Montréal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils, 2026-04-04

NHL · Apr 4, 2026

Montréal Canadiens45-21-10

4–3

Final – SO

New Jersey Devils39-34-3

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The Canadiens edged the Devils 4–3 in a shootout at Prudential Center. J. Hughes took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	2	0	1	4	29
Devils	0	2	1	0	3	38

★ Three Stars

1J. HughesNJD · 1G 1A

2C. CaufieldMTL · 0G 2A

3T. MeierNJD · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

15:58

Jayden Struble (Cole Caufield, Arber Xhekaj)

1-0

2nd Period

08:12

Ivan Demidov (Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki)PP

2-0

09:28

Lane Hutson

3-0

13:08

Dawson Mercer (Timo Meier, Nico Hischier)

3-1

17:40

Jack Hughes (Jesper Bratt, Jonas Siegenthaler)SH

3-2

3rd Period

17:45

Timo Meier (Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton)

3-3

Shootout

00:00

Oliver Kapanen

4-3

Boxscore

Canadiens4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Cole CaufieldR	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	22:15
Ivan DemidovR	1	0	1	-1	2	4	0	0	20:40
Lane HutsonD	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	29:47
Jayden StrubleD	1	0	1	+2	0	1	3	1	15:28
Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	23:55
Arber XhekajD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	10:00
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	14:30
Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:06
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:11
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	14:43
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	14:33
Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	15:15
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	22:46
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	22:08
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	16:53
Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	24:01
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	9:48
Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:06

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jakub DobesStart	38	35	3	.921	65:00
Samuel Montembeault	0	0	0	-	0:00

Devils3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jack HughesC	1	1	2	+1	2	5	0	3	26:26
Timo MeierR	1	1	2	+2	0	7	5	0	20:06
Dawson MercerC	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	21:47
Jesper BrattL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	20:24
Nico HischierC	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	1	23:47
Dougie HamiltonD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	2	22:54
Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	18:55
Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	9:16
Connor BrownR	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	0	22:17
Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	12:43
Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	15:15
Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	27:43
Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	21:08
Simon NemecD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	18:23
Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6:27
Marc McLaughlinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4:34
Brian HalonenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:56
Lenni HameenahoR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	9:39

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jake AllenStart	29	26	3	.897	64:53
Jacob Markstrom	0	0	0	-	0:00