamilton – Meier – Mercer – Nemec – Hameenaho
0:30100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
3:25
PK2FBrown – Glass
2:43
PK1DHamilton – Siegenthaler
2:55
PK2DDillon – Kovacevic
2:14

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MTL 4 – 3 NJD.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	23:55	—	—	41	50
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	44	51
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	2	2	0	5	0.70	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	44	51
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	73
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	33	57
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	33	52
Ivan Demidov R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.54	0	0	2	20:40	—	—	57	42
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	66	62
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	67	55
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	65	71
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:06	—	—	69	84
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	79	90
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	24:01	—	—	50	58
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:08	—	—	46	49
Lane Hutson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	0	1	0	29:47	—	—	55	64
Jayden Struble D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	3	1	0	15:28	—	—	68	93
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:53	—	—	42	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	72	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	3.61	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.15	1	1	0	23:47	—	—	68	68
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	0	1	0	21:47	—	—	59	47
Timo Meier R	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	0.61	5	0	0	20:06	—	—	71	69
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.83	0	3	2	26:26	—	—	50	45
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.74	2	0	0	22:17	—	—	58	54
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.42	2	0	0	20:24	—	—	56	48
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	21	5
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	9:39	—	—	25	16
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	9:16	—	—	21	14
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	6:27	—	—	29	38
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:56	—	—	29	14
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:34	—	—	10	3
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	0	0	0	27:43	—	—	54	51
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:08	—	—	56	61
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	3	2	0	22:54	—	—	46	32
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:55	—	—	36	22
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	46	37
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	15:15	—	—	33	26

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	29	26	3	.897	3.73	64:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jayden Struble (MTL) 1st 15:58 · assists Cole Caufield, Arber Xhekaj · Cycle · 61.9 mph shot.

Jayden Struble · 1st 15:58 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 61.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Ivan Demidov · 2nd 8:12 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 46.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Lane Hutson · 2nd 9:28 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:08 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Jack Hughes · 2nd 17:40 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.2 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Timo Meier · 3rd 17:45 · NJD

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 4, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Jayden Struble · 1st 15:58 · MTL

Ivan Demidov · 2nd 8:12 · MTL PP

Lane Hutson · 2nd 9:28 · MTL

Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:08 · NJD

Jack Hughes · 2nd 17:40 · NJD SH

Timo Meier · 3rd 17:45 · NJD