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New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens

NHLApril 5, 2026Bell Centre

DevilsNew JerseyNJWon40-34-3

Devils 3, Canadiens 0

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTL45-22-10
Score by period
Team123T
NJ1113
MTL0000

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Jake Evans
  3. 0:23Nico Hischier hit Zachary Bolduc
  4. 0:37Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  5. 0:49Johnathan Kovacevic Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  6. 1:01Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:43Jack Hughes Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  8. 1:49Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  9. 2:04Off-side
  10. 2:04Cody Glass faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  11. 2:37Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  12. 2:43Alex Newhook hit Paul Cotter
  13. 2:53Takeaway by Brian Halonen
  14. 2:57Simon Nemec shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  15. 3:02Takeaway by Brenden Dillon
  16. 3:06Joseph Veleno hit Paul Cotter
  17. 3:12Joseph Veleno hit Brenden Dillon
  18. 3:18Simon Nemec shot blocked by Phillip Danault
  19. 3:35Joseph Veleno Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  20. 3:43Joseph Veleno hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  21. 3:45Off-side
  22. 3:45Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  23. 3:59Connor Brown Tip-In Wide Left
  24. 4:01Jack Hughes Backhand saved by Jacob Fowler
  25. 4:03Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:03Connor Brown faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  27. 4:05Jack Hughes shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  28. 4:38Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  29. 4:40Connor Brown hit Cole Caufield
  30. 4:47Jayden Struble hit Jesper Bratt
  31. 4:50Mike Matheson hit Jack Hughes
  32. 5:24Hand Pass
  33. 5:24Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  34. 5:46Brenden Dillon hit Ivan Demidov
  35. 6:04Alex Newhook shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  36. 6:36Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  37. 6:40Johnathan Kovacevic shot blocked by Joseph Veleno
  38. 7:11Joseph Veleno shot blocked by Timo Meier
  39. 7:52Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  40. 8:07Noah Dobson shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  41. 8:18Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  42. 8:37Kaiden Guhle Tripping against Jack Hughes
  43. 8:37TV Timeout
  44. 8:37Nico Hischier faceoff won against Jake Evans
  45. 8:40Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  46. 9:02Nico Hischier Tip-In saved by Jacob Fowler
  47. 9:03Goalie Stopped
  48. 9:03Jake Evans faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  49. 9:34Nico Hischier Tip-In Wide Right
  50. 9:43Connor Brown Tip-In Above Crossbar
  51. 9:44Puck in Netting
  52. 9:44Nico Hischier faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  53. 10:00Nico Hischier Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  54. 10:01Goalie Stopped
  55. 10:01Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  56. 10:32Joseph Veleno Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  57. 10:46Jack Hughes Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  58. 10:47Timo Meier Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (46)
  59. 10:47Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Cody Glass
  60. 11:00Arber Xhekaj hit Lenni Hameenaho
  61. 11:03Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  62. 11:14Alex Newhook hit Lenni Hameenaho
  63. 11:23Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
  64. 11:29Arber Xhekaj Slap Shot Wide Right
  65. 11:36Alex Newhook Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  66. 12:15Jayden Struble hit Brian Halonen
  67. 12:37Paul Cotter hit Lane Hutson
  68. 12:39Simon Nemec Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  69. 12:44Takeaway by Dawson Mercer
  70. 12:47Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  71. 12:47Jayden Struble hit Dawson Mercer
  72. 13:14Mike Matheson shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  73. 13:21Jack Hughes Slap Shot Wide Right
  74. 13:33Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Left
  75. 14:14Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  76. 14:37Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
  77. 15:10Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  78. 15:44Johnathan Kovacevic hit Cole Caufield
  79. 15:50Dawson Mercer hit Lane Hutson
  80. 16:01Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  81. 16:03Goalie Stopped
  82. 16:03Nico Hischier faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  83. 16:20Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  84. 16:35Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  85. 17:09Mike Matheson hit Jesper Bratt
  86. 17:14Jack Hughes Snap Shot Wide Left
  87. 17:38Jesper Bratt Wrist Shot Wide Left
  88. 17:48Jesper Bratt Backhand saved by Jacob Fowler
  89. 18:07Puck in Crowd
  90. 18:07Cody Glass faceoff won against Jake Evans
  91. 18:33Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Nick Bjugstad
  92. 18:35Puck in Netting
  93. 18:35Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  94. 18:48Takeaway by Timo Meier
  95. 18:58Phillip Danault Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  96. 19:00Puck in Netting
  97. 19:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  98. 19:03Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  99. 19:04Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  100. 19:25Noah Dobson shot blocked by Timo Meier
