New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 5, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	9	6	5	20
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	4	4	10	18

: NJD 47MTL 58
: NJD 3.37MTL 2.64
PP goals: NJD 0MTL 0
Hits: NJD 20MTL 27
Blocks: NJD 19MTL 11
PIM: NJD 45MTL 11
: NJD 56%MTL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–0

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–0 at MTL. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL scored 0 goals on 2.64 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:41.Hughes
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.64 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Connor Brown (NJD) played 20:57, +3:27 up on his 17:30 season average over 74 games.Brown
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 23:41, +4:15 up on his 19:26 season average over 81 games.Siegenthaler
Usage
Brenden Dillon (NJD) played 14:07, −3:56 down on his 18:03 season average over 81 games.Dillon
Usage
Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) played 22:27, +3:58 up on his 18:29 season average over 81 games.Slafkovský
Usage
Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 21:34, +3:23 up on his 18:11 season average over 81 games.Mercer
Usage
Mike Matheson (MTL) played 20:57, −3:15 down on his 24:12 season average over 77 games.Matheson

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

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

MTL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · MTL 58 · NJD 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 33% of the game, MTL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	NJD	MTL
	46	54
	2.32	2.02
	2.23	1.98
	10	2
	2	1
	19	17
	+0.051	−0.051
	33%	31%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
12:0733% CF
L2Brown – Bratt – Hughes
11:0258% CF
L3Bjugstad – Glass – Hameenaho
7:1836% CF
L4Cotter – McLaughlin – Halonen
4:3633% CF
D1Kovacevic – Hughes
13:5438% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:2350% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
9:3760% CF

PP1Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
3:02100% CF
PP2Hamilton – Meier – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
0:390% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
4:02
PK2FBrown – Glass
2:30
PK1DHamilton – Siegenthaler
3:33
PK2DDillon – Hughes
0:56

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:2050% CF
L2Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
7:3176% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Veleno
7:2843% CF
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:1262% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
10:1252% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
9:2862% CF
D3Guhle – Xhekaj
7:2167% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
5:4963% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Newhook – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:5150% CF
PK1FEvans – Veleno
1:52
PK2FDanault – Anderson
1:46
PK1DMatheson – Dobson
2:18
PK2DGuhle – Hutson
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	2	1	0	23:44	—	—	41	39
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	21:34	—	—	39	17
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.36	1	2	0	18:22	—	—	43	44
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	2	2	+2	6	0.88	1	3	0	21:41	—	—	61	78
Connor Brown R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	1.00	3	1	10	20:57	—	—	56	67
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	52	67
Cody Glass C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	33	45
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	10:59	—	—	38	48
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:00	—	—	36	47
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:14	—	—	55	70
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:03	—	—	27	23
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	5:19	—	—	43	23
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	4	23:08	—	—	38	42
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	10	17:29	—	—	45	38
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	4	0	23:41	—	—	52	73
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	20:51	—	—	46	69
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	17:30	—	—	47	38
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	17	14:07	—	—	50	53

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	2.64	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	22:27	—	—	44	30
Nick Suzuki C	L1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	50	42
Cole Caufield R	L1	-1	3	0.59	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	44	30
Ivan Demidov R	L2	-2	1	0.18	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	65	65
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	-1	2	0.65	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	56	56
Alex Newhook C	L2	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	74	74
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	14:12	—	—	55	84
Joseph Veleno C	L3	-1	2	0.31	6	1	0	12:37	—	—	33	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:22	—	—	60	87
Jake Evans C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	58	22
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0.09	3	0	0	13:54	—	—	60	50
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0.09	2	0	7	11:31	—	—	67	59
Noah Dobson D	D1	-3	1	0.07	0	1	0	23:39	—	—	47	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	-2	2	0.15	2	0	0	20:57	—	—	55	38
Lane Hutson D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	24:41	—	—	50	46
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	2	0.01	4	1	0	14:23	—	—	58	62
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:05	—	—	68	55
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0.04	4	0	0	11:58	—	—	41	47

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Fowler(start)	L	19	17	2	.895	2.65	57:29

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier (NJD) 1st 10:47 · assists Jack Hughes · Rebound · carried in · 15.0 mph shot · 6.7 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier · 1st 10:47 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 15.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: rebound

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Cody Glass · 2nd 18:12 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Connor Brown · 3rd 16:35 · NJD EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Timo Meier · 1st 10:47 · NJD

Cody Glass · 2nd 18:12 · NJD

Connor Brown · 3rd 16:35 · NJD EN