Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena
TSN2 · RDS · FDSNDET
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 33-28.
Goals came from Juraj Slafkovský, J.T. Compher, Alex DeBrincat and Andrew Copp.
John Gibson made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Juraj Slafkovský (25)Cole Caufield (29), Nick Suzuki (57)Compher 2:19 into shift1–017:45 MTL · PPG
3rd period
J.T. Compher (10)Patrick Kane (29), Alex DeBrincat (37)1–102:14 DET
Alex DeBrincat (34)Unassisted1–216:35 DET
Andrew Copp (9)Alex DeBrincat (38)1–319:43 DET · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 2nd 17:45 · Slafkovský. Compher was 2:19 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MTL
2nd 17:45 · PP · Slafkovský
Stuck out there: Compher 2:19
1–1 DET
3rd 2:14 · Compher
Guhle 0:51
1–2 DET
3rd 16:35 · DeBrincat
Matheson 0:13
1–3 DET
3rd 19:43 · EN · Copp
Suzuki 1:37
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 09:35
James van Riemsdyk · roughing2 min - 1st 09:35
Kaiden Guhle · interference2 min - 1st 17:39Ben Chiarot · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:13Alexandre Carrier · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:54Lane Hutson · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:32Moritz Seider · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 03:44Moritz Seider · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:44Jayden Struble · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 19:52 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:44 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:14 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:41 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | L | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 58:25 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 93Alex DeBrincatR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 18Andrew CoppC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 15Sheldon DriesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:53 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:46 |
| 22Mason AppletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 58Emmitt FinnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 65Dominik ShineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:14 |
| 92Marco KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 20Albert JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 25Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 24:39 |
| 72Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 77Simon EdvinssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 26:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36John GibsonG | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 60:00 |
| 39Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |