NHL · Feb 26, 2026

New York Islanders

4–3

Final – OT

Montréal Canadiens

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The Islanders edged the Canadiens 4–3 in overtime at Centre Bell. M. Schaefer took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Islanders	0	2	1	1	4	26
Canadiens	1	1	1	0	3	25

★ Three Stars

1M. SchaeferNYI · 2G 0A

2N. DobsonMTL · 2G 0A

3J. PageauNYI · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

12:11

Noah Dobson (Lane Hutson)

0-1

2nd Period

10:06

Noah Dobson (Alexandre Texier, Alex Newhook)PP

0-2

17:56

Matthew Schaefer (Mathew Barzal, Calum Ritchie)PP

1-2

18:51

Matthew Schaefer (Tony DeAngelo, Ilya Sorokin)

2-2

3rd Period

09:11

Cole Caufield (Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovský)PP

2-3

18:19

Anders Lee (Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom)

3-3

Overtime

01:46

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Simon Holmstrom)

4-3

Boxscore

Islanders4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Matthew SchaeferD	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	2	25:56
Simon HolmstromR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	1	16:02
Jean-Gabriel PageauC	1	0	1	+1	0	3	5	0	14:51
Anders LeeL	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	14:15
Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	22:19
Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	+1	0	6	3	2	23:50
Tony DeAngeloD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	20:45
Calum RitchieC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	14:26
Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12:52
Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	13:43
Kyle MacLeanC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	9:29
Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	16:25
Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13:52
Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	22:04
Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	21:43
Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	14:27
Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:51
Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	8:59

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ilya SorokinStart	25	22	3	.880	61:01
David Rittich	0	0	0	-	0:00

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Noah DobsonD	2	0	2	-2	0	3	0	1	21:54
Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1	21:09
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17:04
Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	13:18
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	3	18:42
Alexandre TexierL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	13:01
Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	24:00
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	11:55
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	16:09
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	13:08
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	13:25
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	12:09
Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-1	0	6	3	0	24:36
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	15:29
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	21:37
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	21:45
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:58
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	11:03

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Samuel MontembeaultStart	26	22	4	.846	61:16
Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	-	0:00