Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, February 21, 2023 · Prudential Center

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5–2

Final

SOG 18–40

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 40-18.

Goals came from Justin Barron, Jesper Bratt, Johnathan Kovacevic, Nick Suzuki, Rem Pitlick, Dawson Mercer and Mike Matheson.

Samuel Montembeault made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 13 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	2	5	18
NJD	1	0	1	2	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Justin Barron (3)Nick Suzuki (26), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (3)1–003:54 MTL
Jesper Bratt (23)Jack Hughes (35)1–113:48 NJD

2nd period

Johnathan Kovacevic (2)Jesse Ylonen (5), Mike Matheson (11)2–102:29 MTL
Nick Suzuki (18)Mike Hoffman (14), Corey Schueneman (1)3–103:42 MTL

3rd period

Rem Pitlick (4)Evgenii Dadonov (14), Christian Dvorak (15)4–105:13 MTL
Dawson Mercer (16)Miles Wood (10), Jack Hughes (36)4–211:58 NJD · PPG
Mike Matheson (3)Christian Dvorak (16)5–216:13 MTL · EN

Team stats

MTLNJD

18Shots on goal40

39%Faceoff %61%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

15Hits16

28Blocked shots9

12Giveaways17

8Takeaways7

Penalties

2nd 08:09Christian Dvorak · hooking2 min
2nd 11:25Brendan Smith · holding2 min
3rd 00:40Dawson Mercer · hooking2 min
3rd 01:33Jonathan Drouin · tripping2 min
3rd 10:27Justin Barron · holding2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	1	0	60	19:27
28Christian DvorakC	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	2	41	18:23
8Mike MathesonD	1	1	2	+3	1	0	2	0	–	27:27
32Rem PitlickC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	100	12:40
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	19:04
56Jesse YlonenR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	–	15:46
63Evgenii DadonovR	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	–	16:26
68Mike HoffmanL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:41
26Johnathan KovacevicD	1	0	1	+3	1	1	2	0	–	17:18
52Justin BarronD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	17:22
64Corey SchuenemanD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	5	0	–	13:20
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	+1	5	1	0	0	–	18:19
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	50	15:27
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:30
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	11:26
60Alex BelzileR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	14:14
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	17:55
58David SavardD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	23:44

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

86Jack HughesC	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	44	20:30
44Miles WoodL	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	12:28
63Jesper BrattL	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	18:39
91Dawson MercerC	1	0	1	-2	3	0	1	2	–	16:58
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	62	17:44
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	100	15:58
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	–	13:51
20Michael McLeodC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	63	11:31
49Fabian ZetterlundL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100	11:08
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	67	15:02
70Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:45
90Tomas TatarL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:18
2Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	16:32
6John MarinoD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	16:54
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0	–	22:16
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	20:57
33Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	19:22
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	19:17

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	L	17	13	4	.765	59:50