New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, October 24, 2023 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · MSGSN2
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 34-29.
Tyler Toffoli scored a hat trick. Justin Barron, Alexander Holtz, Nico Hischier and Mike Matheson also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Barron (2)Michael Pezzetta (1)0–105:49 MTL
Alexander Holtz (1)Timo Meier (3), Dougie Hamilton (3)1–113:24 NJD
2nd period
Tyler Toffoli (2)Jack Hughes (7)2–118:22 NJD
3rd period
Nico Hischier (1)Jack Hughes (8), Jesper Bratt (6)3–100:34 NJD · PPG- Tyler Toffoli (3)Jack Hughes (9)4–107:17 NJD · PPG
Mike Matheson (1)Cole Caufield (3)4–210:35 MTL · PPG- Tyler Toffoli (4)Jack Hughes (10)5–219:34 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDMTL
34Shots on goal29
63%Faceoff %37%
2/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits14
12Blocked shots20
13Giveaways20
7Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 11:23
Johnathan Kovacevic · tripping2 min - 1st 14:40
Brendan Smith · interference2 min - 2nd 10:33Kevin Bahl · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:35Jake Evans · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:40Justin Barron · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:10Arber Xhekaj · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:40John Marino · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:16Erik Haula · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 18:38 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:28 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 42Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:39 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 06:17 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26:37 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:15 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 27Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 57:48 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |