Game

Devils at Canadiens

Devils 3, Canadiens 0 · first star Jack Hughes (0 G, 2 A).

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

New Jersey Devils 3 at Montreal Canadiens 0

Devils NJD

3 FINAL 0

Canadiens MTL

Sunday, April 5, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	1	1	1	3	20
Canadiens	0	0	0	0	18

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game); 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 20, MTL 18.

NJD in red MTL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 20 shots on goal (3 goals, 15 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 18 shots on goal (0 goals, 20 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	MTL SOG	MTL ATT
1st	9	1	20	4	19
2nd	6	1	15	4	10
3rd	5	1	12	10	29
Total	20	3	47	18	58

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	MTL SOG
Even strength	17	3	13
Power play	2	0	3
Short-handed	1	0	2
Into an empty net	1	1	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 55.2% of the shot attempts, and 54.2% of the 83 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 Devils hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Devils at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	48.7	44.4
2nd	40.0	38.9
3rd	70.7	67.9
Game	55.2	52.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

10:47 Timo Meier (24) Jack Hughes (46) · snap 1–0

2nd period

18:12 Cody Glass (17) Unassisted · snap 2–0

3rd period

16:35 Connor Brown (17) EN Jack Hughes (47), Jesper Bratt (48) · snap 3–0

Three stars

Jack Hughes NJD · C #86 · 0 G, 2 A
Nico Hischier NJD · C #13 · 0 G, 0 A
Josh Anderson MTL · R #17 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:37	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	tripping	2	Jack Hughes
2nd	06:18	NJD	Brian Halonen	holding	2	Mike Matheson
2nd	08:27	MTL	Lane Hutson	high sticking	2	Connor Brown
3rd	00:50	NJD	Luke Hughes	cross checking	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	00:50	NJD	Luke Hughes	roughing	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	00:50	MTL	Josh Anderson	roughing	2	Connor Brown
3rd	00:50	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	06:11	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	13:00	NJD	Brenden Dillon	instigator	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	13:00	NJD	Brenden Dillon	fighting (major)	5	Josh Anderson
3rd	13:00	MTL	Josh Anderson	fighting (major)	5	Brenden Dillon
3rd	13:00	NJD	Brenden Dillon	instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:06	NJD	Connor Brown	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	2	2	+2	6	1	3	0	16.7	21:41
Cody Glass #12	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	38.5	12:05
Connor Brown #16	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	10	100.0	20:57
Timo Meier #28	R	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	18:22
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:16
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	21:34
Marc McLaughlin #21	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	07:03
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	09:00
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	69.0	23:44
Brian Halonen #48	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	05:19
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:14
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	10:59
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	17	0.0	14:07
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	20:51
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	10	0.0	17:29
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	0.0	23:41
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4	0.0	23:08
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0.0	17:30

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	W	18	18	0	1.000	13/13	3/3	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Newhook #15	C	-1	1	2	0	0	37.5	13:13
Jake Evans #71	C	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	13:59
Joe Veleno #90	C	-1	2	6	1	0	0.0	12:37
Nick Suzuki #14	C	-1	1	0	0	0	53.3	21:42
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	-1	2	1	0	0	33.3	13:22
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	1	1	0	40.0	14:12
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	22:27
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:22
Cole Caufield #13	R	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:57
Ivan Demidov #93	R	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:32
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	2	0	7	0.0	11:31
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:54
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	11:58
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	14:23
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	-1	1	0	1	2	0.0	17:05
Lane Hutson #48	D	-1	0	0	3	2	0.0	24:41
Mike Matheson #8	D	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	20:57
Noah Dobson #53	D	-3	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:39

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	L	19	17	2	.895	14/16	2/2	57:29

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.