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New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2026 · Centre Bell

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3–7

Final

SOG 22–36

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 7-3 on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 36-22.

Juraj Slafkovský scored twice and Cole Caufield scored a hat trick. Emil Heineman, Simon Holmstrom, Alex Newhook, Matthew Schaefer and Kaiden Guhle also scored.

Jacob Fowler made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York IslandersNYI201322
Montréal CanadiensMTL124736

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCole CaufieldMTL · 3G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 2A
  3. ★3rd starKaiden GuhleMTL · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:29

2–2 · 2nd 17:49 · Newhook. Holmstrom was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYI on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 4:10 · PP · Slafkovský

Pelech 0:39

1–1 NYI

1st 6:46 · PP · Heineman

Evans 0:14

2–1 NYI

1st 13:19 · Holmstrom

Struble 0:59

2–2 MTL

2nd 17:49 · Newhook

Long shift: Holmstrom 1:29

2–3 MTL

2nd 19:08 · PP · Caufield

Long shift: Pelech 1:19

3–3 NYI

3rd 0:45 · PP · Schaefer

Danault 0:45

3–4 MTL

3rd 3:17 · Guhle

Long shift: Schenn 1:01

3–5 MTL

3rd 8:08 · Slafkovský

Schaefer 0:45

3–6 MTL

3rd 11:20 · Caufield

Long shift: DeAngelo 1:07

3–7 MTL

3rd 14:59 · PP · Caufield

Long shift: Pelech 1:09

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

NYIMTL
22Shots on goal36
50%Faceoff %50%
2/3Power play3/4
30Penalty minutes28
34Hits25
11Blocked shots18
11Giveaways13
3Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 03:31Casey Cizikas · slashing2 min
  • 1st 05:05Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
  • 1st 15:13Tony DeAngelo · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 04:02Noah Dobson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 18:23Tony DeAngelo · interference2 min
  • 2nd 19:53Brendan Gallagher · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 14:28Mathew Barzal · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:28Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:28Mathew Barzal · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:28Mathew Barzal · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 14:28Kaiden Guhle · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 14:59Brayden Schenn · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 14:59Nick Suzuki · misconduct10 min

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