New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 2026 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · MSGSN
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 20-18.
Goals came from Timo Meier, Cody Glass and Connor Brown.
Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jacob Fowler stopped 17 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Timo Meier (24)Jack Hughes (46)Matheson 2:10 into shift1–010:47 NJD
2nd period
Cody Glass (17)Unassisted2–018:12 NJD
3rd period
Connor Brown (17)Jack Hughes (47), Jesper Bratt (48)3–016:35 NJD · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 10:47 · Meier. Matheson was 2:10 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 NJD
1st 10:47 · Meier
Stuck out there: Matheson 2:10
2–0 NJD
2nd 18:12 · Glass
Dobson 0:51
3–0 NJD
3rd 16:35 · EN · Brown
Hutson 0:39
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 08:37
Kaiden Guhle · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:18
Brian Halonen · holding2 min - 2nd 08:27Lane Hutson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:50Luke Hughes · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 00:50Luke Hughes · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:50Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:50Johnathan Kovacevic · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 06:11Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:00Brenden Dillon · instigator2 min
- 3rd 13:00Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
- 3rd 13:00Josh Anderson · fighting5 min
- 3rd 13:00Brenden Dillon · instigator misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:06Connor Brown · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 21:41 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:44 |
| 21Marc McLaughlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:03 |
| 29Lenni HameenahoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 48Brian HalonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:19 |
| 72Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:34 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 8Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:08 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | W | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:22 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:57 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:41 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | L | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 57:29 |
| 75Jakub DobesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |