Game

Canadiens at Rangers

Canadiens 3, Rangers 2 · first star Cole Caufield (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.

Montreal Canadiens 3 at New York Rangers 2

Canadiens MTL

3 FINAL 2

Rangers NYR

Thursday, April 2, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Madison Square Garden, New York

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	2	1	3	25
Rangers	0	0	2	2	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Rangers attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 25, NYR 24.

MTL in red NYR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 13 missed, 7 blocked) attacking left; Rangers 24 shots on goal (2 goals, 19 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	NYR SOG	NYR G	NYR ATT
1st	8	0	12	7	0	16
2nd	11	2	19	5	0	15
3rd	6	1	14	12	2	25
Total	25	3	45	24	2	56

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	NYR SOG	NYR G
Even strength	22	3	19	2
Power play	2	0	5	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Rangers took 55.5% of the shot attempts, and 50.7% of the 73 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 Rangers and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Rangers
Period	NYR CF%	NYR FF%
1st	57.1	56.0
2nd	44.1	40.7
3rd	64.1	62.1
Game	55.5	53.1

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

04:36 Alex Newhook (12) Ivan Demidov (43) · slap 1–0
06:20 Cole Caufield (48) Juraj Slafkovský (38), Nick Suzuki (66) · snap 2–0

3rd period

09:23 Adam Fox (7) Mika Zibanejad (38), Vladislav Gavrikov (18) · snap 2–1
14:08 Will Cuylle (17) Jonny Brodzinski (8), Vincent Trocheck (35) · deflected 2–2
14:55 Cole Caufield (49) Mike Matheson (30), Nick Suzuki (67) · wrist 3–2

Three stars

Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 2 G, 0 A
Jacob Fowler MTL · G #32 · 0 GA, .917 SV%
Will Cuylle NYR · L #50 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:21	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	high sticking double minor	4	Vladislav Gavrikov
1st	11:49	NYR	Noah Laba	hooking	2	Oliver Kapanen
2nd	09:12	NYR	Will Borgen	high sticking	2	Zachary Bolduc
2nd	13:41	MTL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cole Caufield #13	R	2	0	2	+2	7	0	0	0	0.0	16:20
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	46.7	21:17
Alex Newhook #15	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	71.4	12:32
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	4	100.0	20:38
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:30
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	23:22
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7	19:11
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:38
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	33.3	11:54
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	71.4	13:58
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	08:50
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	16:26
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:07
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	09:45
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	15:57
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+1	1	4	4	0	0.0	18:58
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	25:54
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	22:43

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	W	24	22	2	.917	17/19	5/5	60:00

New York Rangers

Rangers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Will Cuylle #50	L	1	0	1	+1	6	6	0	0	0.0	17:23
Adam Fox #23	D	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:10
Jonny Brodzinski #22	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50.0	13:27
Mika Zibanejad #93	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	80.0	23:00
Vincent Trocheck #16	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	41.7	19:13
Vladislav Gavrikov #44	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	21:55
J.T. Miller #8	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	35.7	18:40
Noah Laba #42	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	27.3	12:05
Adam Sykora #38	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	07:16
Alexis Lafrenière #13	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	20:17
Conor Sheary #43	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	14:29
Tye Kartye #24	L	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:50
Gabe Perreault #94	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:32
Jaroslav Chmelar #49	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	08:04
Braden Schneider #4	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	20:18
Drew Fortescue #45	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:01
Matthew Robertson #29	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	17:34
Will Borgen #17	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	16:47

Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Igor Shesterkin #31	L	25	22	3	.880	19/22	2/2	57:59

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.