  101. 19:32Off-side
  102. 19:32Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  103. 19:54Mike Matheson shot blocked by Connor Brown
  104. 19:59Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 0:13Timo Meier hit Lane Hutson
  4. 0:16Jake Evans shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  5. 0:22Zachary Bolduc Tip-In Above Crossbar
  6. 0:24Puck in Netting
  7. 0:24Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  8. 0:28Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  9. 0:55Johnathan Kovacevic hit Mike Matheson
  10. 1:18Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  11. 1:21Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:21Alex Newhook faceoff won against Cody Glass
  13. 1:25Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  14. 1:27Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:27Alex Newhook faceoff won against Cody Glass
  16. 1:35Lane Hutson shot blocked by Lenni Hameenaho
  17. 1:51Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  18. 1:52Nick Bjugstad Wrist Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  19. 2:24Paul Cotter shot blocked by Brian Halonen
  20. 3:04Takeaway by Dawson Mercer
  21. 3:19Luke Hughes hit Josh Anderson
  22. 3:23Luke Hughes shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  23. 4:09Zachary Bolduc hit Connor Brown
  24. 5:00Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  25. 5:01Jesper Bratt Snap Shot Wide Right
  26. 5:04Puck Frozen - Goalie
  27. 5:04Cody Glass faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  28. 5:30Arber Xhekaj hit Cody Glass
  29. 5:39Joseph Veleno hit Brenden Dillon
  30. 6:18Brian Halonen Holding against Mike Matheson
  31. 6:18TV Timeout
  32. 6:18Nico Hischier faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  33. 6:21Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  34. 6:27Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  35. 7:05Dawson Mercer Slap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  36. 7:07Goalie Stopped
  37. 7:07Cody Glass faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  38. 7:27Dougie Hamilton hit Nick Suzuki
  39. 8:22Giveaway by Connor Brown
  40. 8:25Jack Hughes Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. 8:27Lane Hutson High-sticking against Connor Brown
  42. 8:27Jake Evans faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  43. 9:24Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  44. 9:36Josh Anderson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  45. 9:58Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  46. 10:44Lenni Hameenaho Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  47. 10:45Goalie Stopped
  48. 10:45Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Cody Glass
  49. 11:05Giveaway by Lenni Hameenaho
  50. 11:06Arber Xhekaj hit Lenni Hameenaho
  51. 11:18Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Lenni Hameenaho
  52. 11:20Puck in Netting
  53. 11:20Nico Hischier faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  54. 11:24Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic
  55. 11:24Joseph Veleno hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  56. 11:55Brendan Gallagher hit Luke Hughes
  57. 12:36Jack Hughes Backhand saved by Jacob Fowler
  58. 12:55Connor Brown hit Lane Hutson
  59. 13:30Cole Caufield Batted Wide Left
  60. 14:36Cody Glass shot blocked by Jayden Struble
  61. 14:37Cody Glass Backhand Wide Left
  62. 14:42Nick Bjugstad hit Ivan Demidov
  63. 15:16Timo Meier Tip-In Wide Right
  64. 15:37Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  65. 15:46Icing
  66. 15:46Nico Hischier faceoff won against Jake Evans
  67. 16:00Josh Anderson hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  68. 16:08Zachary Bolduc hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  69. 16:20Dawson Mercer Snap Shot Wide Right
  70. 16:22Goalie Stopped
  71. 16:22Jack Hughes faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  72. 16:26Jesper Bratt shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  73. 18:04Oliver Kapanen hit Simon Nemec
  74. 18:12Cody Glass Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: none
  75. 18:12Nico Hischier faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  76. 18:29Puck Frozen - Goalie
  77. 18:29Nico Hischier faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  78. 19:07Joseph Veleno hit Luke Hughes
  79. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 0:09Puck in Crowd
  4. 0:09Nico Hischier faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:23Timo Meier Snap Shot Wide Left
  6. 0:24Nico Hischier Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  7. 0:26Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:26Connor Brown faceoff won against Jake Evans
  9. 0:36Zachary Bolduc hit Luke Hughes
  10. 0:50Luke Hughes Cross-checking against Zachary Bolduc served by Paul Cotter
  11. 0:50Luke Hughes Roughing against Zachary Bolduc
  12. 0:50Josh Anderson Roughing against Connor Brown
  13. 0:50Johnathan Kovacevic Misconduct
  14. 0:50Nico Hischier faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  15. 1:15Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Right
  16. 1:59Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  17. 2:03Cody Glass shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  18. 2:14Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  19. 2:16Puck in Netting
  20. 2:16Nico Hischier faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  21. 2:35Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  22. 2:38Dawson Mercer Snap Shot Wide Left
  23. 3:29Jake Evans shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  24. 3:31Puck in Netting
