New York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 21, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	2	0	1	3		NYI	6	8	8	22
MTL	1	2	4	7		MTL	17	7	12	36

: NYI 50MTL 67
: NYI 2.27MTL 4.34
PP goals: NYI 2MTL 3
Hits: NYI 34MTL 25
Blocks: NYI 11MTL 18
PIM: NYI 30MTL 28
: NYI 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout New York Islanders 7–3

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 7–3 at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 3 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Cole Caufield had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 16:07.Caufield
Points
Juraj Slafkovský had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 17:14.Slafkovský
Points
Nick Suzuki had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:47.Suzuki
Points
Kaiden Guhle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:21.Guhle
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 3 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:24 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie and Schaefer) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:45 together.Schenn Horvat Barzal Ritchie Schaefer
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Horvat–Barzal skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Horvat Barzal
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New look for NYI: Schenn–Duclair–Heineman skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Duclair Heineman

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

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

MTL
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 67 · NYI 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 22% of the game, MTL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against NYI 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	NYI	MTL
	48	70
	1.95	3.70
	1.94	3.33
	6	18
	5	0
	18	16
	+0.005	−0.005
	22%	42%

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 York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
11:5255% CF
L2Schenn – Duclair – Heineman
9:4823% CF
L3Palat – Pageau – Holmstrom
9:1335% CF
L4Cizikas – Gatcomb – Ritchie
8:2756% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
12:0648% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
11:2539% CF
D3Mayfield – Soucy
10:4131% CF

PP1Schenn – Horvat – Barzal – Ritchie – Schaefer
2:4567% CF
PP2Lee – Duclair – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman
1:30100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
1:25
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
0:45
PK1DPelech – Pulock
3:02
PK2DMayfield – Soucy
0:43

Current NYI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:3876% CF
L2Gallagher – Danault – Veleno
10:1941% CF
L3Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
10:0541% CF
L4Evans – Texier – Bolduc
10:0067% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
13:5850% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
12:2352% CF
D3Struble – Hutson
10:2773% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:24100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dobson – Newhook – Kapanen
0:29100% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
3:01
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
1:01
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:34
PK2DDobson – Guhle
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 York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.18	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	57	42
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.42	2	0	14	18:24	—	—	51	39
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	54	39
Emil Heineman L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	3	0	0	17:46	—	—	33	43
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	2	10	15:15	—	—	25	32
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	1	0	12:37	—	—	25	24
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	33	26
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:55	—	—	32	22
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:42	—	—	33	24
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	46	43
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	13:20	—	—	38	42
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	6	0	0	10:46	—	—	50	38
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.16	1	2	0	22:25	—	—	47	51
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	22:19	—	—	44	52
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.10	3	0	4	21:01	—	—	35	26
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	20:29	—	—	47	29
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	25	19
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:48	—	—	38	24

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	32	26	6	.813	4.05	50:47
David Rittich	—	4	3	1	.750	0.28	8:11

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	4	4	+2	3	0.31	2	0	10	18:47	—	—	72	82
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	2	2	4	+2	4	0.63	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	71	80
Cole Caufield R	L1	3	2	5	+2	3	0.61	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	78	84
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	42	43
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	1	2	13:15	—	—	48	43
Joseph Veleno C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:04	—	—	41	23
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	39	45
Alex Newhook C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	45	50
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	47	50
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	16:02	—	—	67	81
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.83	5	1	0	14:11	—	—	73	89
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:38	—	—	68	83
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	2	3	0	21:45	—	—	62	67
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.44	0	5	2	21:27	—	—	55	61
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:37	—	—	49	58
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	1	2	3	+3	3	0.13	2	4	14	16:21	—	—	58	68
Lane Hutson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	79	86
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	55	23

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Fowler(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Juraj Slafkovský (MTL PP) 1st 4:10 · assists Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield · Forecheck turnover · 72.3 mph shot.

Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 4:10 · MTL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 11:20 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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Emil Heineman · 1st 6:46 · NYI PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 78.1 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Simon Holmstrom · 1st 13:19 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Alex Newhook · 2nd 17:49 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 19:08 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 0:45 · NYI PP

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 79.1 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Kaiden Guhle · 3rd 3:17 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 35.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: deflection

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 8:08 · MTL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 14:59 · MTL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 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 York Islanders vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 21, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout New York Islanders 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 4:10 · MTL PP

Cole Caufield · 3rd 11:20 · MTL

Emil Heineman · 1st 6:46 · NYI PP

Simon Holmstrom · 1st 13:19 · NYI

Alex Newhook · 2nd 17:49 · MTL

Cole Caufield · 2nd 19:08 · MTL PP

Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 0:45 · NYI PP

Kaiden Guhle · 3rd 3:17 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 8:08 · MTL

Cole Caufield · 3rd 14:59 · MTL PP