New York Islanders vs Montreal Canadiens — March 21, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Islanders 7-3 on March 21, 2026. The Montreal Canadiens controlled play with 59.8% Corsi and generated 10.80 expected goals compared to 4.89 from the New York Islanders at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Montreal Canadiens created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the New York Islanders at 5-on-5. Cole Caufield recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Juraj Slafkovský scored 2 goals. Zachary Bolduc was the most dangerous skater with 3.00 individual expected goals on 6 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the New York Islanders 36-22 in total shots on goal.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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NYI3 - 7MTL

Mar 21, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	31	15	67.4	26	8	76.5	17	6	73.9	20	9	69.0	7	1	87.5	2.10	0.49	81.0	1	2	33.3
	P2	12	18	40.0	9	10	47.4	7	8	46.7	9	13	40.9	3	6	33.3	0.82	0.85	49.1	2	0	100.0
	P3	24	17	58.5	19	12	61.3	12	8	60.0	14	10	58.3	3	2	60.0	1.23	0.89	58.1	4	1	80.0
	Total	67	50	57.3	54	30	64.3	36	22	62.1	43	32	57.3	13	9	59.1	4.16	2.23	65.0	7	3	70.0
NYI	P1	15	31	32.6	8	26	23.5	6	17	26.1	9	20	31.0	1	7	12.5	0.49	2.10	19.0	2	1	66.7
	P2	18	12	60.0	10	9	52.6	8	7	53.3	13	9	59.1	6	3	66.7	0.85	0.82	50.9	0	2	0.0
	P3	17	24	41.5	12	19	38.7	8	12	40.0	10	14	41.7	2	3	40.0	0.89	1.23	41.9	1	4	20.0
	Total	50	67	42.7	30	54	35.7	22	36	37.9	32	43	42.7	9	13	40.9	2.23	4.16	35.0	3	7	30.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

NYI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NYI Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (NYI) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = NYI players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / NYI →	Horvat	Barzal	Schenn	Pageau	Cizikas	Ritchie	Gatcomb	Heineman	Lee	Duclair	Palat	Holmstrom	Schaefer	Pulock	DeAngelo	Pelech	Soucy	Mayfield
Suzuki	71	55	100	86	100	—	—	100	58	100	83	88	73	78	75	82	100	100
Evans	14	33	70	60	100	0	0	67	38	70	50	44	38	75	62	67	25	57
Danault	25	14	50	50	75	60	63	40	0	40	60	43	31	36	33	50	100	100
Veleno	33	20	60	75	71	71	67	44	0	44	100	60	36	40	40	63	100	100
Newhook	0	0	50	17	100	0	0	62	0	56	20	11	25	36	23	14	100	100
Kapanen	0	0	50	17	100	0	0	57	0	50	20	10	25	36	23	17	100	100
Slafkovský	71	55	100	83	100	—	—	100	58	100	80	86	71	76	75	82	100	100
Texier	25	50	88	78	100	—	—	80	60	88	71	71	57	88	89	89	25	57
Caufield	71	55	100	100	100	100	100	100	58	100	100	100	79	82	60	82	100	100
Bolduc	14	33	88	82	100	—	—	80	38	88	78	58	33	86	73	89	57	57
Gallagher	20	0	56	60	82	71	71	64	0	50	75	60	27	36	55	63	100	100
Demidov	50	0	56	38	100	0	0	64	0	60	33	38	40	59	22	54	100	100
Matheson	41	40	60	20	90	63	67	62	40	50	20	20	46	56	25	33	100	100
Dobson	33	38	77	33	88	67	75	80	37	75	0	0	35	44	50	56	100	100
Hutson	75	50	71	68	67	0	0	80	60	71	67	67	56	69	72	84	80	33
Carrier	11	10	50	63	100	33	50	50	13	54	71	56	40	47	46	38	78	75
Guhle	22	11	58	67	100	100	100	50	11	54	100	40	47	50	33	50	71	80
Struble	—	—	75	56	0	0	0	60	0	60	63	56	67	71	43	60	0	60