Game

Islanders at Canadiens

Islanders 4, Canadiens 3 in overtime · first star Matthew Schaefer (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

New York Islanders 4 at Montreal Canadiens 3

Islanders NYI

4 FINAL/OT 3

Canadiens MTL

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Islanders	0	2	1	1	4	26
Canadiens	1	1	1	0	3	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Islanders attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NYI 26, MTL 25.

NYI in red MTL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Islanders 26 shots on goal (4 goals, 17 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 11 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NYI SOG	NYI G	NYI ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	5	0	16	10	1	27
2nd	12	2	29	8	1	15
3rd	8	1	17	6	1	13
OT	1	1	1	1	0	2
Total	26	4	63	25	3	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NYI SOG	NYI G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	21	3	19	1
Power play	3	1	6	2
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Islanders took 52.5% of the shot attempts, and 53.5% of the 101 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Islanders hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Islanders at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	62.8	56.0
2nd	34.1	38.7
3rd	43.3	42.9
OT	66.7	50.0
Game	47.5	45.6

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

12:11 Noah Dobson (11) Lane Hutson (49) · snap 0–1

2nd period

10:06 Noah Dobson (12) PP Alexandre Texier (12), Alex Newhook (7) · slap 0–2
17:56 Matthew Schaefer (17) PP Mathew Barzal (35), Calum Ritchie (9) · snap 1–2
18:51 Matthew Schaefer (18) Tony DeAngelo (21), Ilya Sorokin (1) · snap 2–2

3rd period

09:11 Cole Caufield (33) PP Ivan Demidov (35), Juraj Slafkovský (25) · snap 2–3
18:19 Anders Lee (12) Bo Horvat (17), Simon Holmstrom (17) · deflected 3–3

Overtime

01:46 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (13) Simon Holmstrom (18) · backhand 4–3

Three stars

Matthew Schaefer NYI · D #48 · 2 G, 0 A
Noah Dobson MTL · D #53 · 2 G, 0 A
Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI · C #44 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	08:19	NYI	Scott Mayfield	hooking	2	Josh Anderson
2nd	16:30	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	interference	2	Tony DeAngelo
2nd	16:38	MTL	Mike Matheson	high sticking	2	Mathew Barzal
3rd	00:18	NYI	Simon Holmstrom	tripping	2	Noah Dobson
3rd	07:44	NYI	Kyle MacLean	tripping	2	Kaiden Guhle

Boxscore

New York Islanders

Islanders skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Matthew Schaefer #48	D	2	0	2	+1	3	0	2	0	0.0	25:56
Simon Holmstrom #10	R	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	2	0.0	16:02
Jean-Gabriel Pageau #44	C	1	0	1	+1	3	5	0	0	52.9	14:51
Anders Lee #27	L	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	100.0	14:15
Bo Horvat #14	C	0	1	1	+1	6	3	2	0	57.1	23:50
Calum Ritchie #64	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	22.2	14:26
Mathew Barzal #13	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	22:19
Tony DeAngelo #77	D	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:45
Casey Cizikas #53	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33.3	12:52
Kyle MacLean #32	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	09:29
Marc Gatcomb #16	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0.0	08:59
Emil Heineman #51	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	13:43
Jonathan Drouin #29	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	54.5	14:27
Ondrej Palat #81	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	16:25
Adam Pelech #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	22:04
Carson Soucy #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:51
Ryan Pulock #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	21:43
Scott Mayfield #24	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:52

Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ilya Sorokin #30	W	25	22	3	.880	18/19	4/6	61:01

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Noah Dobson #53	D	2	0	2	-2	3	0	1	0	0.0	21:54
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	21:09
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	71.4	13:18
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:01
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	3	2	0.0	18:42
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:04
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	24:00
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	56.2	13:25
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	16:09
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	0	0	-1	6	3	0	0	52.9	24:36
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	25.0	12:09
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	60.0	13:08
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0.0	11:03
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	11:55
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:29
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	11:58
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0.0	21:37
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	2	0.0	21:45

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Samuel Montembeault #35	O	26	22	4	.846	18/21	2/3	61:16

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.