Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils — April 4, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

It took extra time, but the Montreal Canadiens got past the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday. The expected goals told the same story: MTL 3.47, NJD 3.13 at 5-on-5. Hughes put up 2 goals. Ivan Demidov had a 2-goal game. High-danger chances at 5-on-5: NJD 10, MTL 7. Brendan Gallagher generated the most offense at even strength with 0.60 ixG on 4 shots. NJD outshot MTL 38-29.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils progressed on Apr 4, 2026
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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MTL4 - 3NJD (SO)

Apr 4, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
NJD	P1	22	24	47.8	19	17	52.8	15	9	62.5	14	18	43.8	7	3	70.0	1.70	1.39	55.0	0	1	0.0
	P2	14	16	46.7	11	13	45.8	10	8	55.6	10	12	45.5	3	2	60.0	1.16	1.17	49.9	2	2	50.0
	P3	17	18	48.6	15	16	48.4	12	10	54.5	11	12	47.8	4	3	57.1	1.18	1.46	44.7	1	0	100.0
	OT	5	5	50.0	4	4	50.0	1	2	33.3	4	3	57.1	1	0	100.0	0.39	0.31	55.1	0	0	—
	SO	5	5	50.0	5	5	50.0	4	5	44.4	5	5	50.0	5	2	71.4	0.73	0.80	47.8	2	3	40.0
	Total	63	68	48.1	54	55	49.5	42	34	55.3	44	50	46.8	20	10	66.7	5.16	5.14	50.1	5	6	45.5
MTL	P1	24	22	52.2	17	19	47.2	9	15	37.5	18	14	56.3	3	7	30.0	1.39	1.70	45.0	1	0	100.0
	P2	16	14	53.3	13	11	54.2	8	10	44.4	12	10	54.5	2	3	40.0	1.17	1.16	50.1	2	2	50.0
	P3	18	17	51.4	16	15	51.6	10	12	45.5	12	11	52.2	3	4	42.9	1.46	1.18	55.3	0	1	0.0
	OT	5	5	50.0	4	4	50.0	2	1	66.7	3	4	42.9	0	1	0.0	0.31	0.39	44.9	0	0	—
	SO	5	5	50.0	5	5	50.0	5	4	55.6	5	5	50.0	2	5	28.6	0.80	0.73	52.2	3	2	60.0
	Total	68	63	51.9	55	54	50.5	34	42	44.7	50	44	53.2	10	20	33.3	5.14	5.16	49.9	6	5	54.5

Win Probability

NJD Favored

MTL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

NJD

MTL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MTL Attempts

NJD Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MTL ShootNJD Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = NJD players, Columns = MTL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the NJD 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:

NJD ↓ / MTL →	Suzuki	Kapanen	Newhook	Evans	Danault	Veleno	Slafkovský	Caufield	Demidov	Bolduc	Anderson	Gallagher	Hutson	Dobson	Matheson	Guhle	Struble	Xhekaj
Hischier	56	100	100	50	50	60	54	54	56	67	75	33	31	65	68	71	50	100
Hughes	80	47	40	71	33	40	78	80	64	56	69	0	56	64	60	62	45	33
Mercer	59	57	50	50	50	0	56	56	56	33	50	0	25	58	57	80	50	100
Glass	20	0	0	0	—	—	17	20	13	0	0	—	20	0	0	0	0	0
Bjugstad	0	10	10	0	—	—	0	0	14	0	0	—	0	17	13	0	0	0
McLaughlin	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	50	100	0	0	0	17	0	25	0
Bratt	86	64	55	67	33	40	86	88	67	67	64	0	50	88	86	61	50	50
Cotter	33	0	0	100	13	14	0	0	0	50	100	13	67	14	0	67	0	14
Halonen	33	0	0	100	13	14	0	0	0	50	100	13	50	14	17	50	20	14
Brown	88	50	50	80	20	40	78	88	64	78	75	0	55	71	86	61	63	50
Meier	68	100	100	67	75	0	64	64	100	67	75	0	38	65	72	83	60	100
Hameenaho	17	13	13	25	100	—	0	0	22	0	0	—	0	60	43	0	0	0
Hughes	62	64	64	57	18	25	59	61	80	44	71	10	42	50	57	50	50	57
Kovacevic	59	50	50	60	14	14	57	57	67	43	75	14	47	47	54	63	25	50
Hamilton	50	18	11	73	33	0	33	40	23	73	64	0	37	43	50	42	46	0
Siegenthaler	22	31	27	50	0	0	20	30	23	58	45	0	38	43	25	44	29	0
Nemec	83	38	33	50	60	—	75	75	44	0	40	0	50	83	43	54	20	17
Dillon	36	17	14	50	25	0	30	30	13	0	50	0	29	75	20	46	0	0