Montréal Canadiens 3 — 2 New York Rangers
2026-04-02 · Madison Square Garden
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | NYR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin start | NYR | L | 22 | 25 | 3 | 19/22 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 57:59 |
| Jacob Fowler start | MTL | W | 22 | 24 | 2 | 17/19 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| Ivan Demidov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:50 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22:43 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18:58 |
| Zachary Bolduc | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:07 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25:54 |
| Oliver Kapanen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:54 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:45 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15:57 |
| Joe Veleno | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| Jake Evans | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
NYR skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Cuylle | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:23 |
| Vincent Trocheck | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:55 |
| Adam Fox | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:10 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| Mika Zibanejad | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:00 |
| Alexis Lafrenière | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| J.T. Miller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 |
| Will Borgen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Noah Laba | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| Drew Fortescue | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| Jaroslav Chmelar | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:04 |
| Tye Kartye | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:50 |
| Braden Schneider | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:18 |
| Gabe Perreault | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Adam Sykora | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 07:16 |
| Matthew Robertson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:34 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | 2025-26 | MTL | 3 | NYR | 2 | |
| 2025-12-13 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | NYR | 5 | OT |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025-26 | NYR | 4 | MTL | 3 | |
| 2025-01-19 | 2024-25 | NYR | 4 | MTL | 5 | OT |
| 2024-11-30 | 2024-25 | MTL | 3 | NYR | 4 | |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-25 | NYR | 7 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2024-04-07 | 2023-24 | MTL | 2 | NYR | 5 | |
| 2024-02-15 | 2023-24 | MTL | 4 | NYR | 7 | |
| 2024-01-06 | 2023-24 | NYR | 3 | MTL | 4 | SO |
| 2023-03-09 | 2022-23 | NYR | 4 | MTL | 3 | SO |