  25. 3:31Phillip Danault faceoff won against Cody Glass
  26. 3:50Arber Xhekaj hit Cody Glass
  27. 4:11Icing
  28. 4:11Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Marc McLaughlin
  29. 4:20Lane Hutson shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  30. 4:32Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  31. 4:33Goalie Stopped
  32. 4:33Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  33. 4:57Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  34. 4:59Jayden Struble Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  35. 5:01Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:01Nico Hischier faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  37. 5:05Mike Matheson shot blocked by Nico Hischier
  38. 5:20Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  39. 5:21Goalie Stopped
  40. 5:21Nico Hischier faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  41. 5:25Giveaway by Luke Hughes
  42. 5:28Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  43. 5:40Alex Newhook shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  44. 5:53Puck Frozen - Goalie
  45. 5:53Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  46. 6:07Jack Hughes hit Jake Evans
  47. 6:11Dougie Hamilton Tripping against Josh Anderson
  48. 6:11TV Timeout
  49. 6:11Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  50. 6:15Nick Suzuki Slap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  51. 6:16Puck in Netting
  52. 6:16Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  53. 6:49Cole Caufield Tip-In saved by Jacob Markstrom
  54. 8:03Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  55. 8:05Puck in Netting
  56. 8:05Phillip Danault faceoff won against Cody Glass
  57. 8:10Giveaway by Brenden Dillon
  58. 8:11Josh Anderson Tip-In Wide Right
  59. 8:16Phillip Danault hit Luke Hughes
  60. 8:55Jonas Siegenthaler hit Josh Anderson
  61. 9:02Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  62. 9:06Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  63. 9:31Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  64. 9:32Juraj Slafkovský Wrist Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  65. 9:45Brian Halonen Backhand saved by Jacob Fowler
  66. 9:46Jayden Struble hit Brian Halonen
  67. 9:58Giveaway by Brenden Dillon
  68. 10:09Jack Hughes Snap Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  69. 10:10Simon Nemec Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  70. 10:18Cole Caufield Slap Shot Wide Left
  71. 10:26Cole Caufield Slap Shot Wide Left
  72. 10:43Brenden Dillon hit Ivan Demidov
  73. 11:14Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  74. 11:22Puck Frozen - Goalie
  75. 11:22Nico Hischier faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  76. 11:32Oliver Kapanen Slap Shot Wide Left
  77. 11:55Off-side
  78. 11:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Cody Glass
  79. 12:18Jake Evans hit Jonas Siegenthaler
  80. 12:42Lenni Hameenaho Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  81. 12:56Josh Anderson hit Jack Hughes
  82. 13:00Brenden Dillon Instigator against Josh Anderson served by Paul Cotter
  83. 13:00Brenden Dillon Fighting against Josh Anderson
  84. 13:00Josh Anderson Fighting against Brenden Dillon
  85. 13:00Brenden Dillon Instigator - Misconduct
  86. 13:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovský
  87. 13:12Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  88. 13:14Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  89. 13:34Ivan Demidov Slap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  90. 13:52Nico Hischier shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  91. 14:22Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  92. 14:45Puck in Benches
  93. 14:45Cody Glass faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  94. 14:48Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler
  95. 15:16Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Jacob Fowler
  96. 15:17Goalie Stopped
  97. 15:17Nico Hischier faceoff won against Jake Evans
  98. 15:27Dawson Mercer shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  99. 15:38Nico Hischier hit Mike Matheson
  100. 15:45Takeaway by Timo Meier
  101. 15:50Giveaway by Timo Meier
  102. 16:11Takeaway by Dawson Mercer
  103. 16:35Connor Brown Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (47), Jesper Bratt (48)
  104. 16:35Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Cody Glass
  105. 16:55Giveaway by Cody Glass
  106. 16:57Cole Caufield Snap Shot Short
  107. 16:59Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  108. 17:01Goalie Stopped
  109. 17:01Nico Hischier faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  110. 17:05Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  111. 17:17Noah Dobson Snap Shot Wide Left
  112. 17:25Jonas Siegenthaler hit Cole Caufield
  113. 18:32Cody Glass hit Ivan Demidov
  114. 18:36Connor Brown hit Lane Hutson
  115. 19:06Icing
  116. 19:06Connor Brown Misconduct
  117. 19:06Alex Newhook faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  118. 19:08Mike Matheson shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  119. 19:14Zachary Bolduc Tip-In High and Wide Left
  120. 19:43Alex Newhook Snap Shot saved by Jacob Markstrom
  121. 19:45Johnathan Kovacevic hit Zachary Bolduc
  122. 19:50Net Dislodged Defensive Skater
  123. 19:50Nico Hischier faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  124. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  125. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 10:47NJ 1, MTL 0Timo Meier Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (46)

