Final / SO/Sat Apr 4, 2026/Prudential Center, Newark/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdOTSOT
120014
021003

The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.


02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLNJD
15:58MTLJayden Struble (2)Cole Caufield, Arber Xhekaj10

2nd

4 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLNJD
08:12MTLIvan Demidov (17)Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki20
09:28MTLLane Hutson (12)unassisted30
13:08NJDDawson Mercer (18)Timo Meier, Nico Hischier31
17:40NJDJack Hughes (25)Jesper Bratt, Jonas Siegenthaler32

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsMTLNJD
17:45NJDTimo Meier (23)Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton33

Shootout

5 converted

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
MTL
Away / Home
NJD
4
Goals
3
29
Shots on goal
38
20
Missed shots
11
6
Blocked shots
13
62
Shot attempts
58
16
Hits
17
25
Faceoffs won of 59
34
42.4%
Faceoff win %
57.6%
12
Giveaways
13
6
Takeaways
1
1
Penalties
4
2
Penalty minutes
10
5
Power plays
1

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Montréal Canadiens

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Cole CaufieldR0220050022:15
Lane HutsonD101+1010129:47
Nick SuzukiC011001016-1523:55
Ivan DemidovR101-1240020:40
Jayden StrubleD101+2013115:28
Arber XhekajD0110002010:00
Mike MathesonD000-1001024:01
Juraj SlafkovskýL000-102000-122:46
Noah DobsonD000-2001122:08
Kaiden GuhleD000-1013016:53
Alex NewhookC000-104116-315:15
Zack BolducR0000000015:06
Jake EvansC000001116-614:43
Oliver KapanenC000-203002-714:33
Josh AndersonR000+1000014:30
Phillip DanaultC000002005-212:11
Joe VelenoC0000002010:06
Brendan GallagherR000004209:48
Skaters347229166

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jakub Dobes38353.92165:00
Sam Montembeault

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/New Jersey Devils

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Jack HughesC112+125035-726:26
Timo MeierR112+2075020:06
Nico HischierC011+2031122-923:47
Dougie HamiltonD011+1033222:54
Dawson MercerC101+103010-121:47
Jesper BrattL011+1042020:24
Jonas SiegenthalerD011-1200118:55
Luke HughesD000+1040027:43
Connor BrownR000+1042022:17
NHL 8480192000+1002121:08
Simon NemecD0000020118:23
Brenden DillonD000-1400015:15
Cody GlassC000-201006-512:43
NHL 8484177000-101119:39
Nick BjugstadC000-121000-19:16
Paul CotterL000000026:27
Brian HalonenL000000105:56
Marc McLaughlinC000000001-24:34
Skaters36910381713

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jake Allen29263.89764:53
Jacob Markstrom

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

5 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st13:03MTLIvan DemidovInterference2Paul Cotter
1st19:52NJDNick BjugstadSlashing2Ivan Demidov
2nd07:40NJDJonas SiegenthalerDelay of game (puck over the glass)2
2nd15:38NJDBrenden DillonHigh-sticking (double minor)4Zack Bolduc
3rd18:06NJDJack HughesDelay of game (puck over the glass)2

07/Game

Date
Sat Apr 4, 2026
Venue
Prudential Center, Newark
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final / SO
NHL game id
2025021212

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 2 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.