NHL · Apr 2, 2026

Montréal Canadiens

3–2

Final

New York Rangers

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The Canadiens slipped past the Rangers 3–2 at Madison Square Garden. C. Caufield took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	2	1	3	25
Rangers	0	0	2	2	24

★ Three Stars

1C. CaufieldMTL · 2G 0A

2J. FowlerMTL

3W. CuylleNYR · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

04:36

Alex Newhook (Ivan Demidov)

1-0

06:20

Cole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský, Nick Suzuki)

2-0

3rd Period

09:23

Adam Fox (Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov)

2-1

14:08

Will Cuylle (Jonny Brodzinski, Vincent Trocheck)

2-2

14:55

Cole Caufield (Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki)

3-2

Boxscore

Canadiens3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole CaufieldR	2	0	2	+2	0	7	0	0	16:20
Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	21:17
Alex NewhookC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	12:32
Ivan DemidovR	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	12:30
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	+2	4	2	0	1	20:38
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	23:22
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	16:26
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	13:07
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	13:58
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:11
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:54
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	22:43
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	4	18:58
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	25:54
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	15:57
Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	9:45
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	8:50
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	10:38

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jacob FowlerStart	24	22	2	.917	60:00
Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	-	0:00

Rangers2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Will CuylleL	1	0	1	+1	0	6	6	0	17:23
Adam FoxD	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	23:10
Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	19:13
Mika ZibanejadC	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	23:00
Vladislav GavrikovD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	21:55
Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	13:27
Jaroslav ChmelarR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8:04
Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	13:50
Noah LabaC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	12:05
Alexis LafrenièreL	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	20:17
J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	18:40
Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:32
Adam SykoraL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	7:16
Will BorgenD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	16:47
Drew FortescueD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	14:01
Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	17:34
Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20:18
Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	14:29

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Igor ShesterkinStart	25	22	3	.880	57:59
Jonathan Quick	0	0	0	-	0:00