2nd

  1. 18:12NJ 2, MTL 0Cody Glass Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 16:35NJ 3, MTL 0Connor Brown Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (47), Jesper Bratt (48)

Game leaders

DevilsNew Jersey

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Cody Glass C101010012:0538.5185101019179:210:002:44
Connor Brown RW1010311020:57100.02021120231715:112:253:21
Timo Meier RW101012018:220.01001022202416:411:350:06
Brian Halonen LW00000025:190.01000101915:190:000:00
Dawson Mercer C000011021:340.01003023241816:280:584:08
Jack Hughes C022013021:4116.76514030232517:353:410:25
Jesper Bratt LW011000017:160.01000020232013:523:020:22
Lenni Hameenaho RW001002010:590.0100101015210:460:130:00
Marc McLaughlin C00000007:0350.001100001107:030:000:00
Nick Bjugstad C00101109:000.010000001369:000:000:00
Nico Hischier C001021023:4469.039200010262615:123:474:45
Paul Cotter LW00001007:140.000000001187:140:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brenden Dillon D0010201714:0700023010.017311:280:002:39
Dougie Hamilton D001010220:5100031000.0241215:450:444:22
Johnathan Kovacevic D0010311017:2910011000.018016:010:001:28
Jonas Siegenthaler D001024023:4100010000.022018:570:004:44
Luke Hughes D001010423:0800012000.022618:083:161:44
Simon Nemec D001003017:3010000100.0181115:590:191:12
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jacob Markstrom G180181.00060:0000133200

Video

0:34Connor Brown scores goal vs. Canadiens0:36Cody Glass scores a beauty for the Devils0:39Timo Meier tallies goal vs. Canadiens0:27Jacob Fowler makes big-time save vs. Devils

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